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• Emerging Patterns and Hidden Visible Art

  
  Ptak Science Books — Authority: 422
  JF Ptak Science Books LLC  Post 851  Blog Bookstore Even when I knowthat this picture is coming, when it is rounding the bend, I still can’t see itfor the portrait it is supposed to be.   The lithograph is by Berthold Loeffler (1874-1960), a prolific Viennesedesigner, artist and professor at ...
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• "Even when I am gone, I shall remain in peoples minds."--Napoleon

  
  Impressions — Authority: 124
  On Saturday, my friend Sara and I trekked to Anaheim to the Muzeo , which is currently hosting the Treasures of Napoleon exhibit. I was excited to see it because I really didnt know much about Napoleon. While driving there, we tried to remember facts about him...all we could come up with was that he was short, he ...
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• [art] Painters Rejoice: Finally A Perfect, Durable Blue – Oregon State Blue

  
  The ZehnKatzen Times — Authority: 123
  2265. Pigments in paint are made from some amazing things. Tiny beetles, cochineal, give us many reds (as well as the red food coloring that actually goes into food). Ground semi-precious stones (lapis lazuli) give us the blue in Ultramarine. Biggest problem with painters pigments is the permanence. Blues and reds ...
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• Bad Ideas Department: Really Big, Really Bad--Mussolinis Monster.

  
  Ptak Science Books — Authority: 422
  JF Ptak Science Books LLC  Post 849  Blog Bookstore “Buildingskyscrapers is the nearest peace-time equivalent of war. In fact, the analogyis startling, even to the occasional grim reality of a building accident wheremaimed bodies, and even death, remind us that we are fighting a war ofconstruction against the ...
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• Archivist

  
  arts-humanities.net: Digital Humanities and Arts - Engage with digital learning and research — Authority: 130
  Venezuelan artist, Carlos Cruz-Diez has two workshops in Paris (France) and Panama city. We are looking for an archivist for our office in Panama. Applicants must speak spanish, french and english. Therefore the vacancy notice is in spanish. If you want information on Cruz-Diez work you can visit his website ...
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• Out of Context Department: Artists Taken by the Devil, 1620

  
  Ptak Science Books — Authority: 422
  JF Ptak Science Books LLC  Post 848  Blog Bookstore  Mark Twain said that Adam only took the apple not because it was delicious or attractive but because it was forbidden.  I wonder why this operative of Satan was so interested in this artist (pictured below), who was seemingly and boringly making his way ...
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• JOSEPH ROTH NOVEL ABOUT HISTORY’S WAITING ROOMS: “HOTEL SAVOY” 1924

  
  Cambridge Forecast Group Blog — Authority: 134
  Hotel Savoy Joseph Roth (Author) The Austrian-Jewish writer Joseph Roth (1894-1939) Hotel Savoy (1924) It is 1919. World War I has ended . Soldiers and survivors of prisons are straggling out of Russia toward the West. One of them, ...
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• Arthur Rackham: A Life With Illustration

  
  Fleur Fisher reads — Authority: 128
  Where I first saw Arthur Rackham’s illustrations is lost now in the mists of time: I have loved them for as long as I can remember. So when I saw this book on the returns trolley in the library I just had to pick it up. What makes them those illustrations so wonderful? The introduction suggests that is the perfect ...
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• Spiral Jetty and Time

  
  cellar door — Authority: 100
  Almost all of the photography projects Im ever involved with deal with time in some way. This, paired with my desire to visit Spiral Jetty in Utah by myself one day, made How to Conserve Art That Lives in a Lake? a pretty great find last week. I had a dream about a year ago in which I found Spiral Jetty ...
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• Erotographica Presents: Camille Clovis Trouille

  
  Gloria's Oversexed Mind — Authority: 487
  The amazing and amazingly blasphemous Trouille is a must-see. If the video isnt showing, click here to see it on YouTube
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• "The Power of Art and Painting"

  
  one piece — Authority: 123
  A picture of an artists studio is an invitation to enter his private realm, to ponder his perception of the creative process and to marvel at the extent to which art, at its most profound, can transcend the limits of...
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• History from a spray can by ZincNite Crew

  
  Culturepush — Authority: 131
  Earlier this month, Clogtwo and Slacsatu from ZincNite Crew were invited to present the nation’s history from their spray cans in a live graffiti showcase for National Heritage Board entitled I Heart Museums . Check out the rest of the works here .
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• Tribute to the Masters – Revised

  
  mischief & impermanent bliss — Authority: 108
  This is based on an earlier post but with additional favorites: I am a huge art fanatic, dedicating as much time to it as writing and music. These aren’t new artists. They are the masters from the past who I’ve admired for years and years. My all-time favorites. … Name: Henri Matisse Country: ...
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• Vanguard Concert

  
  Art Institute — Authority: 164
  Dayton Art Institute http://www.daytonartinstitute.org/ One of the nations finest mid-sized art museums, The Dayton Art Institute features an encyclopedic collection of more than 26,000 objects spanning 5,000 years of art history.
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• Ancient Greece Odyssey: Museums of Athens

  
  Lensroll / Published News — Authority: 128
  Take a trip to Greece! This page showcases photos of stunning ancient Greek art and tells you about them without overloading you with dry, dusty fact 1 Vote(s)
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• Get Excited and Make Things.

  
  Alien Spouse — Authority: 133
  Making stuff is one of my favourite things, so naturally I love this version of the "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster. Even better, the designer Matt Jones is happy for this image to be used for non-commercial purposes under...
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• 12 Tips on How to Ask a Girl Out The Right Way …

  
  All Women Stalk — Authority: 486
  You’re at the club, the bookstore, Art History class, or the coffee shop, and a particular girl catches your eye. You smile, she smiles back. Now what? You want to ask her out, but you don’t want to mess it up. How do you ask this girl out the right way?1. Avoid a line.“Are your [...]
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• Amazing Vintage Images from Japan’s Forgotten Master

  
  WebUrbanist — Authority: 670
  Photographs of Japan from the Meiji and Taisho Periods (1868-1926) have captivated viewers around the world since they were first circulated. One photographer in particular captured Japanese life so beautifully that his work has been seen by countless people all across the globe. Until very recently, though, his name ...
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• Early Ennui in Art--a Peek at the Illustrated History of Boredom

  
  Ptak Science Books — Authority: 422
  JF Ptak Science Books LLC  Post 839  Blog Bookstore What struck me about this print--instantly--was the emotion of our languid reader: ennui.  Ennui is a very uncommon emotion in early prints, at least for my experience.  As a matter of fact only .75% of all published prints exhibited "ennui" as its ...
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• Supper at Emmaus:a study of Caravaggio

  
  Cathyann's Studio — Authority: 116
  Before I began participating in these online challenges, I posted this small study , done last December. I dont think anyone has loooked at it much. I now am submitting it for Following the Masters new challenge since I do no think I may get to do another repro of a master soon.. The source: The ...
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