Month: June 2011
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Al Williamson Archives: Volume 2
As I mentioned in my previous posts on him, I consider Al Williamson one of the greats of 20th Century comics art, and an important bridge between the traditions of the newspaper adventure strips of the first half of the century and the “Silver Age” comic books of the second. Williamson carried forward the excellence…
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René Magritte: The Pleasure Principle
René Magritte: The Pleasure Principle is the title of a major exhibition of the Surrealist artist’s work at the Tate Liverpool that is on view until 16 October 2011. Other than the image at top, I have no idea if the images above are included in the show; I’ll just take any excuse to post…
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The History of English
The History of English is a series of 10 very short animated segments, totaling about 10 minutes, from The Open University that chronicle the origins of the language, its growth and expansion into the bazillion word behemoth we know and love today. Narrated in a nicely cheeky tone, it’s amusing as well as informative. Word…
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David Ligare
California painter David Ligare describes himself as a “Post-Modern, Neo-Classical American Artist” (I love that term, “Post-Modern”), and draws much of his inspiration from Classical Greek culture, rather than from the Renaissance based revival of those cultural influences. You can see that influence in his landscapes and figurative work. I’m particularly fascinated by his beautiful…
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Reykjavík Center Map
The interactive Reykjavík Center Map, which at first glance might appear to be a Google Earth style map with computer modeled buildings in isometric perspective, is in fact a hand-illustrated image, apparently in pen and ink and watercolor. I can’t find specific credits for the art, but one of the team who worked on the…
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BBC’s Your Paintings
As those of us who haunt museums are keenly aware, but the general public is probably not, most of the world’s artworks are not on view. Some, of course, are in private collections, visible to the public only if on loan to museums or in publications. A great percentage, however, is in museum storage. Another…