Tag Archives: Art

Google and Chagall

Posted on July 7, 2008 by bengt

I like the way Google changes their logo to celebrate things. Today their logo is inspired by Chagall, it is his birthday. I like Google start page, clean and neat with few distractions. A focused search tool.

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Creative alphabets

Posted on November 15, 2007 by bengt

David Airey has a post about The alphabet, but not as we know it. There are several creative alphabets, from a human crafted to photo-based fonts. The human crafted alphabet is shown below, to see the rest of them – … Continue reading →

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The Last Supper in detail

Posted on November 8, 2007 by bengt

The Last Supper is the painting by Leonardo da Vinci shown in amazing detail. The computer image is 16.118.035.591 pixel (172181 x 93611) and you can click on it to get closer and closer. They have some other work as … Continue reading →

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John Cleary Gallery

Posted on June 10, 2007 by bengt

John Cleary Gallery is a gallery with fine art photography, in black and white. There are some really great photos, like these by Rodney Smith.

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David Delthony Sculptured Furniture

Posted on May 26, 2007 by bengt

I found Sculptured Furniture through StumbleUpon. Amazing sculptured furniture, works of art. Wonder if I would dare to use it as furniture if I had one of those?

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Pysanka, Easter egg

Posted on April 7, 2007 by bengt

I got a link to the PYSANKY SHOWCASE in a maillinglist. Ukrainian Pysanky (Easter eggs) is an ancient form of Ukrainian folk art. There are some very beautiful eggs at that site. Wikipedia has an interesting article about Pysanka where … Continue reading →

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Midzone and Artzone

Posted on March 17, 2007 by bengt

March 14 I was at Midzone for the opening of an art exhibition. It was also the launch of Konstzonen (Artzone) which is a gallery in the office. The artist is Anders Adèrn from Malmö. I like this concept, mixing … Continue reading →

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Van Gogh and Amsterdam

Posted on March 9, 2007 by bengt

When in Amsterdam we went to the Van Gogh Museum. This museum has the world´s largest collection of Vincent van Gogh: more than 200 paintings, 500 drawings and 700 letters as well as van Gogh´s own collection of Japanese prints. … Continue reading →

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Rembrandt and Amsterdam

Posted on March 8, 2007 by bengt

I have been in Amsterdam and while there we went to Rijksmuseum – National Museum of Art and History. While the restoration of the main building is underway, the Rijksmuseum displays the crème de la crème of its permanent collection … Continue reading →

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Balboa Park

Posted on February 19, 2007 by bengt

Balboa Park was mentioned in a discussion at Yahoo! Groups. On their website it says: Balboa Park – the nation’s largest urban cultural park. Home to 15 major museums, renowned performing arts venues, beautiful gardens and the San Diego Zoo, … Continue reading →

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