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With the advent of glass-sheathed building in cities, no matter how apparently smooth, the reflections of other buildings on the surface carry the distortions of both the glass…
This advertisement features a close-up of an intimate kiss between two men writ large on the back of a public bus in Rome, Italy. Gay Village is a…
This small painting by contemporary Canadian artist Mary Pratt is within the genre of super- or photo-realism. It also sit within a tradition of realistic descriptive painting that…
Contrary to the title this is not the death mask of Agamemnon because the date of the mask (1550 – 1500 BCE) predates the life of Agamemnon and…
Baroque painting by Artemisia Gentileschi at the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
This advertisement was directly across from the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore and the Baptistry in Florence, Italy December 2018. Advertisements of this size are only allowed…
Leaves of Grass (detail) provides a densely collaged three-dimensional array of images from Life magazine 1935-1985. It is an examination of the effects photography has had on what…
Leaves of Grass provides a densely collaged three-dimensional array of images from Life magazine 1935-1985. It is an examination of the effects photography has had on what we…
The idea of toys for children is emphasized by making the text rounded, of different bright colors and by using a backwards ‘R’ in stead of the word…
The heart shape has a long history and many kinds of associations in our popular culture, media and digital interfaces. It can be viewed as kitsch, to say…