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Month: June 2013

  • Google Art Project changes

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    Let me start by saying that I have been a fan of the Google Art Project pretty much since it’s inception in February of 2011 — because I love, love, love high resolution art images — just love ’em! (love ’em!), and the Google Art Project has delivered them — in ever increasing numbers. Admittedly…

  • Joe Watmough

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    Joe Watmough is a concept artist for the gaming industry, currently working with Zenimax Online Studios, whose credits include work on Darksiders2, WARHAMMER 40K: Dark Millenium Online, Omega and Blackstar. In addition to a portfolio on CGHub, Watmough has two blogs, WatmoughPaintings and Ashakar. Though neither has been updated recently, both have additional images of…

  • Sendak Tribute Google Doodle

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    In celebration of what would have been Maurice Sendak’s 85th birthday today (June 10, 2013), Google has a nicely done, affectionate, respectful and fairly extensive tribute to the artist in the form of an animated Google Doodle on the Google home page. After today, look to the Google Doodles archive, or view this video capture…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Rubens’ portrait of wife, son and self

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    Rubens, His Wife Lelena Fourment, and Their Son Frans, Peter Paul Rubens This painting, showing the artist with his second wife and their son, is part affection, part pride and part advertisement for the artist’s prowess as a painter. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use Fullscreen link and zoom or download arrow.

  • Russian Railways – Alexander Petrov

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    There is a nice sensibility of painted animation in this one minute short by Alexander (Alexandre) Petrov from Pascal Blais Animation Studio in celebration of 175 years of Russian Railways. [Via Catsuka, by way of the Drawn archives]

  • Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure

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    Of the thirty four (or so, depending on questions of attribution) known paintings by the remarkable Dutch master Johannes Vermeer, three are currently in London’s National Gallery. Two are in the permanent collection: A Young Woman standing at a Virginal (a virginal is a type of harpsichord) and A Young Woman seated at a Virginal.…