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Hotels on stilts, cribs on wheels and staircases through windows make up German photographer Frank Kunert’s playful microcosms
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for '1503', christian tagliavini recreates renaissance protagonists using carefully constructed costumes, lighting, makeup and post-production techniques.
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UK-based illustrator Ed Fairburn creates portraits on maps, incorporating the roads and other map features into the likenesses. Ed explains his work by saying, “I paint, draw and construct using a flexible range of tangible media across a wide range of surfaces and contexts, allowing my practice to exist across various disciplines. The work I produce is largely self-directed, allowing me to explore a wealth of ideas and concepts which need to be realised.”
A detail of Naum Gabo's Constructed Head No. 2, 1916 (enlargement 1975) at the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX
Painting is a cost-effective way to achieve transformation in an outdoor space and there are so many surfaces you can paint to add colour and freshness – timber, concrete, tiles, metals. I have a list of areas I want to paint in our outdoor renovation – the house, the roof and trims, the base boards
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Portrait of John from the Book of Kells, 8th century Ink on calf skin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland What do banyan trees, biomorphic design,graph theory,knot theory,medieval manuscript illumination,Celtic knot work, The Book of Kells, art history and the disciplines of visual art, social studies and mathematics have in common? OVERLAPPING To learn more about the design principle of overlapping click here and scroll down. Click here and scroll down for a definition of overlapping and examples of how overlapping can be used in art. Create an abstract design made of overlapping biomorphic lines. Use these photographs of banyan trees to inspire you. All of these photographs have an asymmetrical composition. To learn more about asymmetrical balance, click here. For directions on how to create an original, symmetrically balanced, knotwork design, print out the worksheets below. Use this printable colorwheel worksheet to help you mix the contrasting warm and cool colors For more information on color theory click here. MATH MEETS ART What do overlapping line designs have to do with mathematics? Watch this video to find out: Celtic knot work is a form of art that uses the 'over and under' weaving pattern. Here is an example of a Celtic knot work design. Print it out and follow the directions to create your own design. The most famous masterpieces of Medieval Celtic knot work can be found in the Book of Kells. To learn more about the Book of Kells, click here. If you are lucky enough to ever visit Dublin Ireland, take the opportunity to visit the actual Book of Kells at Trinity College. The Book of Kells is a Medieval illuminated manuscriprt. To learn more about illuminated manuscripts and to see examples of illuminated manuscripts, click here. Click here to visit a website that has a few images from the Book of Kells. Most images from the book are not in the public domain because Trinity College is very protective of this valuable book. If you visit Dublin to view the book, you will not be permitted to take photographs. However you can view many other beautiful examples of illuminated manuscripts by clicking here to visit Columbia University's online Digital Scriptorium. Below you will find the few photographs from the Book of Kells that are available in the public domain. That means you may legally download and re-post them. These manuscript illuminations are famous in part for their interlacing knot work designs. The Book of Kells is a famous 8th century Insular Gospel Book, now in the Trinity College Library in Dublin If you would like to view or download more pages from the Book of Kells click here to visit the 'Book of Kells' page on Wikimedia Commons. Designs, like the one above, that incorporate abstract animal shapes are known as zoomorphic designs The three pages above have symmetrically balanced Celtic knot work borders Illuminated Manuscript A page from the Book of Kells with interlacing knot work and zoomorphic designs What happens when an artist is inspired by intertwining trees and the knot work in medieval illuminated manuscripts? The helpful art teacher does not ask students to do any projects she would not do herself. Here are some pieces from my own portfolio: Contemporary sculptor Todd Runfeldt carves intricate knotwork designs inspired by the art of the Middle Ages. These beautiful ornaments and pendants were hand carved from stone, bone and antler. Posted with permission. Please contact the artist by clicking here before downloading or copying. To see more European art from the Middle Ages, visit the Cloisters in New York City by clicking here. To browse or search the Cloisters collection of Medieval art, click here. The Cloisters is part of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. The museum's website has a very useful art history timeline that lets students and scholars compare art from different countries and periods in history. To see what art looked like in Europe in the middle ages, and to read what was happening between 500 and 1000 AD, click here (for Great Britain), here (for Central Europe), here (for Italy) and here (for France). Open all four links in different windows and compare the artwork from different countries. How do you think historical events influenced medieval artwork? How was the art in different countries the same? How was it different? What do those differences tell us about what life may have been like for people who lived throughout Europe during the Middle Ages? Printable Worksheets by the helpful art teacher Print out the worksheets below and use them as a reference for drawing and craft projects:
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“Once the object has been constructed, I have a tendency to discover in it, transformed and displaced, images, impressions, facts which have deeply moved me.” – Alberto Giacomet…
Toddlers and Preschoolers who love to build will enjoy this homemade cardboard construction set. Raid your recycle bin for sturdy cardboard to make this homemade building set. It's great for fine motor skills, to challenge your kids critical thinking.
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This was a really fun lesson. The class painted a background with impressionistic paint adding a bridge and base of card and tissue paper, stretched and attached to the edges. Causing the background to curve
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Les humains sont dotés d'une partie du cerveau connue sous le nom de glande pinéale et également connue comme notre troisième œil.
We normally think of guttering as only something that protects a home from rain, and it's often an afterthought when it comes to the design of a home. Why not use something that is essential and turn it into a design element that enhances the look of your house?
Here is a closer look at common roofing terms. Roof framing involves a lexicon all its own. Includes illustrations that show roofs have hip rafters, ridge boards, jack rafters, and more. When repairing or replacing a roof, it pays to be familiar with these terms.
View Untitled (Drawing from Wozzeck 17), 2016 by William Kentridge at Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg, South Africa. Discover more artworks by William Kentridge on Ocula now.
Eco printing is magical, especially on protein fibres like wool. It takes colour and design well but there are few things to kepp in mind
Naum Gabo's Constructed Head No. 2 1916 (enlargement 1975) Stainless Steel
