Great visuals--art and graphic design for smart people
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1CliffBurns
Probably long overdue: a thread specifically devoted to visual arts and graphic design.
Not to be confused with our lengthy "Film" thread(s).
Just to get us started, a site Sherron just forwarded to me, featuring minimalist posters of various mental afflictions:
http://www.geekosystem.com/mental-disorder-posters/
Not to be confused with our lengthy "Film" thread(s).
Just to get us started, a site Sherron just forwarded to me, featuring minimalist posters of various mental afflictions:
http://www.geekosystem.com/mental-disorder-posters/
4kswolff
Great visuals. Not sure about the "smart people" part?
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/comedy-goldmine/canadianize-things-photoshop.php
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/comedy-goldmine/canadianize-things-photoshop.php
5CliffBurns
Fascinating. Where DO you dig this stuff up, Karl?
6TineOliver
Novels as art: http://postertext.com/
7beardo
Some great Polish book cover art from the 70s and 80s
http://butdoesitfloat.com/1258644/I-was-never-more-satisfied-than-when-my-pen-ga...
http://butdoesitfloat.com/1258644/I-was-never-more-satisfied-than-when-my-pen-ga...
8CliffBurns
Thought I should re-post Thomas Allen's pulp and western-inspired book covers:
http://www.foleygallery.com/artists/artist_ins.php3?artist=8
Love this guy.
http://www.foleygallery.com/artists/artist_ins.php3?artist=8
Love this guy.
9LovingLit
>6 TineOliver: Love the poster text art, and >7 beardo: love the Polish covers too.......and >8 CliffBurns: love the pulp inspired Foley art. Very inspirational for my arty aspirations.
11anna_in_pdx
10: Although James Lileks is a rightwing nutcase, his takedown of Better Homes and Gardens' 1970s decorating manual is epic and it was one of the first sites on the Internet that gave me hours of laughing therapy.
Here is my favorite page in that entire thing.
http://www.lileks.com/institute/interiors/BHG/chpt8/index.html
Here is my favorite page in that entire thing.
http://www.lileks.com/institute/interiors/BHG/chpt8/index.html
12kswolff
11: I was never really certain about his political views, but I enjoy his snark commentary on vintage retro stuff.
14Fred_R
Looks like it's time for a quick stroll through my bookmarks. These are mostly design related or interesting collections of vintage print design.
http://pinktentacle.com/2011/02/japanese-graphic-design-from-the-1920s-30s/
http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/
http://inspirationish.com
http://www.mechanicards.com/
http://salmongutter.blogspot.com/
http://thetypestudio.com/ulc-back-issues-now-available/
http://bookcoverarchive.com/
http://welovetypography.com/
http://pinktentacle.com/2011/02/japanese-graphic-design-from-the-1920s-30s/
http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/
http://inspirationish.com
http://www.mechanicards.com/
http://salmongutter.blogspot.com/
http://thetypestudio.com/ulc-back-issues-now-available/
http://bookcoverarchive.com/
http://welovetypography.com/
15CliffBurns
Cool links, Fred, thanks...
17LovingLit
#14, wow, I got stuck on vintage ad browser for about 40 minutes, great old ads there, thanks
18Booksloth
One of my favourite artists - http://www.bascove.com/. Bascove has illustrated many books covers including http://www.amazon.co.uk/Old-Rosa-Novel-Two-Stories/dp/0802134068/ref=sr_1_1?ie=U..., http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doorman-Reinaldo-Arenas/dp/080213405X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8..., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AMixtureofFrailties.png and others by authors like Robertson Davies and Ellis Peters' Cadfael series.
Ed for nonsense
Ed for nonsense
20kswolff
http://www.cracked.com/article_19155_the-14-most-unintentionally-terrifying-stat...
There needs to be more statues of demons eating babies.
There needs to be more statues of demons eating babies.
22kswolff
A picture is worth a thousand words:
http://images.channeladvisor.com/Thumbnails/33000724/7635630/4.jpg
Donald Trump and Roy Cohn Happy Monday!
http://images.channeladvisor.com/Thumbnails/33000724/7635630/4.jpg
Donald Trump and Roy Cohn Happy Monday!
24Sandydog1
OMG. 'Much more realistic than holding recoilless rifles, lobbing grenades, shooting M1s (prone, sitting, standing), pointing Thompson machine guns.
26kswolff
Two places for political cartoons, one historical and one contemporary:
Thomas Nast cartoons and the 1872 election:
http://nastandgreeley.harpweek.com/subpages/cartoon-1872-MediumB.asp?UniqueID=44...
And a political cartoonist's blog appropriately named "The Pain!":
http://www.thepaincomics.com/
Thomas Nast cartoons and the 1872 election:
http://nastandgreeley.harpweek.com/subpages/cartoon-1872-MediumB.asp?UniqueID=44...
And a political cartoonist's blog appropriately named "The Pain!":
http://www.thepaincomics.com/
29CliffBurns
Edward Tufte, graphic design guru:
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/mayjune_2011/features/the_information_...
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/mayjune_2011/features/the_information_...
31anna_in_pdx
Expensive as well - whew!
33CliffBurns
"Star Wars" recruiting posters:
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1y981k/www.pbh2.com/astounding/incredible-star-war...
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1y981k/www.pbh2.com/astounding/incredible-star-war...
34kswolff
33: Love the parallels with actual totalitarian posters. It would be great for some language geek to keep the poster images -- especially the ones with the Empire and Darth Vader on it -- and put North Korean text in it. That would be awesome.
35anna_in_pdx
33 those are wonderful. I sent to Chris and his wargaming buddies.
36CliffBurns
Anna: More "Star Wars" fun:
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/AFLNwb/graffart.eu/blog/2009/10/stormtroopers-life...
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/AFLNwb/graffart.eu/blog/2009/10/stormtroopers-life...
37CliffBurns
Classic covers and posters from the 1960's. Lotsa femme fatales:
http://www.rockingfundas.com/2010/08/classic-illustrations-from-60s.html
http://www.rockingfundas.com/2010/08/classic-illustrations-from-60s.html
38CliffBurns
A book with a new way of doing "hyperlinks":
http://weburbanist.com/2011/07/09/printed-book-physical-hyperlinks-real-page-tur...
http://weburbanist.com/2011/07/09/printed-book-physical-hyperlinks-real-page-tur...
40CliffBurns
A Christmas present idea for your resident sky fy geek:
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1fjtw8/winstonscifi.blogspot.com/
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1fjtw8/winstonscifi.blogspot.com/
41kswolff
The visionary Pop artist Peter Saul, like some Day-glo predecessor to Robert Williams and Joe Coleman:
http://hilobrow.com/2011/08/16/peter-saul/
http://hilobrow.com/2011/08/16/peter-saul/
42letterpress
This blog is the most amazing miscellany of images salvaged, saved and snaffled. The book, Bibliodyssey is wonderful too. I'm longing for another volume, that much more satisfying when accompanied by the smell and feel of paper.
http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/
http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/
43CliffBurns
Ah, the internet is full o' wonders...
45nymith
I'm not sure if those better embody the phrase "retro" or "wacky." Think I'll settle for "crazed wholesomeness."
46CliffBurns
I'll go along with that.
If only the future had turned out to be as interesting as those folks envisioned it...
If only the future had turned out to be as interesting as those folks envisioned it...
47kswolff
45: "Crazed wholesomeness" -- Come visit Rochester, MN. You'll get crazed wholesomeness by the bucketful. I've never been to a place so obsessed about wanting to be average and ordinary. Bladerunner meets Mayberry, minus the fun parts of both, but including huge dollops of "health Nazi" condescension and Joel Osteen watered-down religious sanctimoniousness. Granted, it's not a terrible place to live, but it's not a wonderful place to live either.
Re: our non-jet packed future:
"The jet-man, on the other hand, no longer seems to know either adventure or destiny, but only a condition. Yet this condition is at first sight less human than anthropological: mythically, the jet-man is defined less by his courage than by his weight, his diet and his habits (temperance, frugality, continence). His racial apartness can be read in his morphology: the anti-G suit of inflatable nylon, the shiny helmet, introduce the jet-man into a novel type of skin in which 'even his mother would not know him'. We are dealing with a true racial conversion, all the more credible since science-fiction has already largely substantiated this metamorphosis of species: everything happens as if there had been a sudden mutation between the earlier creatures of propeller-mankind and the later ones of jet-mankind..."
-- "Jet-man", Mythologies by Roland Barthes
Re: our non-jet packed future:
"The jet-man, on the other hand, no longer seems to know either adventure or destiny, but only a condition. Yet this condition is at first sight less human than anthropological: mythically, the jet-man is defined less by his courage than by his weight, his diet and his habits (temperance, frugality, continence). His racial apartness can be read in his morphology: the anti-G suit of inflatable nylon, the shiny helmet, introduce the jet-man into a novel type of skin in which 'even his mother would not know him'. We are dealing with a true racial conversion, all the more credible since science-fiction has already largely substantiated this metamorphosis of species: everything happens as if there had been a sudden mutation between the earlier creatures of propeller-mankind and the later ones of jet-mankind..."
-- "Jet-man", Mythologies by Roland Barthes
48nymith
"Come visit Rochester, MN. You'll get crazed wholesomeness by the bucketful." That would make a really cool billboard.
Barthes - I like the writing, but the meaning appears somewhat inscrutable.
Barthes - I like the writing, but the meaning appears somewhat inscrutable.
49anna_in_pdx
I am just using this space to announce that my sister actually purchased The Gallery of Regrettable Food for me as a birthday gag gift. While I think Lileks' site of ugly old advertising is funny, particularly the "interior desecrators" part that I've mentioned here before, it is unfortunate that he is such a wingnut politically. Ah well. (Also, I think he lives in Minnesota? Or somewhere in Flyover Country. :))
50CliffBurns
GALLERY gets some good reviews--people find it screamingly funny. Do you?
51anna_in_pdx
It was funny. He has a way of mocking old advertising that is quite amusing. I thought some of it was sort of pointless though. Casseroles are what they are, and no, they don't photograph well - so? We still eat them.
52CliffBurns
"Casseroles are what they are, and no, they don't photograph well - so? We still eat them."
Hee hee.
Which begs the question, can haggis be artfully arranged on a plate?
"I thought the presentation of the stuffed guts was particularly attractive, didn't you, Cyril?"
Hee hee.
Which begs the question, can haggis be artfully arranged on a plate?
"I thought the presentation of the stuffed guts was particularly attractive, didn't you, Cyril?"
53anna_in_pdx
There was a section mocking some WWII pamphlets that had recipes for organ meats and stuff. Those were kind of interesting, quite apart from his humor.
54CliffBurns
I intend to pay a visit to our pal Ian Sales in merry old England some day. And if he offers me steak and kidney pie or some other Limey abomination, I'll convert HIM into tripe.
55anna_in_pdx
Hold out for eel pie.
58CliffBurns
Well, I'm a Guinness man, kid, so I think we'll see eye to eye there.
Pork pie. Isn't that a HAT?
Pork pie. Isn't that a HAT?
59iansales
You can wear it on your head if you want. But don't be surprised if you get some odd looks from people.
60kswolff
If you like zeppelins, you'll love dieselpunk:
http://www.dieselpunks.org/photo/albums/steampunk-pinup-girls
http://www.dieselpunks.org/photo/albums/steampunk-pinup-girls
61CliffBurns
"Steampunk pinup girls"???!!!
Thanks, Karl, I needed that.
Thanks, Karl, I needed that.
63kswolff
Paper art in support of Scottish libraries:
http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Mysterious-paper-sculptures/blog/4991...
http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Mysterious-paper-sculptures/blog/4991...
64beardo
Bookplates by the Russian artist Vladimir Zuev
For Bulgakov fans - see the second example.
http://50watts.com/#1217583/Zuev
For Bulgakov fans - see the second example.
http://50watts.com/#1217583/Zuev
65CliffBurns
A pal sent me a link to this site that features pages from scrapbooks kept by Stan Brakhage's wife. Gorgeous collages:
http://beineckeroom26.library.yale.edu/2009/06/08/brakhage-scrapbookso/
Also click on the commentary by Yale professor Richard Demming. It gives some background on the Brakhages' relationship and how that informed and inspired Stan's films.
http://beineckeroom26.library.yale.edu/2009/06/08/brakhage-scrapbookso/
Also click on the commentary by Yale professor Richard Demming. It gives some background on the Brakhages' relationship and how that informed and inspired Stan's films.
66kswolff
65: Your film reminded me of Brakhage ... or if Brakhage and David Lynch went on a road trip to Saskatchewan.
67kswolff
Rejected book covers via Cracked.com:
http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_251_23-rejected-covers-famous-books/
http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_251_23-rejected-covers-famous-books/
68CliffBurns
"...if Brakhage and David Lynch went on a road trip to Saskatchewan."
Lovely. Great blurb. Thanks, Karl.
Lovely. Great blurb. Thanks, Karl.
69kswolff
Avant garde stained glass in Moscow metro station via Dark Roasted Blend:
http://www.cracked.com/blog/history-texbook-from-the-future-holy-shit/?wa_user1=...
http://www.cracked.com/blog/history-texbook-from-the-future-holy-shit/?wa_user1=...
70kswolff
Tintin + HP Lovecraft = Awesomeness!
http://io9.com/5841816/tintin-returns-to-the-mind+melting-worlds-of-hp-lovecraft
http://io9.com/5841816/tintin-returns-to-the-mind+melting-worlds-of-hp-lovecraft
72CliffBurns
This site highlights sketchbooks, journals and travel diaries of artists. Very cool and beautifully presented:
http://sketchesandjottings.wordpress.com/
http://sketchesandjottings.wordpress.com/
73kswolff
Abandoned vehicles of war courtesy of those jokesters at Cracked.com:
http://www.cracked.com/article_19449_6-images-abandoned-weaponry-you-wont-believ...
Best passage:
"In May 2011, Scott Haefner -- less of an "international superthief" and more of a "casual boat fan" -- managed to break through fleet security and spend an entire weekend photographing the remaining fleet. He and a friend boarded the ships and hopped from vessel to vessel for 48 hours, using only an inflatable raft and a few other supplies you could buy from any camping supply store. One of the greatest surprises Scott stumbled upon while out dicking around on the ghost armada was the Sea Shadow (IX-529)."
http://www.cracked.com/article_19449_6-images-abandoned-weaponry-you-wont-believ...
Best passage:
"In May 2011, Scott Haefner -- less of an "international superthief" and more of a "casual boat fan" -- managed to break through fleet security and spend an entire weekend photographing the remaining fleet. He and a friend boarded the ships and hopped from vessel to vessel for 48 hours, using only an inflatable raft and a few other supplies you could buy from any camping supply store. One of the greatest surprises Scott stumbled upon while out dicking around on the ghost armada was the Sea Shadow (IX-529)."
76mejix
Richter overload. I just couldn't resist. This critic is unintentionally hilarious:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/video/2011/oct/12/gerhard-richter-tate-modern-...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/video/2011/oct/12/gerhard-richter-tate-modern-...
77CliffBurns
Fascinating!
78mejix
I didn't realize the Guardian also had this one. Its is better, I think:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/video/2011/oct/13/gerhard-richter-tate-modern-...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/video/2011/oct/13/gerhard-richter-tate-modern-...
79kswolff
Not really graphic design, but a great visual anyway:
http://gawker.com/5851347/troops-in-afghanistan-burn-donated-copies-of-bill-orei...
Needless to say, I support our troops. I'd want to the same thing, especially if I had to risk my life day after day, then get back to base where some wingnut donated Bill O'Reilly books. WTF, seriously?
http://gawker.com/5851347/troops-in-afghanistan-burn-donated-copies-of-bill-orei...
Needless to say, I support our troops. I'd want to the same thing, especially if I had to risk my life day after day, then get back to base where some wingnut donated Bill O'Reilly books. WTF, seriously?
80CliffBurns
Very, very weird. I guess if the troops run out of toilet paper...
81kswolff
80: Why do you think I sent them signed copies of the Overton Window?
82CliffBurns
From BOING BOING. Weird Hallowe'en photos:
http://boingboing.net/2011/10/24/haunted-air-halloween-photos-1875-1955.html
http://boingboing.net/2011/10/24/haunted-air-halloween-photos-1875-1955.html
83kswolff
A visual of all the bank mergers in the last 20 years:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Oh0jS87k-Ws/Tm5UrvULd7I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/l6yTB3n8BLc/s1600/...
"Too big to fail" in an easy visual format.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Oh0jS87k-Ws/Tm5UrvULd7I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/l6yTB3n8BLc/s1600/...
"Too big to fail" in an easy visual format.
85nymith
I kind of like the panda and (??) Invisible Man? on iphones.
The REST of them are just plain obnoxious.
The REST of them are just plain obnoxious.
86kswolff
Furry Penn and Teller is ... um ...
87kswolff
The book-centric art of Jonathan Wolstenholme:
http://www.portalpainters.co.uk/Wolstenholme,Jonathan.aspx?PageID=181&Artist...
http://www.portalpainters.co.uk/Wolstenholme,Jonathan.aspx?PageID=181&Artist...
89CliffBurns
More great book-related art. My wife sent me this one:
http://www.juxtapoz.com/Gallery/van-wantern-etcetera/van-wantern-etcetera-9-1913...
http://www.juxtapoz.com/Gallery/van-wantern-etcetera/van-wantern-etcetera-9-1913...
90kswolff
Zappa album artist Cal Schenkel:
http://hilobrow.com/2012/01/27/cal-schenkel-2/
Like, wow, man, groovy!
http://hilobrow.com/2012/01/27/cal-schenkel-2/
Like, wow, man, groovy!
91kswolff
Cracked does it again:
http://www.cracked.com/article_19652_7-artists-who-secretly-made-your-favorite-m...
http://www.cracked.com/article_19652_7-artists-who-secretly-made-your-favorite-m...
92mejix
I had forgotten about this thread. Thanks for restarting.
Speaking of the Pompidou, not a fan of Josef Albers' paintings but looove his work on paper:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xoyger_josef-albers-en-amerique-du-8-fevrier-au...
Speaking of the Pompidou, not a fan of Josef Albers' paintings but looove his work on paper:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xoyger_josef-albers-en-amerique-du-8-fevrier-au...
93CliffBurns
My wife sent me this:
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/05/a-beached-whale-in-the-forests-of-argentin...
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/05/a-beached-whale-in-the-forests-of-argentin...
94CliffBurns
In response to the photos in #93, I wrote this snippet, which Sherron posted on my Facebook page:
"Ahab stalks it still, through the swollen underbrush, its trail wide and easy to follow, marked by pulverized tree trunks, a long, deep, snaking rut in the soft loam of the forest floor.
He will follow it to the very gates of Perdition, if necessary, his hate a goad, relentless and all-consuming.
Hobbling along in the wake of the great whale, knowing it is somewhere ahead, moving easily across the earth, surging forward with powerful thrusts, swimming through seas of bright green."
"Ahab stalks it still, through the swollen underbrush, its trail wide and easy to follow, marked by pulverized tree trunks, a long, deep, snaking rut in the soft loam of the forest floor.
He will follow it to the very gates of Perdition, if necessary, his hate a goad, relentless and all-consuming.
Hobbling along in the wake of the great whale, knowing it is somewhere ahead, moving easily across the earth, surging forward with powerful thrusts, swimming through seas of bright green."
96kswolff
95: Well, he wasn't wrong. The Russians just got the execution wrong and the Marxist Germans were slaughtered by WW 1 vets / proto-Nazis. Still undecided about which has been worse for humanity: the gulag system or credit default swaps?
97ajsomerset
Good question. A few million kulaks might have views on that.
98kswolff
97: Perhaps. But both the gulags and credit default swaps did cast millions free from their personal property. But if Stalin wasn't such a slacker and did send Ayn Rand to her well-deserved place in the gulags, we might have been spared the last few years economic turmoil. And gulags were no less efficient or humane than any Fortune 500 corporation. Nomenklatura, apparatchiks, trusties, and zeks. In both economic systems, the hierarchy is the same with the same results.
Then again, living in the US with the nascent Tea Party will do that to a person. Might make me into a Maoist simply out of spite and for my own personal amusement. One death is a tragedy, a million deaths means more job vacancies and not having to deal with internal hires.
Then again, living in the US with the nascent Tea Party will do that to a person. Might make me into a Maoist simply out of spite and for my own personal amusement. One death is a tragedy, a million deaths means more job vacancies and not having to deal with internal hires.
99CliffBurns
Guy Laramee:
http://weburbanist.com/2012/06/26/topographic-tomes-more-carved-books-by-guy-lar...
Wow. My wife sent this my way...
http://weburbanist.com/2012/06/26/topographic-tomes-more-carved-books-by-guy-lar...
Wow. My wife sent this my way...
100anna_in_pdx
99: While those are really attractive pieces of art, I can't help but mourn the book that can never again be read. :)
101CliffBurns
Any Edward Gorey fans out there?
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/aug/04/collecting-edward-gorey/
(Courtesy Gord)
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/aug/04/collecting-edward-gorey/
(Courtesy Gord)
103anna_in_pdx
Interesting and beautiful, just heard about this on facebook, though the article is old.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/26/autistic-artist-stephen-w_n_334703.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/26/autistic-artist-stephen-w_n_334703.html
105kswolff
Anyone for some gender-fluids cops and athletes?
http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/artist-spotlight/2012/08/18/artist-sp...
http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/artist-spotlight/2012/08/18/artist-sp...
106mejix
I love the music in the Pompidou videos:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xegm0f_musee-national-d-art-moderne_creation
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xegm0f_musee-national-d-art-moderne_creation
107mejix
This is old, but Seurat's drawings are worth seeing over and over:
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/arts/20071026_SEURAT_FEATURE/index.html
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/arts/20071026_SEURAT_FEATURE/index.html
108kswolff
A Believer article on the Codex Seraphinianus:
http://www.believermag.com/issues/200705/?read=article_taylor
http://www.believermag.com/issues/200705/?read=article_taylor
109kswolff
Behold! The pangolin!
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2013/01/magnificent-pangolin-scaled-precise.html
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2013/01/magnificent-pangolin-scaled-precise.html
115CliffBurns
Well, it's a visual piece...
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4lz8e_ilka-schonbein-metamorphosen_creation#....
(My wife is a puppeteer and mask-maker--blame this one on her.)
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4lz8e_ilka-schonbein-metamorphosen_creation#....
(My wife is a puppeteer and mask-maker--blame this one on her.)
117CliffBurns
Those pieces are quite remarkable. Steady nerves required, fantastic coordination and dexterity.
Meanwhile, I can't scratch my forehead without poking myself in the eye.
Meanwhile, I can't scratch my forehead without poking myself in the eye.
118CliffBurns
Is it visual art? Music? Both? The "singing, ringing tree":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B0hGyKV9qs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B0hGyKV9qs
120CliffBurns
Authors and their self-portraits:
http://flavorwire.com/374736/the-fascinating-self-portraits-of-20-famous-authors...
(From my wife)
http://flavorwire.com/374736/the-fascinating-self-portraits-of-20-famous-authors...
(From my wife)
121CliffBurns
Check out the Mars panorama:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/29/mars-panorama-curiosity-rover_n_2978187...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/29/mars-panorama-curiosity-rover_n_2978187...
122CliffBurns
Amazing lost and/or abandoned places. "Magnificent desolation", to paraphrase Buzz Aldrin:
http://imgur.com/a/D9iDC
(My wife Sherron sent me this one)
http://imgur.com/a/D9iDC
(My wife Sherron sent me this one)
124CliffBurns
Spooky beautiful.
125CliffBurns
Another one from Sherron--where children sleep:
http://www.demilked.com/where-children-sleep-james-mollison
http://www.demilked.com/where-children-sleep-james-mollison
127CliffBurns
War portraits--fascinating and troubling:
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/lalage-snow-we-are-the-not-dead
(Courtesy, Sherron)
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/lalage-snow-we-are-the-not-dead
(Courtesy, Sherron)
128Sandydog1
Reminds me of photos of those Commanders in Chief, before, during and after.
Poor slobs (ie, the Presidents).
Poor slobs (ie, the Presidents).
129ajsomerset
More essentially BS photography exploiting our credulity towards the photograph. I recall reading a novel dealing with just that subject. Who was it wrote that thing? I can't remember ... as I recall he went on to ruin his career with nonfiction. What was that guy's name?
Portraiture like this is highly manipulative. Remember, if the shutter is open for 1/250 of a second, you are looking at one of almost a million equivalent moments occurring in a single minute. It represents nothing. On top of that, the portraitist is in complete control of the lighting. The lighting is set up for the desired effect, and the photographer shoots until she gets a picture that reflects her preconceived narrative. Then we pretend that the eyes are the window to the soul, etc.
Portraiture like this is highly manipulative. Remember, if the shutter is open for 1/250 of a second, you are looking at one of almost a million equivalent moments occurring in a single minute. It represents nothing. On top of that, the portraitist is in complete control of the lighting. The lighting is set up for the desired effect, and the photographer shoots until she gets a picture that reflects her preconceived narrative. Then we pretend that the eyes are the window to the soul, etc.
130Dzerzhinsky
There's something in what you say.
131mejix
BibliOdyssey: Books, Illustrations, Science, History, Visual Materia Obscura, Eclectic Bookart
http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/
http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/
132kswolff
Lamborghini Ecosta, aka, the car that made Bladerunner real:
http://www.complex.com/rides/2013/05/lamborghini-ecosta-photos-weekend-concept
Yes, it's a supercar and it has all the usual luxury vehicle baggage ... still, one has to admire just how bonkers the design is.
http://www.complex.com/rides/2013/05/lamborghini-ecosta-photos-weekend-concept
Yes, it's a supercar and it has all the usual luxury vehicle baggage ... still, one has to admire just how bonkers the design is.
133iansales
Jeez, that's ugly. What happened to all the cool cars they used to build, the ones designed by Bertone and Pininfarina?
134kswolff
Probably gone, since both those designers are dead. Still, visceral and divisive reaction is always a good thing. Remember how they rioted at the performance of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" and the Cannes audience booed David Cronenberg's Crash
The Ecosta won't be to everyone's taste -- I'm more of a Miura/Testarossa/F40 classicist myself -- but the design aesthetics of Art Nouveau and Bauhaus were equally divisive.
Ah, Taste, you fickle goddess!
The Ecosta won't be to everyone's taste -- I'm more of a Miura/Testarossa/F40 classicist myself -- but the design aesthetics of Art Nouveau and Bauhaus were equally divisive.
Ah, Taste, you fickle goddess!
135mejix
I'm a sucker for these audio slideshows at The Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/series/new-review-month-in-photography
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/series/new-review-month-in-photography
137CliffBurns
Far out! I read OMNI all the time, way back when...
138Dzerzhinsky
"Ah, Taste, you fickle goddess!"
:|
# 134 Nevertheless, this doesn't imply our faculties of criticism and reason are completely wayward and undependable.
Critics slammed Nicholas Cage in "National Treasure II" before it even hit the screens. It turned out to be a smash hit with the general public. Does that mean it was really a good movie? Nope.
I am not one to ignore when people 'vote with their feet' (I've often cited it myself) but I also watch out for instances when too much stock in placed in what tilts 'the people'. After all, at one time the public loved watching blood sports in Coliseums; with shallow troughs engineered into the aisles so they could stick their fingers down their throats and vomit in order to consume more food.
:|
# 134 Nevertheless, this doesn't imply our faculties of criticism and reason are completely wayward and undependable.
Critics slammed Nicholas Cage in "National Treasure II" before it even hit the screens. It turned out to be a smash hit with the general public. Does that mean it was really a good movie? Nope.
I am not one to ignore when people 'vote with their feet' (I've often cited it myself) but I also watch out for instances when too much stock in placed in what tilts 'the people'. After all, at one time the public loved watching blood sports in Coliseums; with shallow troughs engineered into the aisles so they could stick their fingers down their throats and vomit in order to consume more food.
139kswolff
138: Critics slammed Nicholas Cage in "National Treasure II" before it even hit the screens. It turned out to be a smash hit with the general public. Does that mean it was really a good movie? Nope.
But the more pertinent issue is, does "National Treasure II" work as Camp? Like 300 and Suckerpunch
But the more pertinent issue is, does "National Treasure II" work as Camp? Like 300 and Suckerpunch
140CliffBurns
Lovely retro, steampunk, weirdo images:
http://michellagarde.com/dramagraphies-2009-2011
Ian, check out the pieces "Le Grand Voyage" and "Les Envahisseurs".
http://michellagarde.com/dramagraphies-2009-2011
Ian, check out the pieces "Le Grand Voyage" and "Les Envahisseurs".
141CliffBurns
Work places of the brilliant and creative:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/40-inspiring-workspaces-of-the-famously-creat...
(Sent to me by Sherron)
http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/40-inspiring-workspaces-of-the-famously-creat...
(Sent to me by Sherron)
143Sandydog1
141
Great stuff, Cliff.
I'm having trouble wrapping my brain around #25, however. WFB should have been a bit more inspired.
Great stuff, Cliff.
I'm having trouble wrapping my brain around #25, however. WFB should have been a bit more inspired.
144CliffBurns
Wonderful, surreal portraits by a 14-year old Massachusetts kid--Sherron sent these to me:
http://www.demilked.com/surreal-self-portraits-14-year-old-fiddle-oak/?fb_action...
http://www.demilked.com/surreal-self-portraits-14-year-old-fiddle-oak/?fb_action...
145CliffBurns
...and how about this one, another Sherron pick. Miyoko Shida, literally balancing on a feather:
http://www.wimp.com/wonderfulperformance/
(Make sure to watch it through right to the end.)
http://www.wimp.com/wonderfulperformance/
(Make sure to watch it through right to the end.)
146Sandydog1
Cliff, I just spent a bat-shit crazy day dealing with people that should be featured in Jon Ronson's next book.
That was truly amazing. Thanks for the grounding; thanks for sharing.
That was truly amazing. Thanks for the grounding; thanks for sharing.
147CliffBurns
Some people take performance to a whole other level, don't they?
And, remember, not ALL of us are psychopaths...
And, remember, not ALL of us are psychopaths...
149CliffBurns
Wow, I could write an M.R. James-type ghost story about every one of those photos.
Good find, Harry!
Good find, Harry!
150Dagdapublishing
#7: Wow. Those covers are surrealist masterpieces.
There are so many terrible books covers about these days, makes you despair...
There are so many terrible books covers about these days, makes you despair...
151CliffBurns
Definitely getting to be a lost art.
152CliffBurns
Bee-yoo-tiful photos of post-Soviet architecture:
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20131021-post-soviet-imperial-splendour
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20131021-post-soviet-imperial-splendour
153RobertDay
Sadly, we here in the UK can't access that, as it's not funded by the licence fee and so is closed to UK licence fee payers.
Yeah, I don't get that either.
Yeah, I don't get that either.
154CliffBurns
How about a pictorial look at the 1939 New York "World's Fair":
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/11/the-1939-new-york-worlds-fair/100620/
(Cheers, Gord)
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/11/the-1939-new-york-worlds-fair/100620/
(Cheers, Gord)
155DugsBooks
#145 That is remarkable. I am surprised that hasn't been copied by cirque du soleil or the blue man group.
157CliffBurns
Surreal photo manipulations:
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/11/surreal-photo-manipulations-by-caras-ionut...
Thanks, Sherron...
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/11/surreal-photo-manipulations-by-caras-ionut...
Thanks, Sherron...
158CliffBurns
Just what the doctor ordered, more pictures of beautiful libraries:
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20131113-the-most-spectacular-libraries
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20131113-the-most-spectacular-libraries
159CliffBurns
This one from my wife--photos of abandoned toy factories:
http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/photographs-of-abandoned-toy-factories
Chilling...
http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/photographs-of-abandoned-toy-factories
Chilling...
161CliffBurns
I know what you mean.
164CliffBurns
A few wise words from Mark Rothko:
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2008/sep/23/rothko.art...
Watched Simon Schama's documentary on Rothko last night and found it mesmerizing.
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2008/sep/23/rothko.art...
Watched Simon Schama's documentary on Rothko last night and found it mesmerizing.
166CliffBurns
Or like props from a Terry Gilliam movie.
172DugsBooks
#170 ....WTF!! Neat stuff...
#171 Thanks for the link. I saw2001 Space Odyssey {fantastic sound & image} and Dr. Zhivago {sniffle, had a hard time controlling my manly emotions!} in Cinerama/CinemaScope. I was/am completely incapable of explaining the dramatic difference in CinemaScope and the film technique of the day...the huge screen was great. The opening scene in Dr Zhivago with the train roaring across the screen and the Doppler effect enhanced by the sound tracking left to right following the train caused me to jump a bit - kind of like in one of the 50's Tarzan movies when the natives are shown a movie for the first time with a train heading toward them. ;-)
I wonder if anyone has CinemaScope set up anywhere?
#171 Thanks for the link. I saw2001 Space Odyssey {fantastic sound & image} and Dr. Zhivago {sniffle, had a hard time controlling my manly emotions!} in Cinerama/CinemaScope. I was/am completely incapable of explaining the dramatic difference in CinemaScope and the film technique of the day...the huge screen was great. The opening scene in Dr Zhivago with the train roaring across the screen and the Doppler effect enhanced by the sound tracking left to right following the train caused me to jump a bit - kind of like in one of the 50's Tarzan movies when the natives are shown a movie for the first time with a train heading toward them. ;-)
I wonder if anyone has CinemaScope set up anywhere?
173CliffBurns
How libraries USED to look:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo/15-gorgeous-photos-of-the-old-cincinnati-li...
http://www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo/15-gorgeous-photos-of-the-old-cincinnati-li...
174kswolff
Who knew the world of Lisa Frank could be this interesting?
http://jezebel.com/inside-the-rainbow-gulag-the-technicolor-rise-and-fall-117949...
http://jezebel.com/inside-the-rainbow-gulag-the-technicolor-rise-and-fall-117949...
175CliffBurns
Tara Donovan's odd, beautiful sculptures. Excellent look at process too:
http://channel.louisiana.dk/video/tara-donovan-sculpting-everyday-materials
(From my wife)
http://channel.louisiana.dk/video/tara-donovan-sculpting-everyday-materials
(From my wife)
176mejix
Some art documentary recommendations:
http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/862003/20-must-watch-artist-documentarie...
I would stay away from Beauty is Embarassing, though.
http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/862003/20-must-watch-artist-documentarie...
I would stay away from Beauty is Embarassing, though.
177CliffBurns
Bought "Beauty is Embarrassing" for my wife as a Christmas gift. She's a mask-maker and puppeteer and I'd heard good things about the flick.
178mejix
She'll probably like it then. Its about the guy that used to do puppetry for Pee Wee's playhouse.
179CliffBurns
Images of abandoned places--wow:
http://distractify.com/culture/arts/the-most-spectacular-abandoned-places-in-the...
http://distractify.com/culture/arts/the-most-spectacular-abandoned-places-in-the...
180CliffBurns
High rez scan of Poe's "The Raven"...with Gustav Dore illos:
http://boingboing.net/2014/01/05/high-rez-scan-poes-raven.html
Looks beautiful.
http://boingboing.net/2014/01/05/high-rez-scan-poes-raven.html
Looks beautiful.
181CliffBurns
People come in all sizes and varieties:
http://www.upworthy.com/do-you-think-these-people-were-created-equal-after-seein...
http://www.upworthy.com/do-you-think-these-people-were-created-equal-after-seein...
184CliffBurns
World's oldest masks:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26533994
(My wife would KILL to see this show.)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26533994
(My wife would KILL to see this show.)
185CliffBurns
Creative bookshelves:
http://weburbanist.com/2014/03/19/reading-room-dividers-13-creative-bookshelf-de...
http://weburbanist.com/2014/03/19/reading-room-dividers-13-creative-bookshelf-de...
186CliffBurns
"Lost and Found", a lovely little film Sherron sent me about a fascinating man and the unique world he's constructed. Costs you nine minutes of your life and well worth the investment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raU6749Cczw&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raU6749Cczw&feature=youtu.be
187Sandydog1
> 185
Well, I've enough books for that room divider.
>186 CliffBurns:
Thanks for sharing; life inspiring indeed.
Well, I've enough books for that room divider.
>186 CliffBurns:
Thanks for sharing; life inspiring indeed.
188Sandydog1
The eyes have it, courtesy of Huff Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/25/jose-vergara_n_4989013.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/25/jose-vergara_n_4989013.html
189civitas
Books illustrated by woodcuts: http://pantherpro-webdesign.com/heller/art_of_woodcutting3.html
Note: You’ll probably appreciate the red sound OFF below link near the top of the page.
Note: You’ll probably appreciate the red sound OFF below link near the top of the page.
190CliffBurns
Creeeeepy playgrounds:
http://www.sadanduseless.com/2014/04/creepy-russian-playgrounds
(Yet another one from Gord)
http://www.sadanduseless.com/2014/04/creepy-russian-playgrounds
(Yet another one from Gord)
191Sandydog1
And speaking of sad and useless:
http://petapixel.com/2014/04/28/black-friday-haunting-documentary-photo-series-c...
http://petapixel.com/2014/04/28/black-friday-haunting-documentary-photo-series-c...
192CliffBurns
Les yikes!
Life after humans...
Life after humans...
195CliffBurns
#193 Very cool, Dawg.
Don't know Hoekstra's work, glad I am now acquainted.
Don't know Hoekstra's work, glad I am now acquainted.
196Sandydog1
Perhaps those Retronaut offerings should have been posted over on this thread.
Another gallery. Now you know what life's like on Uranus:
http://www.retronaut.com/2014/04/life-on-other-planets/
Another gallery. Now you know what life's like on Uranus:
http://www.retronaut.com/2014/04/life-on-other-planets/
198CliffBurns
The Met releases thousands of images to the public domain. Just a sampling is stunning:
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/05/metropolitan-museum-of-art-releases-400000...
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/05/metropolitan-museum-of-art-releases-400000...
200mejix
I thought we needed something classy in this thread so here's Ernest Hemingway's wrinkly butt photographed by Robert Capa:
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2014/06/photographer-robert-capa-d-day_slidesh...
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2014/06/photographer-robert-capa-d-day_slidesh...
201CliffBurns
That's a good piece.
202Sandydog1
Don't get me wrong, now, ol' Ernie's my homey, but Capra has done much, much better:
http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL...
http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL...
203CliffBurns
Celebrating D-Day--some chilling juxtapositions:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/06/06/d-day-landing-sites-pictures_n_545802...
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/06/06/d-day-landing-sites-pictures_n_545802...
205varielle
Now that is pretty cute. I will have to look for them when I get to London in a few months.
206CliffBurns
Amazing graphite portraits:
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/07/graphite-portraits-stefan-zsaitsits/
My wife sent this my way--thanks, Sherron.
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/07/graphite-portraits-stefan-zsaitsits/
My wife sent this my way--thanks, Sherron.
208CliffBurns
Look at these giant marionettes--my wife is crazy about puppets:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-28478888
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-28478888
209mejix
I've been browsing the many books available online at the Metropolitan and Getty museums' websites. There is so much good stuff, it's overwhelming. These two I find brilliant (and can be downloaded!)
Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Photographs
http://www.getty.edu/publications/virtuallibrary/089236517X.html?qt=cameron
All the Mighty World: The Photographs of Roger Fenton, 1852–1860
http://tinyurl.com/kdp5rgw
Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Photographs
http://www.getty.edu/publications/virtuallibrary/089236517X.html?qt=cameron
All the Mighty World: The Photographs of Roger Fenton, 1852–1860
http://tinyurl.com/kdp5rgw
210mejix
Architectural alphabet engravings:
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/these-amazing-architectural-alphabet-engravings-should...
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/these-amazing-architectural-alphabet-engravings-should...
212CliffBurns
Gorgeous sites, folks.
215anna_in_pdx
214, wow, that is super weird.
218CliffBurns
Short CBC feature on Art Spiegelman exhibit in Toronto, including some rare works:
http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Arts/ID/2643643799
http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Arts/ID/2643643799
220Sandydog1
Some natural body paint:
http://www.earthporm.com/see-artist-masterfully-turns-humans-animals-body-paint/
http://www.earthporm.com/see-artist-masterfully-turns-humans-animals-body-paint/
223mejix
Mingering Mike has a website:
http://www.mingeringmike.com/
And later this month he will have a show at the Smithsonian:
http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2015/mingering_mike/
http://www.mingeringmike.com/
And later this month he will have a show at the Smithsonian:
http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2015/mingering_mike/
225CliffBurns
Henry Miller, the painter:
http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/01/21/to-paint-is-to-love-again-henry-miller/
(From my wife)
http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/01/21/to-paint-is-to-love-again-henry-miller/
(From my wife)
226CliffBurns
Gord sent me a sweet article on artist Richard Powers:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/15/cover-story-richard-powers-s-pu...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/15/cover-story-richard-powers-s-pu...
227CliffBurns
Portfolio by the GREAT Ralph Steadman:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2015/jul/15/ralph-steadmans-portraits-b...
http://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2015/jul/15/ralph-steadmans-portraits-b...
229CliffBurns
Soviet era masterpieces, anyone?
http://www.popmatters.com/review/masterpieces-of-soviet-painting-and-sculpture-e...
(From Gord's cabinet of curiosities)
http://www.popmatters.com/review/masterpieces-of-soviet-painting-and-sculpture-e...
(From Gord's cabinet of curiosities)
230guido47
Thanks Cliff >#229, I really want that book, but...but...$US70 WHICH IN Aussi dollars is a Squillion or so :-)
I have an artist friend from Serbia/Croatia/etc who finally convinced me that "Socialist Realism" is not necessarily BAD
I have an artist friend from Serbia/Croatia/etc who finally convinced me that "Socialist Realism" is not necessarily BAD
231CliffBurns
How about Lisbeth Zwerger's illos for THE WIZARD OF OZ:
https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/04/16/wizard-of-oz-lisbeth-zwerger
https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/04/16/wizard-of-oz-lisbeth-zwerger
232bluepiano
>231 CliffBurns: Thanks for that. I like that artwork very much indeed. (I like much less the text being wiped blank of ostensible 'heartaches and nightmare'.)
Calls to mind the remarkable & remarkably fetching edition of Wizard of Oz illustrated by Graham Rawle. I adore it now; I wish I'd had it as a child.--Perhaps good illustrations seem all the more striking when they're of a mediocre work like Wizard of Oz?
Calls to mind the remarkable & remarkably fetching edition of Wizard of Oz illustrated by Graham Rawle. I adore it now; I wish I'd had it as a child.--Perhaps good illustrations seem all the more striking when they're of a mediocre work like Wizard of Oz?
233CliffBurns
Comic artist and surrealist Giorge Roman:
https://medium.com/@thechromaticwatch/interview-with-a-master-of-the-surreal-the...
https://medium.com/@thechromaticwatch/interview-with-a-master-of-the-surreal-the...
234Dzerzhinsky
What saddens me about all these great visuals --the art, sculpture, painting, & landscapes displayed on all these websites--is that this is no longer a society where we look up at things around us. Everyone shuffles around completely absorbed by the virtual world of their emails. They don't raise their eyes up at all. Architecture, the sky, nature, the ocean--not needed anymore by ''modern' people. Their minds are just not on it; nothing awes them, they don't care what anything looks like. They're not interested in preserving anything. As long as its on a website somewhere, for them to check out when they get home--they're content with 'the picture' rather than the reality. Aesthetics have been killed by little scrolling menus, checkboxes, and navigation symbols. No one will even step out of their house and walk down the block without their phone. :(
235Cecrow
>234 Dzerzhinsky:, I had an almost opposite impression, that we can no longer share and appreciate photos of amazing vistas, events, etc. without the lurking suspicion that the image has been altered, no matter what sworn testimony to the contrary. The sense of wonder that comes with incredulity is mostly lost to all but the most naïve. You can't really believe any image you don't see with your own eyes. Even then of course you can doubt, but at least you will find the incredulity factor is still alive and well in that setting.
236RobertDay
>235 Cecrow: Agreed. One of the most irritating things I find these days ("these days"! Listen to me!) is the throwaway comment "Huh! Must be Photoshopped."
I've been taking pictures for nearly fifty years, and I know what goes into making some of the most stunning images. And then someone whose idea of a photograph is something they grab with their phone claims to be able to detect Photoshop work. Well, if it's GOOD Photoshop, a) you won't be able to tell, and b) Photoshop isn't a magic wand to make impossible images. If it's GOOD Photoshop, I'd be the first to congratulate the photographer because they may well have put far more time and work into the image than Joe Average can possibly imagine.
I've been taking pictures for nearly fifty years, and I know what goes into making some of the most stunning images. And then someone whose idea of a photograph is something they grab with their phone claims to be able to detect Photoshop work. Well, if it's GOOD Photoshop, a) you won't be able to tell, and b) Photoshop isn't a magic wand to make impossible images. If it's GOOD Photoshop, I'd be the first to congratulate the photographer because they may well have put far more time and work into the image than Joe Average can possibly imagine.
237Raspberrymocha
As a recently retired Visual Arts instructor, I have been happily reading through and appreciating this discourse. There is so much in the world which people no longer open their eyes and minds to see. The frustration with teaching students that things actually exist outside the realm of what exists on the web is excruciating.
All that aside, I often will not read books solely based upon my visceral reaction to the cover art.
All that aside, I often will not read books solely based upon my visceral reaction to the cover art.
238bluepiano
>237 Raspberrymocha: Will you not read them because the cover itself is atrocious or because the nature of it suggests that the book itself is something you wouldn't want to read? e.g. I'd not bother opening a book with a still from a Hollywood movie nor would I likely be interested in the sort of book whose cover has gilt lettering or a candy-box sort of picture.
I'm sure I wouldn't be the only one to welcome any particularly egregious examples of bookcover art you might care to offer here . . .
I'm sure I wouldn't be the only one to welcome any particularly egregious examples of bookcover art you might care to offer here . . .
239Cecrow
I do all my reading research in advance, so I don't often get confronted with having to judge by cover alone. I don't think I avoid a book I want to read based on its cover, but I will sometimes avoid a particular edition of it, or seek out an especially attractive one I spotted here on LT. If it only has one edition and it's ugly, maybe then I'm stuck.
I wanted this copy of Dombey and Son, and was prepared to order to get it:
But I'm "stuck" with this one because getting it for a buck in a used book sale was just too good to pass up. Such is life.
I wanted this copy of Dombey and Son, and was prepared to order to get it:
But I'm "stuck" with this one because getting it for a buck in a used book sale was just too good to pass up. Such is life.
240bluepiano
>239 Cecrow: Those are both fine. As opposed to: https://www.amazon.com/Dombey-Wordsworth-Classics-Charles-Dickens/dp/1853262579.
241CliffBurns
I must say, the ability to choose (and design) my own covers is one of the major benefits of being an indie author.
242Cecrow
>240 bluepiano:, yeah, there's a lot of ugly options.
>241 CliffBurns:, you've been more successful at that than the many others I've seen who don't display much talent for it. To have that opportunity to put the best face on something you value and to squander it, only suggests to me they had a similarly lazy approach to the writing and it loses my interest immediately.
>241 CliffBurns:, you've been more successful at that than the many others I've seen who don't display much talent for it. To have that opportunity to put the best face on something you value and to squander it, only suggests to me they had a similarly lazy approach to the writing and it loses my interest immediately.
243CliffBurns
I devote A LOT of time on the look of my books--I'm certainly aware as a reader that an ugly book is a book likely to remain on the shelf, gathering dust.
244Raspberrymocha
>238 bluepiano: It's totally a viseral reaction for me. Doesn't matter about the subject matter, most of the time. It is more of a "don't want anyone to see me reading this". Case in point are those Chelaine Harris vampire novels. So poorly executed (middle school art figure drawing ability at best) that I cringe at the covers, albeit they were on best seller lists.
245CliffBurns
Hieronymus Bosch action figures anyone?
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/collectable_hieronymus_bosch_figurines
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/collectable_hieronymus_bosch_figurines
247CliffBurns
Ralph Steadman, still going strong:
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2017/01/ralph-steadman-gonzo-marksman
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2017/01/ralph-steadman-gonzo-marksman
248lisapeet
>247 CliffBurns: Thanks for that! I've been a fan of his since I was a tiny thing—what a fun portrait.
249CliffBurns
He's hardly lost a step--still as crazy as ever.
No wonder Hunter loved him.
No wonder Hunter loved him.
251CliffBurns
The genius of Cris Shapan:
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/everything_on_the_internet_is_a_lie_except_fo...
(From Gord)
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/everything_on_the_internet_is_a_lie_except_fo...
(From Gord)
252civitas
>235 Cecrow: amazing vistas...
Invisible Oregon, an infrared time-lapse film: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/520617/invisible-oregon/
Invisible Oregon, an infrared time-lapse film: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/520617/invisible-oregon/
253anna_in_pdx
>252 civitas: that's so lovely. Thanks for sharing it!
255CliffBurns
Stalin's "Dead Road":
https://www.rferl.org/a/remains-of-stalins-gulag-railroad-lies-abandoned-in-the-...
(Another great find from my pal, Gord.)
https://www.rferl.org/a/remains-of-stalins-gulag-railroad-lies-abandoned-in-the-...
(Another great find from my pal, Gord.)
257CliffBurns
Mark Fisher writes of the "eeriness" of abandoned places--those pictures are a perfect example.
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/making-sense-of-the-weird-and-the-eerie/#!
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/making-sense-of-the-weird-and-the-eerie/#!
258mejix
Penguin celebrates dog-eared delights in new Happy Reading campaign
https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/penguin-classics-happy-reading-campaign-graphic...
https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/penguin-classics-happy-reading-campaign-graphic...
259CliffBurns
I used to work in a book store where every Christmas Penguin would send us slightly battered copies of their books and we'd have a "hurt Penguin" sale, titles going at much-reduced prices.
Do publishers still have relationships like that with indie bookstores?
Do publishers still have relationships like that with indie bookstores?
260bluepiano
Discovered that publishers generously uploaded one of those offbeat, off-the-beaten-path design books I'm so keen on. Still intend to get it in proper book form so as to see the illustrations properly but in the meantime this version's interesting & perhaps it might be for someone here as well: https://www.academia.edu/16168567/The_Last_Vispo_Anthology.
261mejix
>259 CliffBurns:
I really don't know. "Hurt Penguin" is a curious name though.
I really don't know. "Hurt Penguin" is a curious name though.
262CliffBurns
The visual influence of the French New Wave:
https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/film-2/how-the-french-new-wave-revolutio...
(Another gem from Gord)
https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/film-2/how-the-french-new-wave-revolutio...
(Another gem from Gord)
264Sandydog1
Cool seasonal threads, maybe suitable for Twelvetide too:
https://dangerousminds.net/comments/stunning_images_of_pagan_costumes_worn_at_wi...
https://dangerousminds.net/comments/stunning_images_of_pagan_costumes_worn_at_wi...
265CliffBurns
Ah, now, this should make someone's day:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/art-golden-age-magic-posters-1809743...
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/art-golden-age-magic-posters-1809743...