An inspired animation of Frida Kahlo’s famous portrait that was taken by her father, Guillermo Kahlo, in 1932 . The animation incorporates key images from her works that also defined her life as she depicted it on canvas. I had to have it. via GIPHY Frida Kahlo Bio as Artist “Mexican fantasy painter known
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Homage to Prince with Miles Davis
This is a Billboard article written by Natalie Weiner. It is about the collaboration of two innovative icons of the music arts, Prince and one of his most powerful influences, Miles Davis. Titans of talent and musical creativity. A fitting piece in the wake of Prince’s untimely death. Both represent huge losses to the music
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Animated Short by Salvador Dali and Walt Disney
Destino An animated collaboration between Salvador Dali and Walt Disney. 1946.
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artist at work
“If I didn’t have my camera to remind me constantly, I am here to do this, I would eventually have slipped away, I think. I would have forgotten my reason to exist.” ~ Annie Leibovitz
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Boccardi Hebrew illuminated manuscript
The Jewish community of Florence flourished in the 15th-century, their position closely linked to the fortunes of the de’ Medici. Lorenzo il magnifico was their protector; he encouraged Jewish scholarship and scholars. It is, then, unsurprising that Jewish patrons of this Mahzor (Jewish holiday prayerbook) solicited an artist who worked for Lorenzo for this luxury manuscript. It
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Caravaggio, the film
I ran across this today. British bio pic (1986) about Caravaggio through his work. Staring Nigel Terry, classical stage actor of Excalibur fame. A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld. IMDb Something that I should see. Admittedly I have not,
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master drawings of da Vinci
Da Vinci’s drawings were extraordinary ‘doodles’, ideas, life studies and studies for paintings. I much prefer his drawings to the paintings. Blaspheme! Foremost, aesthetically. But more importantly, to appreciate his technical and creative process. I have studied and drawn from them since I was 9. Full images on clicks. This one, young woman, is
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Andy Warhol birth anniversary. August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987. He was one of the most successful commercial artists of the 1950s. He began the 1960s on the edge, avante-gard and controversial. His work blurred the conceptual and aesthetic lines dividing high art from pop culture. By the 1970s he was heavily sought out as
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