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myimaginarybrooklyn: blue-voids: Letters from Vincent van Gogh...

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:19:25 -0400

myimaginarybrooklyn:

blue-voids:

Letters from Vincent van Gogh to his brother, Theo.

jennilee: Sculptures Alphabetiques. Paul Cox

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:23:14 -0400

jennilee:

Sculptures Alphabetiques. Paul Cox

natgeofound: A group of scarabs from the Scarabaeid family,...

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:29:04 -0400

natgeofound:

A group of scarabs from the Scarabaeid family, July 1929.
Photograph by Edwin L. Wisherd, National Geographic

cenwatchglass: Works by Vivian F. Torrence from “Chemistry...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:49:38 -0400

"Radium" Vivian F. Torrence

"Theory and Practice" Vivian F. Torrence

"Seeing to the Center of Things" Vivian F. Torrence

"On the Crystal Scale" Vivian F. Torrence

"Natural Cycles" Vivian F. Torrence

cenwatchglass:

Works by Vivian F. Torrence from “Chemistry Imagined,” an exhibit including poetry and essays by chemistry Nobel Laureate Roald Hoffmann

Unusual Exhibit Portrays Chemistry’s Imaginative Landscape

“Art does not reproduce the visible; rather it makes visible.” —Paul Klee
“Knowing without seeing is at the heart of chemistry.” —Roald Hoffmann

Chemical & Engineering News, September 21, 1992 [pdf]

myampgoesto11: Ron Mueck: Couple Under an Umbrella (2013)

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:44:00 -0400

myampgoesto11:

Ron Mueck: Couple Under an Umbrella (2013)

kittehkats: Artist: Tadashige NishidaTitle: Five Reclining...

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:26:08 -0400

kittehkats:

Artist: Tadashige Nishida
Title: Five Reclining Black Cats (Detail)
Date:2000, original woodblock print, numbered limited edition 76/100, FIRST EDITION, pencil signed by the artist and sealed

bofransson: Raminou and a Pitcher of Carnations Suzanne Valadon...

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:58 -0400

bofransson:

Raminou and a Pitcher of Carnations Suzanne Valadon - 1932

peepandpeep: Instalación_GERDA STEINER & JÖRG...

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:44:04 -0400

peepandpeep:

Instalación_GERDA STEINER & JÖRG LENZLINGER

Brainforest
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Japan), 2004

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fetishofsilence: Mlle Fiocre in the Ballet “The...

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:05:49 -0400

fetishofsilence:

Mlle Fiocre in the Ballet “The Source”

Mademoiselle Fiocre dans le ballet La Source

Edgar Degas, 1896-1898

130 x 145 cm, oil on canvas

The Brooklyn Collection, NY, USA

showslow: Miracoco Luminarium by Architects of Air

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:51:06 -0400

showslow:

Miracoco Luminarium by Architects of Air

heracliteanfire: Clouds over the Black Sea—Crimea. Boris...

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:48:36 -0400

heracliteanfire:

Clouds over the Black Sea—Crimea. Boris Anisfeld, 1906 (via Brooklyn Museum)

flasd: Brodsky and Utkin, Moscow Архитектурный колумбарий,...

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:50:15 -0400

flasd:

Brodsky and Utkin, Moscow

Архитектурный колумбарий, конкурсная графика

Бродский и Уткин, Москва

indigodreams: sina-santi2: Édouard Vuillard on the train with...

Sun, 12 May 2013 08:36:02 -0400

indigodreams:

sina-santi2:

Édouard Vuillard on the train with Antoine Bibesco

cinoh: Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian...

Sat, 11 May 2013 08:37:43 -0400

cinoh:

Sculpture of the Inuit: Masterworks of the Canadian Arctic’

bartleby-company: Frida Kahlo with her monkey Fulang Chang

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:14:25 -0400

bartleby-company:

Frida Kahlo with her monkey Fulang Chang

workman: The common perception is that the great statues and...

Tue, 07 May 2013 20:47:15 -0400

Trojan archer from the Temple of Aphaia on Aegina, Greek, c. 490-480 B.C. He is probably Paris, who killed Achilles with an arrow to that famous heel.

Grave stele of Paramythion, Greek, c. 380-370 B.C. from the Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich. The stele appears as is (left), as it was, and as is under ultraviolet light.

The head of Caligula (looking innocent), Roman, A.D. 39-41.

Juxtaposition of the colored reconstruction and the weathered original of a bronze head in the Munich exhibition.

Naked Greeks battle Persians on the so-called “Alexander” sarcophagus, Greek, c. 320 B.C., Archaeological Museum, Istanbul.

Warrior's head from the east pediment of the Temple of Aphaia on Aegin. Left: Color reconstruction. Right: Original sculpture in ultraviolet light, showing scales on the helmet.

Torso of a warrior, Greek, c. 470-460 B.C., Acropolis Museum, Athens. Color of the cuirass is speculative, both yellow and gilt reconstructions were made; some ancient statues certainly were gilded

Athena. Reconstruction has been restricted to areas whose original appearance may be determined with some certainty.

The “Peplos” kore, Greek, c. 530 B.C. Right: drew criticism from those who say ancients painted only ornaments and details, never a whole sculpture. Left: limited to colors thatcan be determinedsurely

Left: Lion from Loutraki, color reconstruction. Center: Original. Right: Detail of mane and eyebrow hair visible with the naked eye on the original sculpture.

workman:

The common perception is that the great statues and buildings of ancient Greece and Rome were all pure unpainted stone or green tarnished bronze, but researchers have been arguing that this may not been what these classic monuments really looked like back in the era of their creation. That, in fact, these statues were quite alive and vibrant, full of color.

Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity is a travelling exhibition of varying format and extent that has been shown in multiple cities worldwide. Its subject is ancient polychromy, i.e. the original, brightly painted, appearance of ancient sculpture and architecture. It features more than 20 full-size color reconstructions of Greek and Roman works, alongside 35 original statues and reliefs.

The color reconstructions are based on close examination of the originals and on scientific analysis of the scarce traces of paint remaining on them. Ultraviolet light, says Ebbinghaus, “brings out ‘paint ghosts,’ differences in the surface structure of the stone caused by different paints and by the weathering of the paints. It can often give you an idea of patterns, even if no pigments survive.” The paint on these reproductions of stone sculptures appears flat, lacking the depth of, say, oil. “We can identify the colorants—mostly minerals and some plants,” says Ebbinghaus, “but binding media are hard to identify. Egg has been used for the reconstructions. If the minerals were ground more finely, a different binding medium used, the paint polished or covered with a protective coating, the effect would be quite different.”

“We now assume that almost all Greek marble sculpture was painted,” she says. “These reconstructions can only be approximations,” but at least they dispel a popular misconception—that most statues of antiquity were plain old white. Plain would not be thought ideal until the Renaissance.

Researchers believe, particalurly Vinzenz Brinkmann who has been doing this research for the past 25 years, that artists used mineral and organic based colors and after centuries of deterioration any trace of pigment leftover when discovered, would have been taken off during any cleaning processes done before being put on display, washing the historical art clear of its true colors.

The findings of this research completley changes the commonly held modern ideas of the ancient world, and the way we view modern sculpture and art today, much of which was based on those classical Greek and Roman styles.

Sources: x x x x.

red-lipstick: Hans Thoma (1839 - 1924, German) - The Cat,...

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:44:31 -0400

red-lipstick:

Hans Thoma (1839 - 1924, German) - The Cat, 1901 Etchings

rhizomedotorg: On Rhizome: A collection of items from...

Sat, 04 May 2013 07:08:01 -0400

rhizomedotorg:

On Rhizome: A collection of items from the Prosthetic Knowledge Tumblr archive and around the Web, taking a brief look at creative works that bring gaming literacy to the canvas plane.

indigenousdialogues: Iranian artist, Mohammad Ali...

Sat, 04 May 2013 05:28:37 -0400

indigenousdialogues:

Iranian artist, Mohammad Ali Taraghijah
Untitled
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 80 cm

lustik: Mona Luison

Sat, 04 May 2013 05:26:36 -0400

lustik:

Mona Luison