How Artists See: Heroes , Artists , Cities, Elements; Set C (How Artists See)
AnnappleBonanza (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Price: $9.00 Category: Current Year, Next Year Andy Warhol Taming of the Shoe Wall Calendar: Andy Warhol®, Pop icon, artist and filmmaker, is considered by many to be the most influential American artist of the second half of the 20th century. Early in his career, he established a unique styl...
monochrom (Free subscription) | yesterday
An unlikely suspect was fingered at the recent show trials of Iranian dissidents: Max Weber, whose ideas on rational authority were blamed for fomenting a "velvet revolution" against the Islamic Republic. "Theories of the human sciences contain ideological weapons that can be converted into strategies and tactics and mustered against the country's official ideology," Saeed Hajjarian,...
Madame Arcati (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Haslam with Cilla Black, friends again, though she's mentioned only in passing in his memoir. Bitches Do you imagine the spirit of Madame Arcati can be barred from a party she is determined to attend? How sad and deluded you must be. Of course I was at Nicky Haslam's Warhol -y parties to mark the publication (at last) of his memoir Redeeming Features . All three of me at the two of them. It was Bonfire...
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Garrett Clawson kicked a 20-yard field goal as time expired to propel Robert Morris to a 13-10 win over Albany (N.Y.) on Saturday.
Blacks Gone Geek (Free subscription) | yesterday
Why Go Geek? Who: Milt Haynes, Founder, Blacks Gone Geek Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009 Time: 9:40 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. Central Where: Robert Morris University 401 South State Street Chicago, IL 60605 Register at http://www.studenttechnologyconference.myevent.com/ Synopsis What does it take to build a successful career in the IT Industry? How can I use social networking tools to build an online community?...
bookofjoe (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
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Gurney Journey (Free subscription) | yesterday
Blog reader Gene Snyder has shared a great link for old art texts online. He says: I'm a big geek when it comes to art books. I can't get enough of them, especially old ones that were written while the artists or techniques that they are talking about were alive and in full swing. There's a site at www.archive.org that has a HUGE collection of books that go way back. Here's a small list of some books...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
In life, said Andy Warhol, we get our 15 minutes of fame. In death, it now seems, we are remembered for only another six months.At the heart of one of the world's great old cities, beneath the towering Nelson's Column, Battle...
Versailles and more (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thanks to Ellen at Eighteenth Century Worlds for bringing to our attention an article in the New York Review of Books on Dominique Vivant Denon. It is quite interesting in spite of a few errors (the painter Jacques-Louis David did not enjoy "an excellent standing with the Jacobins", he was one of the foremost Jacobins himself, and the Rosetta Stone did not head for London after the second...
IPBiz (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ben Shapiro, in a post titled ‘Washington Post’ Endorses Plagiarism to Defend Obama delves into the Thomas/Watusi/Matisse/Snail matter and the Shepard Fairey Obama Hope/AP matter. In the first paragraph, the manifest beef seems to be that the Washington Post didn't credit Shapiro with being the first to identify the Thomas/Matisse story: ignoring the fact that Big Hollywood actually broke...
AppShopper.com: Price Changes (Free subscription) | yesterday
Kid’s art puzzle: sliding slices! 1.0 Category: Games Price: $9.99 -> $1.99 ( iTunes ) Description: This fun app introduces kids (and adults too!) to some of the greatest paintings in the history of art. The puzzles are created by scrambling paintings into slices. To solve the puzzle simply drag and drop the slices into the right order. Trying to solve the puzzles makes kids focus on the...
A Vintage Heart (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The challenge for TGIF this week is to make an ATC, and the theme is Alice in Wonderland. I have a very old edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass , with illustrations by John Tenniel, the original artist; the image I used on my ATC is a copy. I wish the red glitter showed up more, but it's there, nonetheless! The story of Alice has always held a special magic for...
Sylvia Plath Info (Free subscription) | yesterday
More items of interest to pass on in addition to the recently published articles I posted on yesterday... EvaClaire Albion Wright, at the Sophian , the weekly student press at Smith College, ran an article this week on the Mortimer Rare Book Room, " Rare Book Room allows student interaction with charming collection ". As someone who has worked a lot in the Mortimer Rare Book Room, I can't...
Daddy's Roses (Free subscription) | yesterday
We are in Venice Italy today, November 6, 2009. We arrived, after an all-night flight from Atlanta via JFK in New York, at 9:45 this morning. Our ship will sail at 1:00 PM tomorrow. Here is information about Venice that I found before we left Atlanta. Average Temperature during the month of Nov: 39-52 Based on my internet-site reading, the following are the Top Ten Things to See in Venice. Canal Grande...
Connecticut Art Scene (Free subscription) | yesterday
New Haven Free Public Library Art Gallery 133 Elm St., New Haven How I Got Here: Paintings & Collages by Dr. Felix Bronner Through Dec. 11, 2009 Artist's reception: Sat., Nov. 7, 2:30—4:30 p.m. Press release Felix Bronner is an award-winning Geometric-Abstract painter, inspired by artists such as Adolph Gottlieb , William Baziotes , and Mark Rothko . He studied with William Cowing , Cary...
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damge | 21/10/2009
Rembrandt's J'Accuse Movie Do you want to download Rembrandt's J'Accuse Movie ! Rembrandt's J'Accuse is undoubtedly one of the most successful movies in the recent years. It won the hearts of millions of fans and people are eager to download Rembrandt's J'Accuse movie , to add it to their collection of all time favorites. Everyday millions of users across the globe search the net for websites that...
liz level | 20/10/2009
Salvador Dalí is a master of surrealism and one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Why not explore the places where he lived and painted, and discover the most interesting museums that exhibit his work? These are unusual spaces that can only be found in Dalí’s native Spain, where the memory of the painter is very much alive.
bestshill | 08/10/2009
To say the least, the use of Christian religious iconography in a sincere manner has not been the stuff of contemporary artists or art collectors. On the contrary, and in the last few decades in particular, artists have taken delight in lampooning the depiction of all things bible. You can probably name a few of them without thinking, as opportunistic politicians frequently use their work to raise
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