19 Factors That Impact Compositional Balance Imagine a boulder leaning too far over the cliff’s edge. Seeing that boulder you think it should come crashing down the mountainside. It’s out of balance and you feel the tension of the impending crash. A similar feeling happens in your visitors when the composition of your design is visually out of balance. In a couple of previous posts I talked about visual balance and in each I briefly mentioned the idea of visual weight in order to achieve visual balance. Composition 8 by Kandinsky (above) is a study in visual weight, direction, and balance. What is Visual Balance? Visual balance (PDF) results from 2 major factors, visual weight and visual direction. Consider the image below of a small block and a large block on a lever. You likely see the larger block as being much heavier than the smaller block. The main force acting on the large block is gravity which is acting downwards. Optical Center Objects and elements balance around a point. Every shape has a geometric center. Photography
Zachman Framework The Zachman Framework of enterprise architecture The Zachman Framework is not a methodology in that it does not imply any specific method or process for collecting, managing, or using the information that it describes.;[2] rather, it is an Ontology whereby a schema for organizing architectural artifacts (in other words, design documents, specifications, and models) is used to take into account both whom the artifact targets (for example, business owner and builder) and what particular issue (for example, data and functionality) is being addressed.[3] The framework is named after its creator John Zachman, who first developed the concept in the 1980s at IBM. Overview[edit] The term "Zachman Framework" has multiple meanings. Collage of Zachman Frameworks as presented in several books on Enterprise Architecture from 1997 to 2005. In other sources the Zachman Framework is introduced as a framework, originated by and named after John Zachman, represented in numerous ways, see image. Contextual
Paveikslai, sudėlioti iš žmonių Beveik prieš šimtą metų Artūras Mole (1889-1983) padarė seriją nuostabių masinių nuotraukų. Tam buvo organizuotos grupės iš tūkstančių kareivių. Jie išsidėstydavo taip, kad suformuotų patriotinius Jungtinės Amerikos Valstijų simbolius ir emblemas.
Art and the art world Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan - Microbial Microcosm Just how interconnected are we? The work of biologist Lynn Margulis and writer Dorion Sagan indicates we’re interconnected in ways few of us have probably ever considered. In fact, instead of viewing ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution, it may be more accurate to think of ourselves as a colony of closely associated bacteria. Carla Cole based the following on the work of Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan, including an article of theirs, The Parts: Power to the Protoctists, which appeared in the September/October 1992 issue of Earthwatch. (See the sidebar for more information on their work.) All life on Earth today derived from common ancestors. Far from leaving microorganisms behind on an evolutionary ladder, we more complex creatures are both surrounded by them and composed of them. Bacteria survived these crises because of special abilities that other life forms lack and that add whole new dimensions to the dynamics of evolution.
Detalizuotos snaigių nuotraukos. "Dviejų identiškų snaigių nebūna", - teigė Wilsonas Alwynas Bentley. Ir juo tikrai galima pasikliauti, nes 60 savo gyvenimo metų Bentley skyrė snaigių fotografavimui. Fotoaparatas, kurį Wilsonas Bentley naudojo visą savo gyvenimą, kainavo jo tėvui šimtą dolerių, tais laikais tai buvo neleistino išlaidavimo pavyzdys. Prietaisas, kurį naudojo Bentley buvo paprasto fotoaparato ir mikroskopo junginys, kuris objektą padidindavo 64-3600 kartų. Šio savamokslio fotografo ir mokslininko, kurio pavyzdžiu sekė daugybė kitų fotografų ir meteorologų, talentas ir įgūdžiai nebuvo įvertinti.
Most Popular Artists The most popular artist searches last month: a not-to-be-taken-too-seriously measurement of which famous artists have the greatest "mindshare" in our collective culture. Moving up: Edgar Degas (#22 to #12), Titian (#28 to #18), and realist painter Janet Fish (appearing for the first time on the list at #29). Moving down: Joan Miro (#13 to #19), Wassily Kandinsky (#11 to #24) and Paul Gauguin (#21 down to #32). Mimivirus Mimivirus is a viral genus containing a single identified species named Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV). It also refers to a group of phylogenetically related large viruses, designated usually "MimiN. In colloquial speech, APMV is more commonly referred to as just "mimivirus." Mimivirus has a large and complex genome compared with most other viruses. Discovery[edit] The same team that discovered the mimivirus later discovered a slightly larger virus, dubbed the mamavirus, and the Sputnik virophage that infects it.[5] Classification[edit] Mimivirus has been placed into a viral family by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses as a member of the Mimiviridae,[6] and has been placed into Group I of the Baltimore classification system.[7] Although not strictly a method of classification, Mimivirus joins a group of large viruses known as nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDV). Structure[edit] Genome[edit] Replication[edit] Pathogenicity[edit] See also[edit] References[edit]
Edgaro Miulerio 3D paveikslai Šiek tiek apie dailininką: Edgaras gimė 1968 metais Vokietijos mieste Miulhelme ant Rūro. Nuo ankstyvo amžiaus Edgaras mėgo tapybą. 16 metų jis pirmą kartą sudalyvavo gatvės menininkų konkurse, tačiau nieko nelaimėjo. Tai neprivertė Miulerį nuleisti rankas, ir jis toliau tobulino savo piešimo įgūdžius. Kai jam buvo 19 metų jis pagaliau laimėjo graffiti konkursą, nupiešęs Caravaggio paveikslą "Vakarienė prie Emauso". 25 metų jis nusprendę visiškai atsiduoti gatvės menui. Neseniai Edgaras įkūrė savo studiją, kur dėsto paskaitas visiems norintiems. 3D Paintings on Panes of Glass Using multiple layers of clear glass, Canada based David Spriggs and Chinese born Xia Xiaowan, transform flat artwork into 3D sculptures. Viewers are treated to different shifting perspectives of the works based on where they stand in the art space. Spriggs work revolves around powerful explosive imagery, often resembling storms, cosmic blasts or firework like explosions. See Also INCREDIBLE 3D ILLUSTRATIONS JUMP OUT OF THE SKETCHBOOK For more on David Spriggs see his beautiful website at davidspriggs.com or for more on Xia Xiaowan see Wikipedia Above and Below: Xia Xiaowan’s distorted 3D figures Artist: Xia Xiaowan Below: David Spriggs beautiful paintings fill the room with stormy emotion. Artist: David Spriggs Artist: David Spriggs Source: amusingplanet.com
Babel | Sito bibliografico sull’opera di Edgar Morin Edgar Morin è uno dei maggiori filosofi contemporanei. Direttore emerito di ricerca al CNRS (Francia). Presidente dell'Associazione per il pensiero complesso (Parigi, Francia). Titolare della Cattedra itinerante Edgar Morin (UNESCO). Membro del Consiglio di Stato per la pace e lo sviluppo (Unione Europea) e dell'Università per la pace (Nazioni Unite). Il progetto Babel intende raccogliere e presentare il vasto insieme delle sue pubblicazioni. Questo sito è realizzato e mantenuto da: CE.R.CO - Centro di ricerca sull'antropologia e l'epistemologia della complessitàUniversità degli studi di Bergamo Piazzale Sant'Agostino , 224129 – Bergamo - ItaliaDirettore: Mauro CerutiPresidente onorario: Edgar Morin
Menas iš pieštukų Neretai dailininkai kuria savo kūrinius, naudodami pieštukus, tačiau Dultono Ghetti naudoja pieštukus visai kitoms reikmėms. Abėcėlė, išdrožta iš 26 pieštukų. Ghetti, dirbantis staliumi, panašius dirbinius gamina jau 25 metus. Aš eksperimentavau su įvairiomis medžiagomis, bet vieną dieną nusprendžiau išbandyti savo jėgas su pieštukais. Daltonas naudoja tris įrankius savo darbe: ašmenis, siuvimo adatą ir peilį. „Aš nusprendžiau pakeisti požiūrį į savo darbą: prieš pradedant, aš pagalvodavau „ką gi, ankščiau ar vėliau pieštukas suluš, tačiau pažiūrėkime, kaip toli šį kartą aš galėsiu nueiti“, dėl to laužydavau pieštukus vis rečiau ir rečiau“. „Aš iš to negyvenu, bet norėčiau surengti savo darbų parodą“.