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Epoch - [origami tulips. Wolf-erlbruch. Borch, Gerard Ter - Woman Drinking with Sleeping Soldier - Canvas Painting For Sale. Dino Valls « Memento Mori. Dino Valls’ painting is primarily characterized by the way in which he manages to manipulate the concept of time, whether it is historical (real) or fictional, contributing in the deeply personal character of his work.

Dino Valls « Memento Mori

Nevertheless, what trully captivates the viewer is his gripping realism whose disturbing veracity transcends the limits of reality and ends up utterly fictitious. Astonishingly, this is a painting entirely made in the studio, full of riddles and symbols, an intellectual in vivo achievement that avoids inspiration from reality, it does not emerge from its close observation. Alcoholic Art: Liquor Under a Microscope. English Oatmeal Stout by BevShots Have you ever wondered what your favourite libation looks like under a microscope?

Picture a scientist, drunk off White Russians; staring into his glass and thinking — I bet this would look really cool if I magnified it! The X-Ray Vision of Nick Veasey. Is beauty only skin deep?

The X-Ray Vision of Nick Veasey

Momma always said, ‘It’s what inside that counts’. Insert cliche about ‘seeing things for what they are’ here. 100 Years Of Propaganda: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Advertisement Propaganda is most well known in the form of war posters.

100 Years Of Propaganda: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

But at its core, it is a mode of communication aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position, and that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Although propaganda is often used to manipulate human emotions by displaying facts selectively, it can also be very effective at conveying messages and hence can be used in web design, too. Notice that propaganda uses loaded messages to change the attitude toward the subject in the target audience. When applied to web design, you may experiment with techniques used in propaganda posters and use them creatively to achieve a unique and memorable design. Before Rockwell, a Gay Artist Defined the Perfect American Male. Nobody had to tell J.C.

Before Rockwell, a Gay Artist Defined the Perfect American Male

Leyendecker that sex sells. Before the conservative backlash of the mid-20th century, the American public celebrated his images of sleek muscle-men, whose glistening homo-eroticism adorned endless magazine covers. Yet Leyendecker’s name is almost forgotten, whitewashed over by Norman Rockwell’s legacy of tame, small-town Americana. Rockwell was just an 11-year old kid when Leyendecker created the legendary “Arrow Collar Man” in 1905, used to advertise the clothing company’s miraculous detachable collars. Grete Stern. Pages hidden dreams Jul 2, 2011 Grete Stern Dreams Flask Posted by Yanna at 19:19 Labels: photography Email ThisBlogThis!

Grete Stern

No comments: Post a Comment Newer PostOlder PostHome Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Share Follow Browse Old Posts Followers Popular Posts. My Photo Life. Grete Stern. "Illustrations of Composite Portraiture, The Jewish Type," by Francis Galton, The Photographic News (4/17/1885) with two original photographs. Home DNA Learning Center Preparing students and families to thrive in the gene age Website Search "Illustrations of Composite Portraiture, The Jewish Type," by Francis Galton, The Photographic News (4/17/1885) with two original photographs Description: This work by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. © Copyright, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

"Illustrations of Composite Portraiture, The Jewish Type," by Francis Galton, The Photographic News (4/17/1885) with two original photographs

CSHL HomeAbout CSHLResearchEducationNews & FeaturesCampus & Public EventsCareersGiving. Zombie Tarot. Card Images from the Zombie Tarot Zombie Tarot review by Wendy Stokes.

Zombie Tarot

Maurice Tabard and Roger Parry. Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop. October 11, 2012—January 27, 2013 While digital photography and image-editing software have brought about an increased awareness of the degree to which camera images can be manipulated, the practice of doctoring photographs has existed since the medium was invented.

Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop

Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the first major exhibition devoted to the history of manipulated photography before the digital age. Featuring some 200 visually captivating photographs created between the 1840s and 1990s in the service of art, politics, news, entertainment, and commerce, the exhibition offers a provocative new perspective on the history of photography as it traces the medium’s complex and changing relationship to visual truth.

Maurice Tabard and Roger Parry Room with Eye, 1930. Art. Student Lace Design Work. Tarot Weblog - Adam McLean. 8 April 2014 A few weeks ago one of my fellow collectors in the USA, who specialises in fine art tarots, alerted me to an interesting Italian work.

Tarot Weblog - Adam McLean

This was a collaborative art deck celebrating the Contrada del Leocorno's 2001 win in the long running traditional Palio di Siena horse race. Through the good offices of one of the artists involved in this project, I was able to obtain a copy of this tarot deck. The cards are massive, being A4 in size. 3 April 2014 Erik K. Intermedia Art Archive: Events by Date. Screening at Tate Modern Saturday 20 February, 2010 Highlighting early video works created in the 70s in conjunction with a presentation by the artists about their latest work.

Intermedia Art Archive: Events by Date

View or Download The Surface of Each Day is a Different Planet. The prelude to a film installation, recently presented in the Art Now Lightbox, Tate Britain. Public art project by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer involving hundreds of video-portraits projected into London’s Trafalgar Square.