Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts

August 18, 2013

Brussels Lacemaker

This animated mannikin in front of a Brussels art and lace store moved her hands forward and back to mimic the motions of lacemaking.

June 11, 2013

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

A partial view of the Dutch national museum dedicated to art and history. It was moved to Amsterdam from the Hague in 1808 and contains over a million objects, including masterpieces by Rembrandt and other Golden Age painters.

May 25, 2013

Royal Picture Gallery

This museum is located in The Hague, in the Netherlands. The collection features Dutch and Flemish artists, such as Johannes Vermeer, whose Girl with a Pearl Earring is displayed on the banner above. This museum is well worth visiting and we also visited the Escher Museum on the same day.

March 31, 2013

Art on the Move

It was hard to miss this car parked near the Phoenix Convention Center on a rainy February day. Here it is turned into a post card with multiple textures added.

February 11, 2013

Mainz, Old and New

A view of the 1000-year-old Mainz Cathedral is seen in the distance past a modern art installation at the State Museum (Landesmuseum).

September 2, 2012

Antares

A statue of Antares, the butterfly-winged love god and brother of Eros, in a small grotto at the Villa Ephrussi in the South of France.
Textures by Joes Sistah and Eddi Van W.

August 30, 2012

Taormina Alley

This narrow, stepped alley in Taormina was filled with interesting shops, including eye-catching ceramic works by Sicilian artist Antonio Forlin.
Texture by Lenabem-Anna.