Ancient arts of Glyptics. The Hermitage has the most perfect, according to critics, the product of stone carvings of ancient times – it is a historical cameo “Gonzaga Cameo”. This is one of the biggest gems. Its length is 15.7 cm, width 11.8 cm, height 3 cm. A relief cut from the magnificent three-layered onyx…
Floral passion fashion
Floral passion fashion Botticelli’s Primavera (c. 1478) is one of the most puzzling as well as one of the most beautiful paintings of the Renaissance. The 16th-century art historian Giorgio Vasari described the subject as ‘Venus as a symbol of spring (Primavera in Italian) adorned with flowers by the Graces’, but scholars have continued to…
Moscow Kremlin jewelry exhibition
Moscow Kremlin jewelry exhibition ‘India – Jewels that conquered the world’ opens April 12, 2014, with the support of the Russian- Indian jewelry Foundation. Traditionally in mid-April there is an endless queue to Kutafya tower – through its gates audience (lovers of jewelry) enter the territory of the Moscow Kremlin. April 12 the Assumption Belfry…
Batik world by Mary Kaminskaya
Batik world by Mary Kaminskaya Born in 1983 in Rostov- on-Don, Mary Kaminskaya is Russian artist of applied art. She graduated from the South Russian State Technical University. In addition, she is a philologist – Interpreter of the German language. In 2001 Maria Kaminskaya participated in the exhibition “Young Artists of the Don” in Rostov-…
Kinusayga patchwork technique
Kinusayga patchwork technique A very rare form of patchwork techniques, known as Kinuirodori-ga, or Kinusai – mosaic patchwork applique on the wood. Undoubtedly, culture, arts and traditions of Japan do not cease to amaze and delight us. How inventive and incredibly sensitive to the beauty the Japanese craftsmen are! When you look at this realistic…
Fabulous embroidery by Zhanna Korznyakova
Fabulous embroidery by Zhanna Korznyakova. Russian artist of applied art Zhanna Korznyakova was born in Nizhny Tagil. She graduated from Nizhny Tagil Pedagogical Institute, Faculty of primary classes. Her applied art is fantastic, actually she turns usual everyday life stories into embroidered paintings. Zhanna had personal exhibitions in different cities, from her native Nizhny Tagil,…
White Trash noble portraits by Kim Alsbrooks
White Trash noble portraits by Kim Alsbrooks American artist Kim Alsbrooks has created quite curious and still very beautiful series White Trash – portraits of noblemen on garbage – crushed beer cans. The artist’s belief – Nothing says irony like crushed beer cans painted with the portraits of the social elite. Kim Alsbrooks mixes metaphor…
American beauty Christie Brinkley
American beauty Christie Brinkley looks phenomenal if you accept the fact that she is 60 years old. In fact, Christie Brinkley is the embodiment of eternal beauty, proving that women are not aging anymore. Even if she had botox, and some other enhancement done to her face, she wouldn’t have this youthful appearance without good…
Contemporary artist Martiros Manoukian
Contemporary artist Martiros Manoukian Born in a cradle on Mount Ararat, Martiros Manoukian climbed to the top of Olympus art in less than half a century. It was August 5, 1947 in Yerevan, the Armenian capital. According to the artist, he destined to be an artist. “God gives us something at birth, and that’s it….