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Lithographies anciennes et affichistes célebres L’histoire de l’affiche publicitaire est intimement liée à celle de la lithographie. Ce mode d’impression est inventé par un compositeur et auteur de pièces de théâtre hongrois, Aloys Senefelder (1771 – 1834), qui cherche à imprimer lui-même ses partitions musicales à bas prix. Le procédé est basé sur le principe répulsif des corps gras et de l’eau, une pierre calcaire, une plaque de zinc ou d’aluminium servant de support à l’image. Dès 1816, une imprimerie lithographique ouvre ses portes à Paris. Cette technique permet la production et la diffusion d’images en grand nombre du fait de son faible coût. Pittacus Lore talks 'Rise of Nine' When Lorien elder Pittacus Lore called me earlier this week, I had a hard time understanding him at first. Of course it was due to the voice-changer he was using to hide his identity, as he is in the midst of a high-stakes, intergalactic battle against the Mogadorians. At great personal risk, Lore spoke to EW about his new book Rise of Nine (Aug. 21) in the Lorien Legacies series. He also shared his thoughts on the I Am Number Four movie and what Loriens like to read and watch.
Las artes pictóricas This post is dedicated to Annie Swann, great friend of this blog, whose great Art of Narrative blog has wonderful fanciful images, usually from the great Golden Age of Illustration. Annie is a great fan of great illustration, great faerie art, and through seeing some work on this blog, great Beatrice Stevens art. In total candor, I found the original monotone state of this drawing a bit flat, though totally beautifully drawn. To me it cried out for some sort of tonal values to give it a bit of depth. So, I gave it a duotone treatment.
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The DNA of a Successful Book Today’s graphic illustrates the ‘perfect’ book. A piece of literature that pleases a broad crowd a lot like pop music. Just like pop music’s 3 minute song, best selling books have a normal length of a little less than four hundred pages. 7 Resources for Handling Digital Life After Death This post originally appeared on My Life Scoop, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about using social media and technology for a more connected life. Death is a fact of life. When someone dies, they're no longer physically here, but their digital self lives on. There are more than 5 million accounts on Facebook that are inactive due to death, according to the calculations of BlackBook Media's Executive Editor Chris Mohney. And that's just Facebook. Think about all of the other social sites and online services out there - the number of abandoned accounts due to death must be enormous.
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