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POPSNo Ordinary Love (with no ordinary images) I had never seen this before, and the photographer had no background information. So after reading through the comments on Flickr, someone who lived in the area was able to provide a few more details. And another user found the link to the artist's website.
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POPSFunny Epitaphs I clipped this for you alanocu to go with your *romantic* cemetary lady sculpture. *LOL* Here lies an Atheist All dressed up And no place to go. On an Auctioneer: Jedediah Goodwin Auctioneer Born 1828 Going! Going!! Gone!!! 1876 :lol:
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POPSThe Shadow Knows The art of the sculpture is in the form its shadow makes when illuminated in a certain way.
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POPSone of our own has just won! kudos! Digital art defines the contemporary. The Los Angeles Center For Digital Art is dedicated to the propagation of all forms of digital art, new media, digital video art, net art, digital sculpture, interactive multimedia, and the vast panorama of hybrid forms of art and technology that constitute our moment in culture. We are committed to supporting local, international, emerging and established artists through exposure in our gallery. We have an ongoing schedule of exhibits and competitions, produce editions of wide format archival prints, and collaborate in the production of digital artworks in our studio. As well we are involved with curating digital exhibits at institutions and festivals outside of the LACDA gallery schedule.
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POPSArt of the DEAD: Ancient Irish High Cross Art
"About 200 of them survive, in varying condition, many of them decorated with scriptural scenes. This iconography, some of it simple, some of it ingeniously complex, has been meticulously explored by archaeologist/art historian Dr Peter Harbison in his definitive three volume study, The High Crosses of Ireland (Bonn, 1992). It is a major work which is yet to be published in Ireland. In it Harbison has identified ancient Christian Rome from AD 400 onwards as the most likely inspiration for the Irish crosses, "but the figure sculpture may have come to our shores largely through the filter of the empire of Charlemagne and his sons in central Europe". The compositions for the biblical panels on the Irish crosses are often similar to those found on frescoes in continental churches. " During the past 20 years or so, several of the high crosses have been moved indoors in an attempt to prevent further erosion. One of the first to be relocated was the cross at the Rock of Cashel which was re
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POPS"Artchive" this site is a treasure trove of information regarding art....I have so much to learn & explore here :)
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POPSThe Tasty Art of Chocolate & Candy "Watch what you bite into. It might be a priceless chocolate piece of art" If anyone is interested - Wanted: Volunteers with a craving for chocolate for pioneering heart disease study - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=562423&in_page_id=1766&ito=1490
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POPSSurrealism - pics May 21 2008: The manuscript draft of the first surrealist manifesto is being put up for auction in Paris today. Take a look at photographs of some of the godfathers of the movement
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POPSThe Exanding Mathematical Universe of Spidrons A field of triangles crumples and twists into a wavy crystalline sea. A crystal ball sprouts spiraling, labyrinthine passages. Faceted bricks stack snugly into a tidy, compact structure. Underlying each of these objects is a remarkable geometric shape made up of a sequence of triangles—a spiral polygon that resembles a seahorse's tail. The result is beautiful to behold.
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POPSWeapons as sculpture Project Name Peace Art Project Cambodia (PAPC). The main idea - "relics terrible past, which has been transformed into the image of hope for a peaceful future."
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