Tuesday, 06. December 2005

The Woodblock Prints of Ando Hiroshige

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Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858), Japanese painter and printmaker, known especially for his landscape prints. The last great figure of the Ukiyo-e, or popular, school of printmaking, he transmuted everyday landscapes into intimate, lyrical scenes that made him even more successful than his contemporary, Hokusai.

With Hokusai, Hiroshige dominated the popular art of Japan in the first half of the 19th century. His work was not as bold or innovative as that of the older master, but he captured, in a poetic, gentle way that all could understand, the ordinary person's experience of the Japanese landscape as well as the varied moods of memorable places at different times. His total output was immense, some 5400 prints in all.


The Woodblock Prints of Ando Hiroshige


Posted at 06.12.05 @ 13:47 | Category Art & Culture |


Geschenktipps

Schon auf der Suche nach ungewöhnlichen Weihnachtsgeschenken?

Wie wäre es mit dem Pizza-Ofen "Grandiosa" - Laden Sie Ihre Freunde ein und der grosse Schlemmer-Spass kann beginnen. Dieser trendige Pizzaofen ermöglicht es Ihren Gästen ihre eigene Pizza (ca. 12 cm) zu backen.

Oder der Auro Multicolor - Auro weckt Sie nicht nur sanft aus dem Schlaf, sondern er ist die einzige Uhr mit sich verändernder Stunden-Zeitfarbe.

Da wäre auch der Persönliche Gefühlskalender - In dem Zeitraum von einem Jahr wird von persönlichen Gefühlen ein dekora-tives Kunstwerk in Bildform geprägt.

Schaut euch selber nach schrägen Sachen um bei Echt Wahnsinn!

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Posted at 06.12.05 @ 13:38 | Category Products & Services |


Speedy Santa

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Wem das Spiel vorher zu einfach war - dies ist schon kniffliger und braucht mehr Fingerspitzengefühl:

3D Speedy Santa


Posted at 06.12.05 @ 13:29 | Category Games & Toys |


Frosty Flips

Mit den Pfeiltasten den Samichlaus steuern und ausbalancieren - dabei alle Goodies einsammeln:

Frosty Flips

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Posted at 06.12.05 @ 13:19 | Category Games & Toys |


Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

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2 December 2005: Looking northeast at base of lava falls crashing onto new delta. Note steam rising from hot sea water.

Current update of the eruption of Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i.

A well-known dictum in geology is "the present is the key to the past." Often, however, the past itself is a key: to the future. The past is a better such key, in fact, than is the present. It is improbable that everything that can happen is happening today. Something brand new may start, of course, but something that has happened in the past is more likely to occur again, regardless of what's going on today.

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory


Posted at 06.12.05 @ 13:14 | Category Nature & Environment |


Origami Master Robert J. Lang

Origami, like music, permits both composition and performance as expressions of the art. Over the past 35 years, I have developed over 450 original origami compositions.

Modern origami is a unique sculptural art. Each origami design must be individually folded; there is no mass-production process. My designs are folded from selected papers, some of which I have made myself, each paper chosen to complement the design and composition.

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Robert J. Lang Origami

Posted at 06.12.05 @ 13:02 | Category Art & Culture |