A new dress was made for Degas’s petite dancer. The sculpture is one of the most loved artworks in the Met. It is beautiful; however, when an artwork as famous as this is visually changed, one must decide if that change was appropriate or not. All of the past photos, postcards, reproductions, and textbook illustrations […]
Category Archives: LIFE’S SPHERE
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(From now through Jan. 2025, there is a retrospective of Sendak’s life and work at The Denver Art Museum.) A Day in the Life of an Artist – by Jack Atkinson While writing my thesis for my Master’s Degree, I went to interview Maurice Sendak at his home in Connecticut. A friend said […]
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(Washinton Crossing the Deleware.) CLICK ON ARROW TO PLAY THIS VIDEO STORY ABOUT THE MET MUSEUM. A TOUR OF THE MET (Metropolitan Museum of Art) IN NYC) The MET is an encyclopedic museum with the most depth in many departments than any other similar museum in the U/SA. A tour of art from around the […]
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PEARL DISTRICT The Pearl Complex is about a mile north of downtown. San Antonio’s Pearl District – The Pearl Brewery operated out of this location from 1883 to 2001. For years after the brewery closed, the buildings were left to rust and ruin and the open land became empty fields of tall yellow grass. Over […]
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FENG SHUI: the Chinese study of naturally occurring energies (invisible forces known as qi) surrounding everything and binding the universe, earth, and humanity together. Feng Shui masters claim you can use these forces to better live in harmony with your surrounding environment. A yin-yang balance of positive energies between your environment (outer life) and your body, mind, and […]
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A NYC PARK AVENUE APARTMENT (Currently For Sale – c/o Serena Boardman, Sotheby’s Realty) The beauty and warmth of this residence on Park Avenue is an excellent example of upscale, upper-east-side Manhattan, NYC traditional interiors. Top-end NYC apartments have two basic approaches in lifestyle and design, Modern or Traditional. 1) Modern – Floor to ceiling glass […]
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Sep
“No, I wasn’t trying to be streamlined or futuristic,” architect Charles Deaton said, explaining the evolution of his Sculptured House in Genesee. “I was going to do a piece of sculpture for its own sake. It became long and low and flat because of the internal planning, and also to be part of the mesa. […]
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bachman Wilson House – Relocated and Reconstructed as an Architectural Exhibit on the grounds of Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, AR. Alice Walton, the founder and creative force behind Crystal Bridges Museum, has purchased and moved Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bachman Wilson House (c.1954), originally located in Somerset County, N.J., to a plot […]
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Gerrit Thomas Rietveld was a Dutch architect and furniture designer born on June 24, 1888 and died on June 25, 1964. He was a principal member of the Dutch artistic movement “DeStijl”. Rietveld’s most famous design is his “Red and Blue Chair” pictured below. Rietveld was born in Utrecht Holand, in 1888, the son of a joiner (woodworker). He left […]
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There may be no better way to truly soak up this summer than by lazily lounging at the edge of a beautiful infinity pool. Let’s look at some fantasy pools, for your dream home. trivago.com has supplied us with eight examples of their best choices of hotel infinity pools. The combination of stark white buildings and […]
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