Beyond The 2,500-Year-Old Mummy

One team on Friday Dec. 5, embarked on a journey to uncover a fragile Egyptian coffin that held the remains of a 2,500-year-old mummified 14-year-old Egyptian boy.

A team of three scientists and a conservator at Field Museum on Chicago, I.L., had taken the lid off the Egyptian coffin using specially created clamps as a cradle to lift the coffin’s lid, according to Associated Press writer Caryn Rousseau. The had uncovered the coffin in a humidity-controlled lab. To bring the coffin into the room they had used surgical gloves to lift the coffin and walk it safety to a table.

(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

The Field Museum received this artifact back in the 1920s from the Chicago Historical Society.

The artifact is set to premier in fall of 2016 in a showcase called “Mummies: Images of the Afterlife.” Rousseau stated that the artifact is “expected to premier in September at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, then travel to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in fall 2016.”

Read the full story at http://news.yahoo.com/chicago-scientists-open-egyptian-mummy-coffin-061832763.html

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Beyond The Surface Of The Water

There are a vast variety of different forms of art in this world, some of which we may have never seen or heard of before. Paper marbling is one form of art that I really grew very interested in. In both the Islamic and Turkish cultures, they call this type of art, Ebru. Ebru is just another word for paper marbling. Some day I would love to design something using this technique. The video up above is truly a breathtaking video. If you love art you have to love the nature of the art, the colors, the style and the art overall breathtaking. You have to admire creativity. The colorful dots that you saw in the video is tragacanth. Tragacanth is a type of natural gum. Most of the type of brushes an artist will choose to use are horse hair brushes.

There are a variety videos on YouTube where someone is creating something using this technique. I honestly think this technique is one of the most creative art techniques. It’s not something simple; it’s not like the rest of the art techniques you see everywhere. This is a popular technique in most cultures but not a lot people really know about it. If you have time I recommend, watching other videos to learn more about this technique.

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Beyond The E-Traces

Courtesy of Engadget

When you think of ballet you really don’t think of technology. Before, I thought putting those two words together didn’t make sense but then I came across this video on Facebook. A designer by the name of Lesie Trubat has created a new piece of technology called Electronic Traces. Electronic Traces are pointe shoes that are capable of tracing the movement of ballet dancers. While it’s recording the dancer’s movements, it’s sending traces of the moves to the application in your mobile device. I think it’s cool that dancers will get see their own movement. I personally think dancing is a form of art but in its own unique way. Click the link below to see the full story.

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/19908/20141111/high-tech-ballet-shoes-visualize-a-dancers-movements-as-a-work-of-art.htm

Beyond The Adobe

Courtesy of The Huffington Post

Once upon a time a woman named Kat O’Sullivan, lived in an ordinary 170-year-old farmhouse. O’Sullivan is not just any woman, she’s an extraordinary artistic woman. One day she decided to turn her 170-year-old farmhouse into a magical rainbow farmhouse. The house sits close along the shore. Some say if you walk deep into the woods of High Falls, New York, you might come across this magical rainbow farmhouse. When you see the house, you may feel like you’re imagining it or you’re in a Hansel and Gretel situation but you’re not. Yes, you’re eyes, they are not deceiving you at all; the house is real. This house is said to have been built back in the 1840. Click the link below to get an exclusive look at the rest of the story.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/17/kat-osullivan_n_6155358.html

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Beyond The Artist

“Tranquility” by Morgan Archer

On Nov. 10 at the College at Brockport, student Morgan Archer held a showcasing of her art in the building Tower.

Archer is truly a beautiful and phenomenal artist who is really gifted with amazing art skills. After seeing her works of art, it inspired me to want to push myself as an artist, to be good as Archer. I had got a chance to interview Archer about her artistic background. She really had a lot of things to say about her art work.

Be looking out for the video of the interview on my features page. I decided to start producing my mini series called Beyond The Lens. This will be my first time doing this so hopefully it turns out great.

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Beyond The Aspects Of The Design

Photo of Steven Spazuk “Courtesy of Steven Spazuk/Slate”

When it comes to works of art the most fascinating aspect is the design process used to make it. Every artist has their own unique methods, which they use to design their works of art. There are many different ways you can design a work of art, some of which I have never heard of or seen. Artist Steven Spazuk uses the process of fire-painting to create his works of art. Check out the intriguing video of Spazuk using the fire-painting technique below. According Mature Nature Network (MNN) Spazuk first started using the technique of fire-painting back in 2001. From what I’ve seen Spazuk has a lot captivating works of art.

In a blog post on Slate.com, Kristin Hohenadel, a blogger, quotes Spazuk talking about where he got his inspiration to start fire-painting.

“”People always ask me this question and every time I am sort of embarrassed by it,” the artist tells me in an email. “The truth is that I dreamt of it. I was in a gallery (in my dream) and was looking at that black and white landscape and I knew that it was done with fire and completely understood the technique. In the morning when I woke up I remembered that dream and started to experiment. It was an instant love affair with the medium. That was in April of 2001 and I have been working with fire ever since.””

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You can check out more of his work out at www.spazuk.com/fr/home-spazuk.php

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Beyond The Selfie Revolution

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The concept of a selfie has come along way. Nov. of 2013, the word selfie was deemed the “word of the year” by the Oxford English Dictionary. The definition of a selfie is a self-portrait pictures. People usually will take selfies and then share them on social networking sites like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter. The funny thing is that the style of a selfie has been around for generations. Unlike the past selfies are now a big mainstream. There is a music video on YouTube called “#SELFIE,” by the Chainsmokers. Selfies are a unique form of photography because it’s a way of self-expressing yourself. You don’t have to be a photographer to take a selfie. I think capturing your self-expression is the key to taking a good selfie. Some people will take a selfie while they are injured. The art of selfies is apart of our culture that almost everyone had adapted to. People have started to use the word usies when taking a group photos. The difference between a selfie and a usies, is a selfie is by yourself while a usies is a group photo.

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Beyond The Idealisitic

For this post I wanted to take everyone back in time to talk about different historical time periods. This is more of a heavy read post but I wanted to take everyone further beyond today’s modern art. I decided to analysis different art works from different periods, to help everyone to understand the ideals of ancient art.

Photo of “Discobolus of Myron” (Discus throw) Courtesy of Wikipedia

When trying to understand where some of the ideas of Ancient Greek art came from, some of ancient Greek art ideas were borrowed from Egypt and Mesopotamia. We can look at the marble copy of Myron lost bronze statue of the Discus Thrower. The marble copy is a copy of Myron’s original bronze sculpture. The discus thrower was also referred to as the Discobolus that was sculpted by sculptor Myron. The marble sculpture of the Discus Thrower is a sculpture from the Early and High Classical periods. The Classical Period (480-479 BCE) was a period where a lot of emphasize on what was tasteful and perfect. Myron really emphasizes on the physical aspects of the Olympic Discus Thrower. Myron emphasized on that three-dimensional aspect of showing a 5’ 11’’ feet tall sculpture in motion. Greeks art really emphasizes on male nudity. Their Olympic games was where athlete competed in the nude. Greek athletes of that time competed in the nude, where they showed a sense of openness but that does not apply to most cultures now. The sculpture is captured within a very chaotic and harmony style. It feels like Myron tries to emphasize of the idea of perfection. When looking at the sculpture it sort of look like a non-naturalist human pose, because of the way he’s about to throw the discus. The sculpture resembles sort of the ideal figure of a male athlete.

When we look at the Hellenistic Period (334-323 BCE), the Hellenistic Period was a period about the concepts of unprecedented realism and heightened emotions. When we think about art from the Hellenistic period we can think of the 4’ 2’’ tall bronze sculpture of the seated defeated boxer from Rome, Italy. The statue is a statue that shows an old boxer with a broken nose and bruised ears. Still within the Hellenistic Period Greek sculptors really emphasizes on the aspect of nude athletes. When you look at the structure you can draw a lot of emotions from this statue. His face is really shows a lot of emotion, the senses of being exhausted and sad. We can draw that sense of the defeat boxer not yet being defeated quite yet, he’s ready for another round. The boxer could be looking up to the heavens asking his God to for the strength to carry on. You can see the heighten realism emotional part about being battered and tired within this sculpture. He is in a sort of dazed state of mind, as if he is thinking of something.

Beyond The Illusion

“Liu Bolin, Hiding in the City – Art No. 1, 2013″ courtesy of kleinsungallery.com

Liu Bolin, the man who is also known as “The Invisible Man.” He has one of the most creative minds in the world; his art work is impressive. I’ve seen most of his creative pieces, and I have to say I was moved by his work. Some of you might be wondering why is he called the “The Invisible Man.” He got the name from being able to hide himself, if you check out his collection, Hiding in the City, you’ll see and understand what I’m talking about. Art revolutionary and it’s such an important aspect of life, without art there’s no excitement. I really like is his Dragon Series Panel collection. We all know dragons are just so freaking cool but that’s not why I really love this collection. The artist that help him with his collections got to be very talented, being able to match detail for detail is an impressive skill set to have. It might of took some of you a minute to find Bolin in the photo above. The artist who worked on him did a heck of a great job matching detail for detail, so that he blended in with the background. I believe that this type of visual imaginary is definitely revolutionary and there’s always room for it.

If you want to learn more about Liu Bolin, you can check out his video, Liu Bolin: The Invisible Man, on TED.com. Please comment, like, reblog, share and tell me what you think about this type of visual art below.

Beyond The Street Artist

Photo of Shepard Fairey courtesy of arrestedmotion.com

I really like Charleston, S.C. street artist, Shepard Fairey. Fairey is one of the most well-known and influential street artist out there. Most of us probably have seen one of his works of art already, the iconic “Hope” 2008 Obama Presidential Campaign poster. He is one street artist who doesn’t let his talent go to waste; I like that he demonstrates his talent all over the world. He has designed murals in great places like Toronto, Canada, Berlin, Germany and Denver, C.O. He tends to be drawn towards drawing propaganda art work. His propaganda art pieces are beyond great, within each lays a message. He is one street artist who has revolutionized the world of street art. Check out Fairey’s site OBEY GIANT and/or his twitter @OBEYGIANT to learn more about his art work.

We see graffiti not just on the sides of trains but also on the sides of buildings. Seeing all of those designs on the sides of buildings, walls and trains makes me think, why? Why not use your talent for something bigger and legal, other than drawing on building sides. Instead of drawing designs on the sides of buildings how about drawing on a canvas.

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