Letters Remain

Category: art

  • MAD Magazine’s Fold-Ins

    I like how MAD Magazine’s ‘fold-ins’ were used to bring another dimension to the illustrations… A classic feature of MAD magazine, and arguably the best thing in it, fold over the pages to reveal a hidden image and message by artist Al Jafee. We were left a bit confused by some of the more US-centric…

  • The 50 Best Works of Art

    The Telegraph has compiled a nice list of The 50 Best Works of Art (and how to see them) Zen garden, Ryoan-ji Temple (late 15th century) Kyoto, Japan Getting there: bearable This is the most celebrated example of what in Japanese is called a karesansui, or “dry landscape”. Since it consists of nothing but raked…

  • Mona Lisa: The Science Behind That Smile

    Why does the woman depicted in the Mona Lisa appear to be both smiling and not smiling at the same time? The smile part of the Mona Lisa’s face was painted by Leonardo in low spatial frequencies. This means that when you look right at her mouth, there’s no smile. But if you look at…

  • Owen Wilson – Life Imitating Art

    ‘The Suicide of Genius: Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson in Life and Art‘ is an article pointing out the similarities between the troubling events in Owen Wilson’s troubled life and his on-screen roles in Anderson’s films. Owen Wilson, the eponymous free spirit and troubled hero of Wes Anderson’s films, has struggled with what appears to…