Lines and Colors art blog

Author: cparker

  • Caspar David Friedrich – Nature Animated

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    Since I wrote my post about the great 19th Century German landscape artist Caspar David Friedrich back in 2006, many additional resources for viewing his work have appeared on the web; and there is a new exhibition of his work, Caspar David Friedrich — Nature Animated along with a complimentary exhibit, Friedrich, Eight Contemporary Commentaries…

  • Similarity based image search

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    OK, so you’ve got this image, and you want to find something similar or related; and you want to find it with needle-like accuracy out there in the vast and windblown haystacks of the web. Search engines, of course, come to mind. Those tireless workhorses of web direction (and misdirection) are always happy to give…

  • Velázquez (Self?) Portrait Rediscovered

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    It may be disconcerting to some, but I actually enjoy the fact that art history, like history in general, is a fluid landscape. New discoveries and the reinterpretation of existing information can make textbooks obsolete overnight and reverse the fortunes of collectors and museums; and can also lead to excitement, disappointment or simply clarification. A…

  • Terrible Yellow Eyes

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    Terrible Yellow Eyes is a blog established by illustrator Cory Godbey to express his fascination and admiration for the work of Maurice Sendak, and in particular, his classic Where the Wild Things Are. The blog is a growing collection of artwork from a variety of artists, each expressing their own admiration for Sendak’s work with…

  • Maurice Sendak

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    Maurice Sendak has been a window dresser for F.A.O. Schwartz, an illustrator for All-American Comics, and, since 1951, the author and illustrator of some of the most well-known and influential books in children’s literature. A fair bit of attention is currently focused on Where the Wild Things Are, his award winning and controversial classic that…

  • RK Post

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    Randy “RK” Post is an illustrator who has a fascination with monsters and a penchant for the gruesome and grotesque, an inclination that serves him well in his role creating fantasy and gaming illustrations for clients like TSR, Wizards of the Coast, LucasFilm, 20th Century Fox, Sega, and others. He also counts comics companies like…