
Saturday, December 31, 2011
The Tree of Life, Stoclet Frieze, Gustav Klimt

The Tree of Life, Stoclet Frieze, Gustav Klimt – The Tree of Life, Stoclet Frieze was Klimt’s last great mural work. The painting presents the life cycle as many of his other works of art did, but in a more serene way than pieces such as Beethoven Frieze.
Two Sisters (On the Terrace), Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Two Sisters (On the Terrace), Pierre-Auguste Renoir – This masterpiece by Renoir is a celebration of the beauty of spring and the promise of youth. Interestingly, the two girls depicted in the painting were not sisters, as indicated by the work’s original title, but unrelatedmodels.
Maternity, Pablo Picasso

Maternity, Pablo Picasso – This stunning oil painting, originally created in 1905, depicts the intimate bond of mother and child.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
John Sloan

(1871-1951) Leading member of the Ashcan School; captured the social realities of American urban life in the early 1900s
John Singer Sargent

(1856-1925) American Realist; best known for his fashionable portraits of leading figures in Europe and America
Thomas Eakins

(1844-1916) Pre-eminent American Realist; famous for his portraits and genre paintings; best known for The Gross Clinic

Art, Michael Parkes Magic realism paintings. Michael Parkes is an American-born artist living in Spain who is best known for work in the areas of fantasy art and magic realism. He specializes in painting, stone lithography and sculpture.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Latest Fashion Trends for Teenage
Teenage fashion is the new buzz in the glamor world. It is quite amazing to see that nowadays young boys and girls are making a conscious attempt to "fit in" the fashion world with their own unique and fresh sense of style. The teenage style is unique and quite distinctive.
Girls love to dress up in gorgeous dresses that would capture the very essence of their femininity and elegance. There are several occasions like the school prom where the girls would want to stand out and make other girls envy of their personal sense of style. In order to suit such occasions, long flowing gowns and dresses would be ideal to make a perfect style statement. The most ultimate gowns that are mostly preferred by young girls are the Cinderella dresses that make them look really elegant and chic. This type of clothing includes numerous other dresses that would really compliment the young style. Empire dresses are another favorite of many that are usually high waist dresses that tend to bring out the youthful effect. Such dresses are usually preferred in bright and vibrant colors like hot pink, purple, blue, lavender and turquoise.
The most amazing thing about today's teens is that they are not nervous to experiment with different colors and varied types of clothing style. The primary principle for them is to highlight their personality in order to position themselves as a "trendsetter" among their friends and college mates. There is an array of dressing styles that are allowing teens multiple choices to make the most appropriate selection.
Teenage Jeans Fashion Trends
Some trends can never go out of fashion irrespective of what are the latest fads and trends. A nice pair of jeans is just that one perfect piece of clothing. It's comfortable, stylish and wearable on several occasions. Among the girls, skinny and fitted jeans are on the rage particularly hourglass shaped girls look their best in such jeans as these tend to emphasize their slender and slim figure. Both young boys and girls can wear jeans teamed with some bright and trendy T-shirts in order to get that ideal stylish look.

Teen clothing is all about being fun and youthful. Their sense of dressing is bright and flamboyant. They know how to mix and match to get a unique sense of style and bring out their creativity and freshness in style and glamour. Yes, they are avid followers of their role models in the fashion industry, yet they make sure that their personal sense of style comes to surface. (Source : http://fashion-hi-style.blogspot.com/)
Sleeping Venus, Giorgione

This is Giorgione’s most important oil painting. Sleeping Venus had ever been titled as the most beautiful human body in the world by many artists, historian and artistic critics. The graceful Venus’s nude shocked us as one of the most famous painting in Renaissance.
The oil painting looked like a nice sleeping music. In the endless and silent nature, the beautiful goddess slept in a peaceful manner. Her body was harmonious with the nature environment. It was said the sleeping Venus is the first lying nude in oil painting history. Venus had a well filled-out figure.
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting “Lady with the Ermine”

Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting “Lady with the Ermine”- a masterpiece of Renaissance art as well as the precious Landscape with a good Samaritan by Rembrandt. The decorative arts collection comprises Polish, West-European and Oriental exhibits, and includes glass, porcelain, silver, textiles, militaria, maiolicas, etc. There is also a rich collection of ancient - Egyptian, Etruscan, Greek and Roman - art.
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