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Denison Museum of Art, Granville, OH, Exhibit- Modern China in Cultural Flux
1 day ago
by Beth Pacentrilli
China transformed dramatically in the 20th century. The political system alone saw great changes in the span of 37 years—shifting in 1912 from a monarchy to the Republic of China, and in 1949 to a Communist state. When China opened its ports and took on new trading partners, Chinese society was infu ...
ARTES MAGAZINE - artesmagazine.com · Rank: 47,303 · 21 references
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In which we let out a collective “NOOO!” Le…
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In which we let out a collective “NOOO!” Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation in Marseilles damaged by fire.
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Robert Rauschenberg
1 day ago
by Jeanne Willette
ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG (1925-2008) Robert Rauschenberg had served in the Navy, as a nurse, during the Second World War, and, like many men of his generation, went to college on the G.I Bill. After studying in Paris and New York, he found himself at the famous Black Mountain College (1933-1957) in Ashev ...
Art History Unstuffed - arthistoryunstuffed.com · 7 references
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Fire Sweeps Over Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation in Marseilles
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by smedina
Photos:Bruno Planchais/AFP/Getty Images A fire has damaged what is arguably the greatest Modernist building of the past century. A portion of Le Corbusier’s seminal Unité d’Habitation in Marseilles, the greatest claim to be found in the world for the architect’s “Ville Radieuse,” was engulfed by fla ...
Architizer Blog - architizer.com/en_us/blog · Rank: 60,124 · 197 references
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Hiding in Plain Sight
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by jhaber
“ Hide/Seek,” at the Brooklyn Museum through February 12, can hardly claim to survey gay art or its impact. It would only be more sprawling and incoherent than it is. What it can do, wonderfully, is to probe the limits of acceptance—and it is the subject of a longer review, in my latest upload. It i ...
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Architecture | 9 X 9 | Villa Noailles
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by PedroSilmon
9 Architects / 9 Proposals for Living Villa Noailles, Hyères, France 19th February – 25th March, 2012 The slick photography and artistic impressions – like those above – that appears in architectural magazines or online, commissioned by the architects with a view to amazing us all – often with due c ...
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Beckman Helipot Packaging
1 day ago
by Javier
Here’s a super fun and modern piece of packaging for Beckman Helipot – a biomedical/scientific instruments company. This is one of my favorite packaging pieces I’ve found. Love how clean and minimal the type is plus the colors are incredible. Unfortunately, I do not know much about the designer of t ...
Javier Garcia - javiergd.com/blog · Rank: 169,783 · 14 references
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The forced dissolution of digitalism (part I)
2 days ago
by Cm
We are going the way of disconnect – via the instantaneous, over-convenient, over-digital mores of modern life. Our ability to communicate on genuine levels, our desire and will to do so, is being depleted with every minute online, with every obsession with “reality” TV, and every moment lost in our ...
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Repost: Thursday Poem: William Carlos Williams
2 days ago
by chr1
Blizzard Snow falls: years of anger following hours that float idly down – the blizzard drifts its weight deeper and deeper for three days or sixty years, eh? Then the sun! a clutter of yellow and blue flakes – Hairy looking trees stand out in long alleys over a wild solitude. The man turns and ther ...
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