Back in January, we talked about how one of our main themes for 2018 would be the “Architecture of the Mind” and how we would be focusing a lot on urban exploration photography, urbex for short. The reason we chose this theme was because we believed it reflected a good part of what our worldContinue reading “Sights of a Vanishing World”
Author Archives: FraquohAndFranchomme
Photocrom Travel Images
A series of prints that was published primarily from the 1890s to the 1910s was recently assembled by the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division in the USA. The prints were created by the Photoglob Company in Zürich, Switzerland, and the Detroit Publishing Company in Michigan. The boldly colored images appear at first glanceContinue reading “Photocrom Travel Images”
10 Essential Quotes about Inspiration
In art, it all starts with inspiration. A great source of inspiration can be a veritable big bang to complete a work of art. Each artist has their own source of inspiration; it can be a book, a color, a theme of thought, their own life or anything else. Artists, philosophers and thinkers in generalContinue reading “10 Essential Quotes about Inspiration”
Hierarchies in Art
The Art Pyramid There is an ongoing debate in the art world on whether art can be subjected to hierarchies: who or what is better, how to establish what is good art and what is bad art and even whether art contests have a place in the industry. These are all fair questions, as weContinue reading “Hierarchies in Art”
The Flower Garden
Flowers are one of those things we take for granted: they are everywhere and thus, more often than not, we tend not to see their beauty and natural elegance. To many, flowers are a cliche, much like sunsets and landscapes. However, illustrations (and later photographs) of flowers are daily reminders of the beauty, grace andContinue reading “The Flower Garden”
The Eternal Grace of Maya Plisetskaya
Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya (20 November 1925 – 2 May 2015) was a Soviet ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress. She was one of the most gracious people in her field and influenced generations of ballerinas. It can be said that the reason why Plisetskaya was such an amazing ballerina is not about “technical” abilities,Continue reading “The Eternal Grace of Maya Plisetskaya”
Considerations on Caspar David Friedrich’s „Two Men Contemplating the Moon”
German romanticism is one of the most influential artistic movements in history. The romantic thought, the imaginary and the aesthetic of the romantics continues to fascinate people around the world to this day and has a strong influence on the artistic world and global visual culture. Friedrich Schlegel, a historian, critic and literary theoretician saidContinue reading “Considerations on Caspar David Friedrich’s „Two Men Contemplating the Moon””
Art and Clichés
The discussion on what is the purpose of art is one that has engaged many people across generations and places. We’ve also offered some answers to this question. In the end, the conversation remains open, as most art critics can at least fall in accord that there is not only one answer to this question,Continue reading “Art and Clichés”
Nuremberg Calligraphy
Stephan Brechtel the Elder (1523 – 1574) was a German mathematician. However, he was also a gunsmith, globe, sundial and surveying equipment maker and learned much about the art of calligraphy in Nuremberg, Germany, under the scribe Johann Neudörfer. He was active in his native Bamberg and Leipzig, as well as Nuremberg, where he alsoContinue reading “Nuremberg Calligraphy”
Serbian Manuscripts
The Balkan Slavs were inheritors of Byzantium culture, but Oriental and Scandinavian influences are also important in their creations. The cyrillic script (and its antecedents) provides the basic written units for a dozen or more related languages. Even though in modern-day Serbia latin letters are used, in the past cyrillic script was the norm in theContinue reading “Serbian Manuscripts”