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| What You Should Know About Art Galleries | |
| words of art, a dictionary of art and philosophy words - interesting | |
Search Internet for a dictionary with the word (Powered by OneLook(R) Dictionaries)HINTS: Adding wild cards expands the search. (* = any number of characters and ? = exactly one character). For example, "tomo*ow", "tomo??ow" or "tomor*" will find "tomorrow". |
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| We Don't Know Art,
but We Know What We Like |
world wide art colour preference study click here for study findings |
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Perhaps you recognize the names of Vitaly Komar
and Alex Elamid. These two artist/scientists applied the principles of
market research to tastes in art in 14 countries and came up with
some surprising conclusions. Pretty
much every culture surveyed values a blue-dominated landscape featuring
animals and authority figures.
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Similarly, most find abstract paintings, particularly angular geometric patterns, most distasteful. Admittedly, the bias of the two artists plays a huge role in depicting each country's most wanted and least wanted paintings, but the survey results themselves offer equally compelling evidence for the central point: that basically, we're all alike. Except for the Dutch, apparently. What's up with that? |
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ottawa canada (2) |
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| This looks like an interesting site I must find the time to check it
out.
https://www.artthought.com/ |
| I need some humour so here is my link to Jerry King
Jerry King Cartoons |
| encyclopedia of philosophy |
| words of art, a dictionary of art and philosophy words - interesting. |
| Joseph Campbell mythology and philosopy |
| canadian symbols |
| interesting site on comic book artists |
| Jim Pollick Art: Jim has some excellent modern work that I like to view. |
| Daniel Smith Art Supplies |
| National Archives of Canada |
| U.S.Copywrite |
| U.S. Veterans for More Effective Drug Strategies (I promote their position) |
| www.punchmedia.com (company that did manufacture my son's music cd's) |
| art cards: looks interesting for printing x-mas cards |
| dilbert https://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/index.html |
| https://groups.yahoo.com/group/Visual_Art mailing list for art discussion |
| MIT Open Course Wear learning project |
| How Stuff Works - very interesting site. |
| Free Ware Site |
| PDF file format research site. |
| electronic book on PDF format |
| wonderful fun site |
| fine art printing |
| interesting site wide range of styles |
| interesting art gallery good stuff |
| search engine interesting check out |
| conservation of art works |
| conservation of murals |
| interesting information on paint |
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February 2, 2001
Dear keith,
It seems that some artists never have flat spots--others are telling
us
they are more in them than out of them. You may have noticed
that the art-mind is a totality--it's not just a muscle that paints
or
sculpts or writes--it has to be managed. Our emotions, our biorhythms,
our moods and our habits all come into play. Here's a bundle of perhaps
trivial but specific ideas--variations of which continue to work for
many
artists.
Grab a color you haven't used for a while. Crank up the Wagner. Turn
on
the studio fan. Take hold of the tools of your trade. Do the opposite
of
what you did before. Have a tumbler of 1989 Cru. Run outside quickly.
Run
inside quickly. Make a mess. Tidy up. Do several things at once. Take
a
bike ride, walk, shower, bath or a swim. Quote the great ones. Journal.
Strategize, then work your plan. Trigger memories from when things
weren't
so flat. Make juice. Make a colored mind-map.
Laugh out loud. Live in the paint. Share yourself
around. Make love with life.
Did you notice that none of the above contained the word "don't?" Don't
is a word that kills art. When you don't hear don't there are fewer
flat
spots.
Best regards,
Robert
PS "Work like you don't need the money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
And dance like no one is watching." (Came in an email for the twentieth
time while I'm writing this letter. Someone is telling me I have to
use
it right here.)
PPS "Work to perfect the mind. There is no certitude but in what the
mind
conceives." (Georges Braque)
Esoterica: Need a book? "Thinkertoys," by Michael Michalko. "Broken
Crayons,"
by Robert Alan Black. "101 Creative Problem Solving Techniques," by
James
Higgins. "Experiences in Visual Thinking," by Robert McKim.
https://www.aaa.com.au/
