a-rspray

[a-rspray]

Art Nouveau letter A’s in different fonts

details of lithographs from Lettres et Ensignes Paris c1900 - 

[a-rspray]

[a-rspray]

“The Toilet” by John William Godward, 1900

[a-rspray]

Antonio Canova, The Three Graces, 1815-1817

[a-rspray]

Still Life with Wild Strawberries, Adriaen Coorte, 1705.

[a-rspray]

EVA BESNYÖ :: Nicole Dumont, Amsterdam, 1934

[a-rspray]

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (Hungarian, 1895-1946)

Composition A XXI, 1925

Leuk 4, 1945

More Moholy-Nagy on hideback

[a-rspray]

Dude cowgirls pose at a Wyoming ranch, the second one from the right wearing fancy beaded gauntlets, circa 1930. Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming.

[a-rspray]

Anna May Wong, 1929, photo by Fred Daniels

[a-rspray]

Josef Hoffmann, Palais Stoclet, (1905-1911)

The Stoclet Palace was the first residential project for the Wiener Werkstatte (Vienna Workshops), co-founded by Hoffman in 1903. Josef Hoffman as his colleagues designed every aspect of the mansion, down to the door handles and light fittings. The interior is as spartan as the exterior, with upright geometric furniture and an avoidance of clutter. This was a fashionably avant-garde approach, presenting a ‘reformed interior’ where functions dictates style. The interior of the building is decorated with marble paneling and artworks, including mosaic friezes by Gustav Klimt and murals by Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel. This integration of architects, artists, and artisans makes Stoclet Palace an example of Gesamtkunstwerk, one of the defining characteristics of Jugendstil. The sketches of Klimt's work for the dining room can be found in the permanent collection of the Museum fur Angewandte Kunst

[a-rspray]

Palais Stoclet, Brussels. 1905 - 1911. Josef Hoffmann

www.szecesszio.com

[a-rspray]

Barnett Newman sees the history of art as an aesthetic struggle, between “the exaltation to be found in prefect form” on the one side, and, on the other, “the desire to destroy form, where form can be formless.”

Kasimir Malevitch, Red square on the black (1924)

[a-rspray]

LE LOUVRE Franck Bohbot

Le Louvre, Paris, France, 2013 When the Musée du Louvre asked me in 2013 (before leaving paris) to photograph the Museum. It was such an honor.

Read More

[a-rspray]

[a-rspray]

Tanya D. at Iris van Herpen HC F/W 2011

[a-rspray]

[a-rspray]