Van Gogh painting, 'Couple in a park with a fir tree' 1888.
A christmas tree in the making, just add tinsel.
Thursday, 8 December 2011
Advent Calender - Day 8
Van Gogh painting, 'Couple in a park with a fir tree' 1888.
A christmas tree in the making, just add tinsel.
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Advent Calender - Day 7
Another day another advent post!
This Mulberry advert epitomises autumn and winter in my opinion. It is one of my favourite adverts this season.
If you fancy indulging in a bit of fantasy shopping, (with a christmassy feel) head to http://www.mulberry.com/?gclid=CP3OxYTI76wCFUVTfAodsyJYmg
This Mulberry advert epitomises autumn and winter in my opinion. It is one of my favourite adverts this season.
If you fancy indulging in a bit of fantasy shopping, (with a christmassy feel) head to http://www.mulberry.com/?gclid=CP3OxYTI76wCFUVTfAodsyJYmg
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Faking it!
Fascinating experiment carried out using brain scanning technology to gauge people's reaction to fake paintings!
People appear to get more aesthetic pleasure from the painting that they are told is real than when they are told the same painting is fake.
This suggests that the experience of viewing a work of art does not merely rely upon the appearance but upon the attending history of the image.
Check it out at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/education-16032234?SThisFB
This is just another way in which technology has been used to create a better understanding of Art and Art History.
People appear to get more aesthetic pleasure from the painting that they are told is real than when they are told the same painting is fake.
This suggests that the experience of viewing a work of art does not merely rely upon the appearance but upon the attending history of the image.
Check it out at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/education-16032234?SThisFB
This is just another way in which technology has been used to create a better understanding of Art and Art History.
Advent Calender - Day 6
This is a detail of Benozzo Gozzoli's Magnificent frescoed (wall-painting) chapel for the Medici Palace in Florence painted between 1459-62. It is one of the few parts of the Palace interior that is still in it's original state. The image shows a group of angels kneeling in worship. Their halos read different variations of 'We worship thee, we glorify thee'.
Monday, 5 December 2011
Advent Calender - Day 5
Rollover to reveal image!!
This is a wine Cooler made by the workshop of Flaminio Fontana, thought to have been made for Cosimo I de'Medici.
It is made of tin-glazed pottery otherwise known as Maiolica.
Imagine serving the wine on Christmas day out of this!!
This is a wine Cooler made by the workshop of Flaminio Fontana, thought to have been made for Cosimo I de'Medici.
It is made of tin-glazed pottery otherwise known as Maiolica.
Imagine serving the wine on Christmas day out of this!!
Sunday, 4 December 2011
Tatlin's Tower
Pop in to see the Large Model of The Monument, to the Third International otherwise known as Tatlin's Tower, in the courtyard of The Royal Academy of Arts. It is exhibited there as part of the Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935 exhibition.
This model represents a small scale example of a work of architecture envisaged by Vladimir Tatlin but never completed. It is an incredible work of fantasy expressing the avant-garde context in which it was created. It comprises an intertwined metal framework with three rotating geometric forms, the lowest one being a cube which would have been used for a variety of events and would have completed a single rotation over the period of a year.
This structure would probabaly have been for all intents and purposes unbuildable as well as totally impractical but the opportunity to see the model at least gives us a framework with which to imagine how incredible it would have looked! Especially when you consider that it would have been 400 metres tall making it over twice the height of the Gherkin in London!
As the Tower is in the courtyard of the Royal Academy it is open to the public for free and is worth having a nosy at.
Also bear in mind that the Degas Exhibition ends on the 11th, if you want to go and see this exhibition it might be worth booking as the show has been very popular!
For a review of the Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935 exhibition visit: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/oct/30/soviet-architecture-royal-academy-review?INTCMP=SRCH
This model represents a small scale example of a work of architecture envisaged by Vladimir Tatlin but never completed. It is an incredible work of fantasy expressing the avant-garde context in which it was created. It comprises an intertwined metal framework with three rotating geometric forms, the lowest one being a cube which would have been used for a variety of events and would have completed a single rotation over the period of a year.
This structure would probabaly have been for all intents and purposes unbuildable as well as totally impractical but the opportunity to see the model at least gives us a framework with which to imagine how incredible it would have looked! Especially when you consider that it would have been 400 metres tall making it over twice the height of the Gherkin in London!
As the Tower is in the courtyard of the Royal Academy it is open to the public for free and is worth having a nosy at.
Also bear in mind that the Degas Exhibition ends on the 11th, if you want to go and see this exhibition it might be worth booking as the show has been very popular!
For a review of the Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935 exhibition visit: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/oct/30/soviet-architecture-royal-academy-review?INTCMP=SRCH
Advent Calender - Day 4
Day 4!!
The Seasons 'Winter' By Jasper John
This is an etching and acquatint on paper. This is in the Tate Britain Prints and Drawings room.
I particularly love the little snowman outline in the image.
The Seasons 'Winter' By Jasper John
This is an etching and acquatint on paper. This is in the Tate Britain Prints and Drawings room.
I particularly love the little snowman outline in the image.
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