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What is art? How are we to define it? A definition of art cannot exist without first assigning what the purpose of art itself. My application of something as art implies that there is some purpose behind art. If it had no purpose I would have no way of justifying a distinction between what is...
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Remarkable 16th century botanical calligraphic artwork by two masters of the past: Georg Bocskay (1510–1575), court secretary to Ferdinand I, and Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). First created by Georg Bocskay to demonstrated the different styles of calligraphy of the era, the book was later ornamented with intricate fruits, flowers, and insects by Joris Hoefnagel and commissioned by Emperor Rudolph II, Ferdinand’s grandson. This unusual artistic collaboration between scribe and painter disrupted the history of manuscript illumination and gave us one of the most fascinating and beautifully crafted manuscripts of all time. Complement your designs, posters, and wallpapers with these enchanting CC0 illustrations from the past. We have digitally enhanced these spellbound hand-drawn calligraphy into high resolution printable quality. They are free to download under the CC0 license.
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Objektiv Pentax-M 1,7/50 an SONY A5000
Bildflächennutzung ggü. Kleinbild: 43%
Bildflächennutzung ggü. Bildkreis << 25% (Makro)
The rainbow is really there, not an effect of post processing. However in this image I did turn the bottom of the image into B&W to prevent it from taking focus away from the top part of the shot.
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Remarkable 16th century botanical calligraphic artwork by two masters of the past: Georg Bocskay (1510–1575), court secretary to Ferdinand I, and Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). First created by Georg Bocskay to demonstrated the different styles of calligraphy of the era, the book was later ornamented with intricate fruits, flowers, and insects by Joris Hoefnagel and commissioned by Emperor Rudolph II, Ferdinand’s grandson. This unusual artistic collaboration between scribe and painter disrupted the history of manuscript illumination and gave us one of the most fascinating and beautifully crafted manuscripts of all time. Complement your designs, posters, and wallpapers with these enchanting CC0 illustrations from the past. We have digitally enhanced these spellbound hand-drawn calligraphy into high resolution printable quality. They are free to download under the CC0 license.
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I love the Japanese aesthetics exemplified here in Higashichaya old town in Kanazawa, Japan. The district, with its beautiful traditional wooden houses, is where the samurai lived and thrived during the Edo Period (1603-1868).
The Japanese aesthetic is a set of ancient ideals that include wabi (transient and stark beauty), sabi (the beauty of natural patina and aging), and yūgen (profound grace and subtlety). These ideals, and others, underpin much of Japanese cultural and aesthetic norms on what is considered tasteful or beautiful. Thus, while seen as a philosophy in Western societies, the concept of aesthetics in Japan is seen as an integral part of daily life. Japanese aesthetics now encompass a variety of ideals; some of these are traditional while others are modern and sometimes influenced by other cultures. [Source Wikipedia].
An architect without aesthetic is an architect without ethic.
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Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas directed the Biennale of Venice 2000 with the title “Less Aesthetics, More Ethics”.
The urban transformation occurred in the last thirty years has no equal both in terms of dimension of the phenomenon and the size of the areas involved.
The first idea was to use the 2000 Biennial as a workshop for analyzing and trying to give an intelligible shape to the new planetary dimension of urban behaviours and transformations. The considerations, investigations and intuitions over the evolution of the cities took shape as a need for “something else”. “Something else” from architecture – whose troubled life we try to prolong every day – which we share our entire life with, and “something else” from successful architecture schemes: it was about recovering the awareness according to which the quality of architects and works was no longer enough. At such point, the 2000 Biennial edition had a main theme.
“CITIES: LESS AESTHETICS, MORE ETHICS”, the theme of the seventh Biennial of Architecture tries to communicate the deep unease of fast-transforming societies, where the data and reference points of an architect have utterly changed.
The exhibition, set at “Le Corderie”, draws the visitor’s attention to the “big” 280 X 5 metre screen whose images posit questions about megalopolis, areas contaminated by contradictions, conflicts, pollution, refugees’ dramatic condition, about new social aggregation centres like stations, airports and shopping centres, as well as a series of interviews with fifty architects.
For the first time, the Venice Biennial of Architecture uses simultaneously l’Arsenale, that is le Corderie, le Artiglierie and le Gaggiandre, in addition to i Giardini, the exhibition’s traditional location.
...and breakfast time at the Chácara Beija-Flor, CARF's beautiful new home and prevention centre on a smallholding in the Atlantic Rainforest near the coast.
- The word aesthetics is derived from the Greek word aisthetis, and has to do with the senses. When we talk about aesthetic quality, we think of properties and characteristics of landscapes, areas, buildings and facilities that provide sensory experiences and touch our emotions.
From the 1950’s onwards anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists and other social professionals launched exciting concepts and theories that highlighted the interaction between humans and their environment. The concepts of territory and personal space were designed to understand how space can be used to regulate autonomy and social relations. Abraham Maslow showed how ugly and attractive surroundings affected our personal perception, so that in nice environments, people gained more positive characteristics than in ugly surroundings.
Our basic idea is simple: if children and young people, with sometimes very traumatic and difficult living conditions, should have the chance to change their own lives and even change their outlook, then all good forces contribute - even the physical environment. Thus it is not only the socio-pedagogical and educational conditions that should be of the highest quality. If children, who grow up in abject poverty, are met with environments that communicate quality, beauty and aesthetics, this will release reactions in them. It seems that the children are affected mentally. They become calmer and more concentrated. They observe more, take more time. The noise level drops drastically. If it's beautiful around them, they will not only strive to preserve the beautiful environment, they will also behave according to the surroundings.
(Extracts from a recent article by Tarje I. Wanvik, Children At Risk Foundation's Head of Communication, published in NORAD's (Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation) Foreign Aid Magazine).
Foto by Fábio Smith
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Remarkable 16th century botanical calligraphic artwork by two masters of the past: Georg Bocskay (1510–1575), court secretary to Ferdinand I, and Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). First created by Georg Bocskay to demonstrated the different styles of calligraphy of the era, the book was later ornamented with intricate fruits, flowers, and insects by Joris Hoefnagel and commissioned by Emperor Rudolph II, Ferdinand’s grandson. This unusual artistic collaboration between scribe and painter disrupted the history of manuscript illumination and gave us one of the most fascinating and beautifully crafted manuscripts of all time. Complement your designs, posters, and wallpapers with these enchanting CC0 illustrations from the past. We have digitally enhanced these spellbound hand-drawn calligraphy into high resolution printable quality. They are free to download under the CC0 license.
Higher resolutions with no attribution required can be downloaded: https://www.rawpixel.com/board/1286070/model-book-calligraphy