Saint-Preux

Sometimes, I really need to listen to these two songs ...

Balance is needed

 

 

 

The art of Constantin Brancusi

"The Kiss"

"Sleeping Muse"

"The Newborn"

"Sleeping Muse", bronze

"Mademoiselle Pogany" Triplet

 

The Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) was a central figure of the modern movement and a pioneer of abstraction.  His sculpture is noted for its visual elegance and sensitive use of materials, combining the directness of peasant carving with the sophistication  of the Parisian avant-garde.  After attending the Bucharest School of Fine Arts and learning of the sculpture of August Rodin, Brancusi traveled  to Paris in 1904.  Brancusi created his first major work, The Kiss, in 1908.  From this time his sculpture became increasingly abstract, moving from the disembodied head of Sleeping Muse to the virtually featureless Beginning of the World and from the formal  figure of the legendary bird Maiastra to numerous versions of the ethereal Bird in Space. 

Brancusi's sculpture gained international notoriety at the 1913 Armory Show in New York, a city that he visited four times and where his work frequently would be exhibited.  In his Paris studio at 8 Impasse Ronsin Brancusi devoted great attention to the arrangement of his sculptures, documenting individual works and their installation in an important body of photographs. (The Noguchi Museum)

One Billion Hungry

 

Put pressure on politicians to end hunger.

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Ocean's Fury

 

Banking Institutions, by Thomas Jefferson

“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.”

Thomas Jefferson 1802

The Wave in Vejle

Danish Henning Larsen Architects has received the LEAF Award, category Residential Building of the Year 2010 in the sub-category "Multiple Occupancy" for their project "The Wave in Vejle".

"The Wave in Vejle" is a new sculptural housing landmark of Vejle, Denmark. With an ideal location overlooking the promenade and the bay the characteristic building both respects and challenges the potential of the area. During the day the white waves are reflected in the sea and at night the characteristic profile looks like illuminated multi-coloured mountains. The building has 140 attractive apartments many with two storey house plans, all with views.

The wave is inspired by the characteristics of the area: the fjord, the bridge, the town and the hills. The clear and easily recognisable signature of the building connects the residential area with the sea, the landscape and the town.

The LEAF Awards are presented by the association of european architects, leading european architectsforum, which has recognised innovative architectural projects with awards since 2002.

from:  Designboom

The Barber of Seville

I wonder what Rossini would say if he saw this?? Watch a "serious" version of this Opera by clicking HERE

Southeast Asia Parrot Flower

Impatiens Psittacina in Wikipedia

beautiful, isn't it?

National Wine Holiday 2010 in Chisinau - Moldova

 

 

 

 

 

 

About 40 wine-making, wine-growing and food companies, as well as over 100 Moldovan popular craftsmen participated in the National Wine Holiday - 2010, inaugurated at the Moldexpo International Exhibition Centre, in Chisinau, the capital of the country. It was the ninth issue of the National Wine Holiday, which is an important event both for tourists and for the local economic agents. The ninth issue of the National Wine Holiday, held on 9 and 10 October included presentations and wine tasting, contests and nomination of the best economic agents in the field.

So Cute Moldova

Walls of Shame of the Mankind

Berlim, Germany

Palestine

North Korea

USA - Mexico

Melilla, Morocco-Spain

Saudi Arabia-Iran

Morocco-Western Sahara

Bagdad, Iraq

The Magic of Cirque Du Soleil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cirque du Soleil is a Canadian entertainment company, self-described as a "dramatic” mix of circus art and street entertainment." Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in1984 by two former street performers. Its theatrical, character-driven approach and the absence of performing animals helped define Cirque du Soleil as the contemporary circus (“nouveau cirque”) that it remains today. Cirque's creations have been awarded numerous prizes and distinctions all over the world.

Visit its official website :  Cirque Du Soleil