Fin de Siècle, Pamela J. Crook 1998. Last modified March 14, 2011.
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The World as it is Today
Posted in Art, Japan, tagged earthquake, King Crimson, Nuclear meltdown, nuclear power, Pamela J. Crook, plutonium, pollution, The Power to Believe, tsunami on March 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Caught in Time
Posted in Art, Russia, tagged ethnic diversity, James Clerk Maxwell, Jewish life, Samarkand, Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii, Vitaly Naumkin, Walter Frankhauser on October 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Russian photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii who lived 1863-1944 had used James Clerk Maxwell’s invention to produce color photographs for his Tsar-endorsed survey of the Russian Empire. Maxwell (d. 1879) had used three subsequent exposures with red, green and blue filters, respectively. The three images were reversal developed to form three color separating transparencies which could be [...]
Judas’ Kiss
Posted in Art, Christianity, Religion, tagged Andriy Dutka, anti-semitism, Good Friday, Jesus, Judas on April 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On yesterday’s Good Friday, I stumbled across Ukrainian Artist Andriy Dutka’s almost iconic “Judas’ Kiss” of 1990. It can be viewed at Wurzburg’s “Museum am Dom”. When earnestly considering Judas’ role in the Gospel, his betrayal and kiss were undoubtedly necessary for the redeemer in order to accomplish His mandate as savior of the [...]
Intricate Patterns
Posted in Art, tagged carpets, Hans Holbein the Younger, Lorenzo Lotto, Ottoman Empire, Safavid dynasty, Timurid period on February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Mathematic breakthroughs in the 10th and 11th centuries in Baghdad and, for instance, Esfahan may have resulted during the 15th century in an explosion of Islamic Art and Architecture. In particular the use of so called girih tiles, that is a set of polygonal prototiles with well-defined decorating lines may have allowed medieval artists in Iran [...]
R.D. Parsons’ Rugs
Posted in Afghanistan, Art, tagged Baluchi carpets, Dinie Gootjes, R.D. Parsons, Shir Khosrow Paiwand, Tukoman carpets, Turkotek, women's art on January 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
For all who are interested in carpets from Afghanistan, Volume 3 of the Antique Collectors’ Club Oriental Rugs series by R. D. Parsons is a must [1]. Parsons not only displays more than 150 color plates with beautiful examples but also provides the fascinated reader with most valuable information about the manufacture of carpets [...]
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