Month: July 2012
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Fantasy art auction in support of Cyril van der Haegen
Despite what those politicians (on both sides of the aisle) who accept large campaign donations from the health insurance industry might try to tell you, the U.S. health care system is not the “best in the world” and is not “doing just fine” without some kind of government intervention — not while millions of citizens…
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Bendito Machine
Bendito Machine (blessed machine) is a series of nicely realized fantastical animations created by Jossie Malis, produced by Zumbakamera and animated by Malis and Pau Martinez. This is a series of animations, done primarily and very effectively in sihlouette, of which the most recent and by some degree the most entertaining, is Bendito Machine IV…
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Gilbert Stuart, not just presidents
Today is the Fourth of July, “Independence Day” here in the U.S., a holiday on which we celebrate not having to pay undue deference to a little old lady who wears funny hats. Amid carrying on the traditions of beer and barbecues handed down by our nation’s founding fathers, there is sometimes talk of the…
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The Higgs Boson Explained (PHD Comics)
Curious about the “Higgs Boson” breakthrough mentioned in the popular science news lately, and/or the nature of the very small10 particles that make up life, the universe and everything? (Of course you are!) Well Daniel Whiteson, an experimental physicist at CERN, where the exciting high energy particle smashing action has been taking place, explains it…
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J. Paul Getty Museum on Google Art Project
Having never been to the J. Paul Getty Museum, all I know about it is limited to what I see online, but judging from that, and particularly from the selection from the museum available for viewing in zoomable high-resolution versions on the Google Art Project, their collection is quite fantastic. I’ve included a detail from…
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Eye Candy for Today: Corot waterfall
Waterfall at Terni, by Camille Corot. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Click on “Fullscreen” and zoom or download..