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A Minimal Photographic Series Visualizes the Seven Base Quantities of Physics
Mass. All images © Greg White In his series Base Quantities, London-based photographer Greg White elucidates the abstract and fundamental concepts of physics. His minimal, graphic images document all seven components (i.e. mass, electric current, temperature, length, luminous intensity, amount of … Continue reading
‘Fantastic Landscapes’ Surveys the Vivid Use of Color in Hokusai and Hiroshige’s Woodblock Prints
Utagawa Hiroshige, “Yamashiro Province: The Togetsu Bridge in Mount Arashi (Yamashiro, Arashiyama Togetsukyo),” from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue), 1853 An exhibition opening this weekend at the Art Institute of Chicago plunges into the … Continue reading
Bookmark Illustrated by Van Gogh Found in a Novel After 135 Years | My Modern Met
By Claudicet Pena on July 15, 2021 Researchers recently uncovered a few early drawings slipped inside one of Van Gogh’s books. If you are a fan of marginal notes, doodles, and finding little surprises tucked in books, then you will … Continue reading
Know the Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
In his prolific years as a painter, illustrator, and printmaker, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (b. France, 1864-1901) wielded an immensely impactful style as colorful as his life, spent vigorously documenting the glamor and debauchery of Belle Époque Paris after dark. This … Continue reading
A Flower Patch of Recycled Denim Grows from the Ceiling in Ian Berry’s ‘Secret Garden’
“Secret Garden” (2021), at Museum Rijswijk. All images © Ian Berry, Whimsical tendrils of vines, foliage, wisteria, and chrysanthemums sprout from artist Ian Berry’s wild, overgrown garden plots. Densely assembled and often suspended from the ceiling, his recurring “Secret Garden” is … Continue reading
A Cleverly Designed Chameleon Conceals a Six-Foot Measuring Tape in Its Mouth
JULY 14, 2021 GRACE EBERT Chameleons are known for their color-changing abilities, but this coiled lizard from Coppertist.Wu takes that gift for camouflage a step farther. Made from brass and manganese steel, the cleverly designed creature disguises its extraordinarily long … Continue reading
An Otherworldly Animation Adventures Across Galactic Landscapes Recreated in Miniature
In the first two parts of his Miniature Landscape series, director and animator Clemens Wirth(previously) celebrates the vast, awe-inspiring terrain of the earth by adventuring through snowy caverns, across pebbled beaches, and to the green glow of the Northern Lights. … Continue reading
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