The artist, who knows how to use it, like a conductor of an orchestra. He produces the unmistakable sound of a thousand by only one wave of his wand.Thus, the artist can expect from the audience would feel the impulses, that he (the artist) intends to evoke.»* L. Bakst
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This was a short period of time, it is literally only one decade, it remains in the memory of generations as the «golden» and «crazy» years of the XX century. There were so many discoveries, disorders, radical changes in all spheres of society, the history of mankind has never seen.
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This amazing artist, designer, decorator is hardly attributed to any one style, and as well difficult task to determine for him or only one category in the magazine. Sections of «art», «design», «inspirations» and finally, «style» fit for the narrative of creativity of Erte.
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If the seventeenth century is often called as the century of diamonds, the previous hundred years can be attributed to the time of the triumph of gold and its picturesque combination with enamel and precious stones.
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A history of jewellery.1100 – 1870 Joan Evans, a remarkable book, covering the period of the history of jewelry almost seven and a half centuries. From the early Middle Ages and the Gothic period through the Renaissance to the 17-18 and 19 centuries.
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The form. Line. Material. The harmony of these three components provides a clean design, free from any frippery, like the triumph of functionality and beauty. Twenty years after working in various design bureaus Pierre Cabrera began to develop his own line of conceptual things. “My art turns on two creative lines”, says the designer, “the origin […]
The most vivid impressions, as we know, from our childhood. Aili Vint felt in love with the Sea when she was a little girl, then she realized that she would be an artist and would to paint all of this mystical, alluring and vibrant … Sea … And my love for abstraction, wavy shapes, […]
In search of inspiration from nature and the harmony for a modern inhabitant metropolis the company BRABBU plunges us into a world of amazing things and unique atmosphere. Curved lines, original shape, and most importantly, some feeling of comfort and elegant luxury. Design brand produces diverse furniture, upholstery, lamps, rugs, art and accessories for an […]
Masks. Masks. Masks. Even the most ordinary of them seems as something of mysterious, perhaps because thanks to them, we can become someone else, be reincarnated, protect themselves from the outside world, try yourself in the boldest personation. There is a certain magic. Probably, there isn’t a cult did not do and don’t do without […]
Could anyone catch elusive things? Is it possible to hear the sounds of silence? And whether might we wander through the crannies of our subconscious for searching answers, who we are and why we are here? Perhaps we should not look for the obviousness, and there is necessary to awaken your imagination and feel anything […]
Freedom, movement, novelty, all of this is the aesthetics of Futurism, where prospects of broken lines and keen angles of diagonals of extreme flight make us hold the breath. At age 18 in 1928, Tullio Crali ((1910-2000), the future founder of the famous Italian Aeropittura (special branch of Futurism that glorifies flights, the roar of […]
One could expected more from the exhibition of Kandinsky in the Russian Museum … But no, it’s not a stone in the direction of the organizers, they did an excellent exposition, real retrospective. Here are the works of different periods of his life, sources of inspiration, searches, experiments with diverse techniques, porcelain, books, poetry, his […]
«My life as an artist has been shaped by two passions: for graphic design created in the public sphere on the one hand, and by the exploration of a related private vision in painting, on the other.» This was the definition about own creativity of one of the greatest graphic designers of our time, a […]
Even if you have never believed in parallel realities, your imagination hasn’t had floated in somewhere high and your dreams seemed to be nonsense, now you can try to look into the strange worlds, bizarre crossing our space. What for? But do you need really a reason for a spectacular visual journey, where precisely you are […]
The commitment to the best traditions of the past, the Scandinavian legends, the stories of the Scythians, the applying of precious stones and metals, innovative technologies, add here a team of professionals, and of course, most importantly, the creative mind, ideas and tastes that will set the brand corporate identity – that is, perhaps, the […]
