HOW THE FUCK
That has got to be one of the most clever uses of transparency I’ve seen on this site yet.
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art
Here’s the story behind that amazing Google doodle from Thursday
If you think Walt Disney was the first person to create a feature length animated film you’re wrong. The first person to do it was a woman – Lotte Reiniger. See more about how her silhouette stop motion worked.
Gifs: Nat and Lo
Art Under the Microscope: Threads
How exactly was the gilding of tapestries done in the 16th century? These microscopic images reveal all.
These images show the warp and weft threads used to create a background detail in the Triumph of Bacchus tapestry recently exhibited in “Woven Gold: Tapestries of Louis XIV.”
Viewed from a distance (like when the tapestry is hanging high up on a wall), the combo of the crimson silk with the gold threads looks like a bright copper, and here we can see all the separate colors and textures that build up that look.
Triumph of Bacchus, design overseen by Raphael, ca. 1518-19; design and cartoon by Giovanni da Udine. Brussels, workshop of Frans Geubels, ca 1560. Paris, Mobilier National, inv. GMTT 1/3. Image © Le Mobilier National. Photo by Lawrence Perquis
Art Under the Microscope is a series that features, well, art under the microscope, as photographed by our conservators to better study and preserve our collections.
Theatre Districts
– JazzySatinDoll
I did a couple of fun designs based on the same idea as the Spotlight on Broadway map. I’ve popped them up on my Soc6 store mostly so that I can buy stuff for myself ;) but if you’re a proud theatre nerd and want a funky new bag or phone case – feel free to head here or here.
