Residents of big cities, whether you are inspired by the city’s skyline at sunset? The maze of streets doesn’t scare you ?. The reflections of skyscrapers in each another, as in the giant mirrors, abutting against the sky, mesmerizes you? Then the works of “City Series” by James McNabb, sculptor from Philadelphia, could just […]
Meret Oppenheim. «Object», Paris, 1936, fur covered cup, saucer and spoon: collection MOMA The well-known artist and bright representative surrealist Meret Oppenheim exhibited in 1936, «the most famous tea service in the world» are a cup and a saucer and a spoon, tightly covered with real fur. Combination of incongruous, this is one of […]
On the last day of the summer the last of the season Grand Slam tournament kicks off in New York , The United States Open Tennis Championships or US Open. The world is divided into those who say,” so what”, and those who love this sport, watching it, know about every athlete everything or almost […]
Burlesque. And at once on can imagine something of the seething or turbulent, something that has emotional impact. And indeed, a lot of emotions are not only when we are watching this show, but even when we are talking about it. Opinions about the burlesque are over than polar, from a vulgar striptease to the fine […]
This is one of those books that will our guide in the journey to the origins of design. The authors of the history of modern applied arts lead their story from the industrial boom in the UK, then the emergence of Art Nouveau in France, Jugendstil in Germany and Austria and then to the development […]
Nuremberg, Augsburg, Frankfurt, Antwerp, Paris, London and Barcelona were the most important centers of production and trade in jewels. Urban wizards created the true masterpieces in miniature. Many prominent artists worked on sketches of jewelry – Salviati in Italy, Durer in Germany. Even, Hans Holbein the Younger, went down in art history as the great […]
Diamonds are flashing In the bright light of hundreds of candles. Rubies and spinels are twinkling gently, cold brilliance of sapphires and emeralds contrast with them. Precious stones, artfully inserted into gold and silver are as the stars, sometimes as the whole constellation are shimmering on surfaces of heavy silk, velvet and fine lace. All of this is repeatedly […]
Time is the notion ephemeral. It is draining away, escaping without stopping. How we could keep it. Since antiquity people have learned how to calculate it, to watch it, to spend it, save it, feel its rhythm, to clothe it in the form and call this shell – timepieces. Mankind can not live without time […]
At last our northern long-awaited summer has started! The evenings get lighter and lighter in St. Petersburg. The «white nights» will start soon. I would like to walk along the quays, directing my face to Baltic wind and breathe moist and fresh air. At this time, everyone feels a rising of the internal forces. The mood is excellent, […]
The prototype of the fireplace appeared in that ancient time when humankind learned to use fire, tamed him, made him their companion, and even found a place in the house. People had got not only heat and hot food, but also the dominant element of the interior. So why we love to watch on an open […]
