Posts in Category: Art History
A mandatory $180 art school textbook about “prehistory to 1800” with no pictures, thanks to a lack of mysterious “copyright clearances” – Boing Boing
And you thought the books at GPRC were expensive. At least they look impressive and have pretty pictures. Try Ontario College of Art and Design.
the burden | Fine Art Schlock
Chris Burden embodies everything i love and hate about the fine art world. his work is sensational and violent and ‘destructo ‘- total BOY stuff. i love it to death. but, it’s also completely and utterly shallow sensationalistic petty painful HUBRIS. he often reminds me of those horrid jerks we all met in school who thought they were the world’s most important and talented ‘artists’ but were actually insane stupid asshole jerks. you know the type. we all do. he’s like a walking breathing cliche.
read more via the burden | Madame Pickwick Art Blog.
The Lost Art…
A freehand sketch of the south facade of the Denver Central Library, which the writer designed. More Photos »
By MICHAEL GRAVES
IT has become fashionable in many architectural circles to declare the death of drawing. What has happened to our profession, and our art, to cause the supposed end of our most powerful means of conceptualizing and representing architecture?
The computer, of course. With its tremendous ability to organize and present data, the computer is transforming every aspect of how architects work, from sketching their first impressions of an idea to creating complex construction documents for contractors. For centuries, the noun “digit” (from the Latin “digitus”) has been defined as “finger,” but now its adjectival form, “digital,” relates to data. Are our hands becoming obsolete as creative tools? Are they being replaced by machines? And where does that leave the architectural creative process?
Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence. Full bio »
STARBUCKS: Facts and lore behind the logo
have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me. We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
I have seen them riding seaward on the waves By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Combing the white hair of the waves blown back Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
When the wind blows the water white and black.
— T.S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
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Capitoline Wolf is Medieval, not Etruscan
The bronze sculpture of a she-wolf nursing the infants Romulus and Remus that is the star of tourist stall t-shirts all over Rome is not the masterpiece of Etruscan metalwork it has been reputed to be since the 18th century. The latest radiocarbon dating performed on organic residue from the casting process confirms that La Lupa, iconic symbol of Rome, was made in the 11th or 12th century, not the 5th or 6th century B.C.
via The History Blog » Blog Archive » Confirmed:Capitoline Wolf is Medieval, not Etruscan.
Oldest pottery in the world found in China
Oldest pottery in the world found in ChinaPottery fragments discovered in Xianrendong Cave in south China’s Jiangxi Province have been radiocarbon dated to 19,000-20,000 years ago making them the oldest pottery ever discovered. Over the past 10 years, ancient pottery finds in East Asia have upended the notion that ceramics were invented around the time humans transitioned from hunting and gathering to agriculture, 10,000 or so years ago. This particular discovery is fully 2,000 to 3,000 years older than previous examples.
read more: The History Blog » Blog Archive » Oldest pottery in the world found in China.
Laurie Andersons commencement speech on art, science and space « Boing Boing
Laurie Andersons commencement speech on art, science and space « Boing Boing.
Not as inspiring as the last but worth a listen.