Although photographer Andy Freeburg's photos are not downloadable as wall art, his site is worth a visit. Link
His explanation:
In the art museums of Russia, women sit in the galleries and guard the collections. When you look at the paintings and sculptures, the presence of the women becomes an inherent part of viewing the artwork itself. I found the guards as intriguing to observe as the pieces they watch over. In conversation they told me how much they like being among Russia’s great art. A woman in Moscow’s State Tretyakov Gallery Museum said she often returns there on her day off to sit in front of a painting that reminds her of her childhood home. Another guard travels three hours each way to work, since at home she would just sit on her porch and complain about her illnesses, “as old women do.” She would rather be at the museum enjoying the people watching, surrounded by the history of her country.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
LivingHome Wordle Cloud Pulp Tribute
LivingHome Wordle Cloud Pulp Tribute, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.
At LivingHome we love vintage pulp magazine covers. Here is a Wordle word cloud consisting of the names of pulp magazine villains and heros.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
LivingHome Whirling Dervish
If you get a chance to see a live performance of Whirling Dervishes, take it. Here is wonderful photo of a Dervish
LivingHome Soviet Fight Against Religion Poster
LivingHome Soviet Fight Against Religion Poster, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.
I'm a huge fan of Soviet political and propaganda posters, and this one, from the Library of Congress Digital Archive, is called "Christmas puppet show; the fight against religion is the fight for socialism" The description is: "Anti-religious poster using images from folk theater and songs to lampoon the clergy and their alleged secret alliance with reactionary military leaders."
LivingHome Walker Evans Painting
Walker Evans, one of LivingHome's favorite photographers, was also an amazing painter. Although, Wikipedia seems to have missed this fact.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_Evans
Don't have/know Photoshop? SumoPaint your art.
LivingHome uses Photoshop to prepare and enhance most downloadable high-res art images. If you are not Photoshopper but want to resize or add effects to any of our images, or any other image, before printing, check out the amazing SumoPaint, a free online image editing application requiring no download. Above: Sumo's Liquid Wave effect applied to our Large Coffee painting posted below.
SumoPaint
LivingHome Saturn Moon
Shot in October 2008 on a fly-by of Saturn, download and print this version of Saturn's moon or find higher-res versions here: here.
Friday, December 19, 2008
LivingHome Miyamoto
Download and print this 9.5 mg print or go to Library of Congress site to download a 40 mg TIFF here: http://tinyurl.com/4svwr5
Thursday, December 18, 2008
LivingHome Paolozzi Two Cups
Among the amazing collection of downloadable high-res Eduardo Paolozzi pieces at the Library of Congress site. I actually own a signed print of this piece showing 4 cups, not 2.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
LivingHome Large Coffee Painting
A future experiment: High-res photos of favorite paintings, printed and displayed on a gallery wall.
LivingHome Spanish Guitar
If you love Spanish guitar (like I do), a nifty little illustration to print and display.
Monday, December 1, 2008
LivingHome's Wordle Remixes
A LivingHome Art Idea for our 'Remix Culture': Combining a Web high-res image with a 'Word Cloud' from Wordle.net. Wordle clouds are derived from a variety of sources relating to the background images. Watch for new LivingHome Wordle Cloud Remixes weekly.
LivingHome Fruit
Shot by luminary photographer Dorothea Lange at a Saigon market in 1958. Download to print or display on a digital photo frame by clicking on the image for the high-resolution copy.
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