Rembrandt
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
1632
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Day 29: Timeless
Alphonse Mucha
Job (Cigarette Papers Poster)
1898
Mucha is definitely one of my favorite artists. Here's to something that will never go out of style.
Friday, June 28, 2013
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Day 27: Glow
Rembrandt van Rijn
The Company of captain Frans Banning Cocq
and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch preparing to march out
aka The Nightwatch
1642
A part of this project that is for the most part invisible to the viewer is the selection of an image of the original painting. In this painting particularly, though, the variables in selecting the representation were more dramatic.
The Night Watch is a misnomer, because dirt and egg varnish made the painting appear darker, a night scene, until it was later restored by historians.
Also, the painting was cropped at some point in it's history.
I chose the cropped version because that is what you can see today in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The dark version was chosen because "The Night Watch" is a far better known title than the mouthful above.
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Day 4: Lost
Van Gogh
Starry Night
1889
1889
There's really no good way in the format of this blog to get the essence of Van Gogh. Minimalism has its uses, but I wouldn't say physicality is one of them.
Monday, June 3, 2013
Day 3: Napping spot
Edward Hopper
Rooms by the Sea
1951
1951
I'm not sure if this is one of Hopper's more famous paintings, unlike Nighthawks, but it's a painting I've always loved from the Yale Art Gallery collection.
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Day 0: New Beginnings
So begins another adventure.
This is a daily design blog. Each day I'm making a minimalist representation of classical paintings.
The rules:
don't overthink
create, create, create
This is a daily design blog. Each day I'm making a minimalist representation of classical paintings.
The rules:
don't overthink
create, create, create
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