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Working with found objects, pages from old books, and dime-store trinkets, self-taught artist Joseph Cornell (1903–1972) transformed everyday materials into extraordinary universes. "The Joseph Cornell Box: Found Objects, Magical Worlds" presents his life and art in a beautifully collaged, 80-page book housed in a sturdy box.
The Joseph Cornell Box
The tense and extravagant Baroque movement defined the art of the 17th century. The movement was distinguished by exaggerated dynamism and clear detail that aimed to create drama and grandeur in sculpture, painting and architecture. The style is said to have started around 1600 in Rome before spreading across Europe. It was heavily influenced and encouraged by the Catholic church, which used it to communicate religious themes, war imagery, and aristocrats who appreciated the exuberance. The artists of the time focused on depicting natural images, steeped in intense emotions and exaggerated through the play of light and shadow. It was both simplistic and melodramatic in its form, glorifying the church and monarchy.
Seventeenth Century Art: Most Significant Artists of the Baroque Period | All That Is Interesting
The Most Iconic Surrealist Paintings | All That Is Interesting
Founded by Andre Breton in the early 1920s and emphatically explained in his Manifestoes of Surrealism , Surrealism is often considered both a cultural and revolutionary art movement. The form dedicated itself to depicting the subconscious and as such many critics regard Surrealism as a substantial divergence from traditional art movements. By stripping ordinary objects of their normal function, Surrealist artists aimed to expose psychological truth and as a result created abstract images in order to evoke empathy from the viewer. Highly individualized, the movement relied heavily on the element of the unexpected, borrowed from various Dadaist techniques and eventually came to represent the alienation many experienced in the wake of a war stricken world. Undoubtedly the most famous Surrealist painting in history, The Persistence of Memory is Salvador Dali’s iconic ode to time.
"copyrighted media won't be allowed while internet is censored" Anonymous and other various Internet freedom groups are calling on people to boycott the corporate media for the entire month of March 2012 in efforts to affect the bottom line of organizations calling for the imposition of The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement . ACTA will profoundly restrict the fundamental rights, freedom of expression and communication privacy of Internet users the world over. For those of you who intend to participate in the boycott, there is plenty of public domain and Creative Commons licensed media that, for now, is freely available for you to download and enjoy, enough for the entire month of March. Please dig in, re-view some classics and enjoy our open media heritage, while it remains free and open, and feel free to post your suggestions of Black March safe media.
Anonymous’s ‘Black March’ Media Survival Guide | Disinformation
The Anamorphose. Courtesy of Flickr user groume What’s the best new work of art in the world? Good question.
Is a "Garden" the World's Greatest New Artwork? | Articulations
Sandrine Ceurstemont, editor, New Scientist TV What if you were told that your favourite painting was created by a machine? Can a computer produce an artistic masterpiece? Computer scientist Simon Colton has created software called the Painting Fool , which he claims possesses creative talents. In this video, you can see some of its recent artwork, demonstrating a range of styles.
New Scientist TV: Painting computer surprises viewers with its artwork
Can you guess the subject of this photograph? It's a bloodshot alien eyeball! Just kidding, although all that red totally resembles vasculature don't you think? Don't worry, the real answer is just as awesome: believe it or not, this is actually a Petri dish, created by artist Klari Reis. Reis uses individually-crafted dishes like the one up top (although each one is incredibly unique-looking), and combines them into much bigger installation pieces like the one you see below. This particular collection of dishes is described on her website:
Psychedelic Petri dishes turn lab work into a freakout session
Amazing Image Gallery: The Art of Science | Science as Art, Artistic & Scientific Photo Gallery | LiveScience
Scientifically Artistic, Artistically Scientific Credit: Courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory | U.S. Dept. of Energy When most people think of art, they don't exactly picture chromatography or the simulation of water vapor, but scientists with an eye for beauty have compiled a gallery of breathtaking images that resulted from their research. Here are our favorite "science as art" photos, taken by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 2008 to 2011.Music
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