Unraveling Art History

visualgraphic: Creativity

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:45:33 -0400

visualgraphic:

Creativity

nevver: It was not my time, not your time, not anybody’s time

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:30:39 -0400

nevver:

It was not my time, not your time, not anybody’s time

indypendenthistory: Bandit’s Roost (1888), by Jacob Riis, from...

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:15:35 -0400

indypendenthistory:

Bandit’s Roost (1888), by Jacob Riis, from “How the Other Half Lives.” Bandit’s Roost, at 59½ Mulberry Street (Mulberry Bend), was the most crime-ridden, dangerous part of all New York City.

mementomoriart: Jason and the Argonauts (1963) Film still with...

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:45:31 -0400

mementomoriart:

Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

Film still with stop motion animation

Directed by Don Chaffey (1917 - 1990), animated by Ray Harryhausen (1920 - 2013)

Ray Harryhausen died today, aged 92. RIP.

seltzerlizard: Pizza! (original image at Green Lantern Butt’s...

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:30:32 -0400

seltzerlizard:

Pizza! (original image at Green Lantern Butt’s forever)

imageinfomood: Duane Michals Jeanne Moreau, 1967

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:15:58 -0400

imageinfomood:

Duane Michals

Jeanne Moreau, 1967

beautilation: “I’ll never forget the day Marilyn and I were...

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:45:38 -0400

beautilation:

“I’ll never forget the day Marilyn and I were walking around New York City, just having a stroll on a nice day. She loved New York because no one bothered her there like they did in Hollywood, she could put on her plain-jane clothes and no one would notice her. She loved that. So as we we’re walking down Broadway, she turns to me and says ‘Do you want to see me become her?’ I didn’t know what she meant but I just said ‘Yes’- and then I saw it. I don’t know how to explain what she did because it was so very subtle, but she turned something on within herself that was almost like magic. And suddenly cars were slowing and people were turning their heads and stopping to stare. They were recognizing that this was Marilyn Monroe as if she pulled off a mask or something, even though a second ago nobody noticed her. I had never seen anything like it before.” - Amy Greene, wife of Marilyn’s personal photographer Milton Greene

lapetitecole: Unidentified photographer View of New Brighton...

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:30:54 -0400

lapetitecole:

Unidentified photographer View of New Brighton Beach, Liverpool, England, shows a camera obscura on wheels Late 19th century (via Luminous-Lint - Image)

unhistorical: Saul Bass: Film Title Sequences— It’s a Mad, Mad,...

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:15:41 -0400

unhistorical:

Saul Bass: Film Title Sequences— It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Anatomy of a Murder, Something Wild, North by Northwest, Edge of the City, Psycho, The Man With the Golden Arm, Goodfellas, Cowboy, Spartacus, Bunny Lake Is Missing, Vertigo

blue-voids: Alain Fleischer - Soul of the Knife, 1982

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:17:36 -0400

blue-voids:

Alain Fleischer - Soul of the Knife, 1982

escapekit: Urban Zoom A series of abstract long-exposure photos...

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:16:49 -0400

escapekit:

Urban Zoom

A series of abstract long-exposure photos from big cities all over the world, captured by German photographer Jakob Wagner.

a-thousand-desires: I Live Under Your Sky Too is a massive...

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:12:48 -0400

a-thousand-desires:

I Live Under Your Sky Too is a massive (32-feet wide) installation by artist Shilpa Gupta, erected by the sea on Carter Road in Bandra, Mumbai.

The installation features the text “I live under your sky too” written in three languages — English, Hindi and Urdu — using LED lights with the individual words intermixed. The lights go on and off, highlighting the sentence in each language alternately. Read between the lines and the message is one of religious, national, political, class, and gender harmony.

(Source)

fewthistle: Glamour. 1952. Photographer: Frances...

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:10:10 -0400

fewthistle:

Glamour. 1952.

Photographer: Frances McLaughlin-Gill

oldcuba: Cuban faces of the battle for Cuban independence,...

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:45:38 -0400

oldcuba:

Cuban faces of the battle for Cuban independence, 1890’s.

ucresearch: Space physicist Virginia Carter in her lab at...

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:30:33 -0400

ucresearch:

Space physicist Virginia Carter in her lab at Aerospace Corp. in CA, 1972.

How does a woman go from being a physics researcher to an executive producer in television? Virginia Carter has quite an amazing story:

“It was 1973. I was working at the Aerospace Corporation, flying pioneering satellite experiments, but my other major interest was in the burgeoning field of feminism. Although I was very middle-of-the-road politically, I became an extreme activist in the feminist community, even serving for two years as president of the Los Angeles branch of the National Organization for Women. I gave speeches, lobbied the media, and generally made noises that were heard. I met Frances Lear through our common activism in the feminist movement. Her husband, Norman, was three years into the revolution that he had created in television with All in the Family.”

After working as a researcher for 10 years, Carter made a sudden career move into TV programming:

“Norman’s great contribution to television at that point in his career was to bring significant social issues to prime time comedy. Under his leadership the sitcom became politicized. Norman found me, through Frances, because of my expertise about the Women’s Movement. I knew more about that than Norman did, or Frances, or almost any other person in Hollywood at the time.”

Read more about her story →

(Image via UCLA’s superb collection of LA Times Photography)

thegetty: Two approaches to conserving a collection of vase...

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:15:51 -0400

thegetty:

Two approaches to conserving a collection of vase fragments:

1. Fill in the gaps with simple black. This makes the loss more present.
2. Add terracotta silhouettes. This makes the scene more coherent, bringing it to life from the sparse available clues.

A labor of love by Getty antiquities conservator Jeff Maish.

Restored Mixing Vessel with Greeks Battling Amazons, attributed to the Syleus Painter, Greek, made in Athens, 480–470 B.C. Terracotta, 25 3/8 in. high. The J. Paul Getty Museum

lostsplendor: “New York City circa 1905. “Bridge of Sighs.”...

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:45:24 -0400

lostsplendor:

“New York City circa 1905. “Bridge of Sighs.” Named after a similar span in Venice, this covered passage connected the Tombs prison and Manhattan Criminal Courts building.” (via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)

newyorker: Fifty years ago today, teen-agers and children, some...

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:30:32 -0400

newyorker:

Fifty years ago today, teen-agers and children, some as young as six, marched in Birmingham to protest segregation. Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks to participants about memories of that tumultuous time: http://nyr.kr/121e63A

Photograph by Bill Hudson.

peacecorps: From the Peace Corps Digital Library: Photos taken...

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:15:27 -0400

peacecorps:

From the Peace Corps Digital Library: Photos taken by Peace Corps Volunteer Ron Dizon for a Peace Corps/USAID Project called Operation Help during the 1970s famine relief in Afghanistan.

wetheurban: #ART: WIN A FREE ILLUSTRATION OF YOURSELF DONE BY...

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:45:21 -0400

wetheurban:

#ART: WIN A FREE ILLUSTRATION OF YOURSELF DONE BY RICARDO CIFUENTES!

After kindly being commissioned to illustrate WeTheUrban Editor-in-Chief, Willie Greene, for the sixth issue of WeTheUrban Magazine (view here), Colombian artist Ricardo Cifuentes is teaming up with us once again to offer one of our readers the rare opportunity to have a watercolor illustration of themselves done by the man himself!

HOW TO ENTER:

- “Like” WeTheUrban & Ricardo Cifuentes on Facebook
- “Like” & reblog this post

As simple as that! The winner will be randomly selected and contacted via Ask box on 5/5/2013. You must do each step to enter and you may only enter once. Good luck! :)