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Julius Shulman: 1910-2009

July 18, 2009 By Wendy Campbell

Julius Shulman - Case Study House no. 22

Today’s image is in honour of photographer Julius Shulman who passed away this week on July 15th. Shulman is believed by many to be the greatest architectural photographer in history, elevating a commercial genre to a fine art.  The photograph shown above is called Case Study House No. 22 and is one of the most famous architectural pictures ever taken.

To learn more about Julius Shulman, visit Wikipedia where you will find a number of links to photo archives and biographical information.

Filed Under: Architecture, ART, Photography Tagged With: Julius Shulman

Art-e-Facts: 5 Random Art Facts V

July 9, 2009 By Wendy Campbell

Casa Mila - Antoni Gaudi1. Antoni Gaudi was hit by a tram in 1926 and he looked so ragged and  poor, that nobody recognized him or helped him to a hospital. Gaudi was eventually taken to a hospital for the poor, where he wasn’t recognized until his friends found him there the following day. They wanted to move him but Gaudi refused, insisting that, “I belong here amongst the poor.” He died of his injuries three days later.

Pech Merle - Spotted Horses Mural2. For about as long as humans have created works of art, they’ve also left behind handprints. People began stenciling, painting, or chipping imprints of their hands onto rock walls at least 30,000 years ago. Analyzing hand stencils dating back some 28,000 years in Spain’s El Castillo cave, archaeologist Dean Snow concluded many of El Castillo’s artists had been female. His findings suggest women’s role in prehistoric culture may have been greater than previously thought.

Paint3. The first ready mixed paint was patented by  D.R. Averill of Ohio in 1867, but it never caught on.  The Sherwin-Williams company spent ten years perfecting the formula where fine paint particles would stay suspended in Linseed oil. In 1880 they succeeded in developing a formula. It was then that emulsions based on similar formulae, were produced and marketed as ‘oil bound distempers’. By 1880 the new paints were readily available in tins, in a wide range of colours, and came to be exported all over the World.

Edward Burne Jones - Daniel - 18734. The meaning of the word “cartoon” (from the Italian “cartone” and Dutch word “karton”, meaning strong, heavy paper or pasteboard) has evolved over time. Its original use was in fine art, and meant a full size preparatory drawing for a piece of art such as a painting, stained glass, or tapestry. Cartoons were typically used in the production of frescoes, to accurately link the component parts of the composition.

Art and Crime5. Art crime is the third highest grossing criminal enterprise worldwide, behind only drugs and arms trafficking. It brings in $2-6 billion per year, most of which, since the 1960s is perpetrated either by, or on behalf of, international organized crime syndicates. They either use stolen art for resale, or to barter on the black market for an equivalent value of goods or services. Individually instigated art crimes are rare, and art crimes perpetrated for private collectors are rarest of all.

Related Books:
The Art Lover’s Almanac : Serious Trivia for the Novice and the Connoisseur

Facts On File Encyclopedia Of Art ( 5 vol. set)

Sources: Barcelona Life, National Geographic, Brenda Semanick, Wikipedia, ARCA

Filed Under: Architecture, ART, Art History, Art-e-Facts, Illustration Tagged With: Antoni Gaudi, Art Crime, Cartoon, Ready Mix paint

Daniel Libeskind: Architecture

July 3, 2009 By Wendy Campbell

Very interesting and inspiring Ted Talk by Polish/American architect Daniel Libeskind – “17 Words of Architectural Inspiration” which I think relates to all creative endeavors. The video is 18 minutes long, but well worth the watch.

Libeskind’s many buildings include the Jewish Museum in Berlin, the Denver Art Museum, the Royal Ontario Museum, and in  February 2003, he won the competition to be the master plan architect for the reconstruction of the World Trade Center site in New York.

For more information about this visionary and controversial architect visit DanielLibeskind.com.



To go to full screen, press the button a the top right of the video.

Filed Under: Architecture, ART Tagged With: Daniel Libeskind

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