They came. They created. They conquered. The Huffington Post | By Priscilla Frank The following 15 women defeated the odds, inscribing their names in art history and forever changing its course. And what’s crazier is the fact that they kept doing it, over and over again, probably for longer than you’ve been alive. Behold, the…
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doctors enlist paintings to hone skills
More physicians are offering a different perspective on paintings by ‘diagnosing’ pieces of art. Article by Amy Dockser Marcus, Wall Street Journal, Dec. 31, 2014. When it comes to art, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And so, apparently, is a medical diagnosis. Rheumatologist Sara E. Walker spent her life doing research on and treating…
turner masterpiece sells for £30.3m, setting world auction record for artist
Rome, From Mount Aventine was one of the last great works in private hands and remains in exceptional condition One of the last great Turner masterpieces remaining in private hands set a world auction record for the artist tonight, Sotheby’s said. Rome, From Mount Aventine, sold for £30.3m including buyer’s premium, easily beating its estimate…
the mirror man: an interview with douglas gordon
The Scottish artist is flooding New York’s Park Avenue Armory to create a giant looking-glass surrounding the pianist Hélène Grimaud By Louisa Buck. Features, Issue 263, December 2014, Published online: 10 December 2014 {post via The Art Newspaper}, featured image: An installation view of tears become… streams become… at the Park Avenue Armory. Photo by James Ewing….
origami: a blend of sculpture + mathematics
Artist and MIT professor Erik Demaine makes flat geometric diagrams spring into elegant, three-dimensional origami sculptures. By Marina Koren, SMITHSONIAN.COM, JANUARY 23, 2013 The shape of a Pringle, mathematically speaking, is called a hyperbolic paraboloid. Artists have been folding paper into this shape for years. The twist? Hyperbolic paraboloids shouldn’t exist in origami—it’s impossible to make such…
golden ratio in art composition and design
“Without mathematics there is no art,” said Luca Pacioli, a contemporary of Da Vinci. {article source: The Golden Number, May 4, 2014 by Gary Meisner} Just as the Golden Section is found in the design and beauty of nature, it can also be used to achieve beauty and balance in the design of art. This is only a tool though, and not a…
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