Category: art
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Can Perfume be Art?
Angus Trumble, curator of paintings and sculpture at the Yale Center for British Art, asks, why is great perfume not taken more seriously? The parallels between what ought to be more properly regarded as sister arts are undeniable. Artists and colourmen combine natural and, these days, synthetic pigments with media such as oils and resins,…
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Dali on ‘What’s My Line?’
This short video of Salvador Dali’s appearance on What’s My Line? is rather entertaining. Naturally, he’s as surreal as his art. At one point a contestant mused: “You are a human being?”
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The Last Supper in Detail
The highest definition photograph in existence is one of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci. The 16 billion pixel photograph of The Last Supper can be viewed online in all its glory, and allows viewers to enlarge and observe any portion of the painting down to as little as one millimetre square. According to…
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Great Arts on YouTube
The Guardian selects the 50 greatest arts videos on YouTube. YouTube is best known for its offbeat videos that become viral sensations. But among its millions of clips is a treasure trove of rare and fascinating arts footage, lovingly posted by fans. Ajesh Patalay selects 50 of the best – Joy Division’s TV debut, readings…
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Polish (and Russian) Film Posters
Web design blog wellmedicated has uncovered some great Polish film posters. These conceptual masterpieces put the original American posters to shame every time; they are truly beautiful works of art. Trimming this list down to a mere 50 posters that I absolutely love was surprisingly difficult. I find it difficult to choose stand-out candidates from…
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Reminiscence and La Jetée
La Jetée: Next weekend (Saturday 13th, 2pm) my alma mater, Cardiff University, is screening the classic French film La Jetée (The Pier). This 28-minute, 1960s sci-fi inspired Gilliam’s excellent Twelve Monkeys and has a rather respectable score of 8.3 on IMDB. Come along! Reminiscence: This piece of ‘total theatre’ is inspired by a famous case…
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North Korean Propaganda Posters
These North Korean Propaganda Posters are fascinating. I’ve always loved the design of propaganda posters and this book compiles a great selection from DPRK. Let’s extensively raise goats in all families! via Kottke
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Applying Mathematics to Escher’s Print Gallery
Prentententoonstelling—or Print Gallery—is a recursive M. C. Escher drawing. For Mathematics Awareness Month 2003, Escher and the Droste Effect delves into the mathematics behind one of Escher’s more intriguing pieces. The following from the published article. [Prentententoonstelling] shows a young man standing in an exhibition gallery, viewing a print of a Mediterranean seaport. As his…
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Will Draw Anything for $2
Yirmumah will draw you anything—in a comic book style—for just $2. Why am I doing this? Number one, it’s fun. Number two, it’s practice to make me faster and keep me sharp drawing various things I wouldn’t have thought to draw. […] Now the 2 dollar thing just seems very funny to me for some…
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2008 Penguin Design Award
The 2008 Penguin Design Award results are out and all of the designs are outstanding. Choice quotes from The Penguin Blog: ‘Good design costs no more than bad design’, said Penguin founder Sir Allen Lane. Something in the way visual communication courses are structured and delivered has fundamentally changed. We’re seeing a certain type of…