Fashion is DEFINITELY an Art: The Crystal Ball - Fall Fashion Show March 2022

 

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Album Cover: Jennifer Lopez - Love?

Album Cover

Album: Jennifer Lopez - Love?

Released: April 29, 2011

Cover Art Designed: Julian Peploe

Photographer: Warwick Saint

Art Direction: JP Robinson, Julian Peploe, and Warwick Saint

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Cy Twombly

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Born in Lexington, Virginia on April 25, 1928, Cy Twombly is best known for large-scale, freely-scribbled, calligraphic and graffiti-like works on mostly gray, tan, and off-white colors.

Twombly began taking private art lessons at the age of 12 from the Catalan artist Pierre Daura. After attending art schools and universities, he studied at the Art Students League of New York. There he met Robert Rauschenberg.

Rauschenberg encouraged him to attend Black Mountain College. There he met other artists who had influence in his work.

His first solo exhibition was held at the Samuel M. Kootz Gallery in New York City in 1951. 

In 1957, Twombly moved to Rome and married Italian artist Baroness Tatiana Franchetti. They had a son, Cyrus Alessandro Twombly, a couple years later. 

From 1955 to 1959, he worked along side Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns.  Around that time, Twombly developed the technique of gestural drawing characterized by thin white lines on dark canvas, appearing as if the surface had scratches.

In the 1960s and 70s, Twombly would inscribe names of mythological figures in his paintings. In 1978, Twombly's Fifty Days at Ilium incorporated cryptic pictorial metaphors.

Untitled (1957)

Leda and the Swan (1962)

Victory (1984)

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Cosplay is an Art: K1DSUN - Espejo

Cosplayers: Nadyasonika, ShiraHime, Twiin Cosplay and Glory Lamothe

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Fashion is Definitely an Art: Giorgio Armani Spring/Summer 2022

Fashion Designer: Giorgio Armani

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Texas' Falkenstein Castle

When the world was closed during the early part of the pandemic, 2020, my girlfriend and I noticed a castle in the distance while hiking Longhorn Cavern State Park. The sight triggered our curiosity; however, we soon forgot about it when we returned to Austin.

Recently, I came across an article on El Paso's KLAQ radio station's website that highlighted a castle in the Hill Country--the one we saw on our hike. If you aren't familiar with the Hill Country, it's the area west of Austin that is... well... hilly. 

The article included a YouTube video by Kara and Nate, a young globetrotting couple from Tennessee, who stayed at the castle. 

In the video, Kara explains that the castle, which is called Falkenstein, was inspired by King Ludwig II's Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany. Further research finds that the owners, Terry and Kim Young, used a design by King Ludwig II for his other castle, Falkenstein, which didn't get fully built.

The 20,000 sq. ft. castle sits on 113 acres of land located about 13 miles west of Burnet, Texas. 

The cost? Well, as the video photo shows, it'll set you back a little over a couple of grand. So, round up eight couples, and the place can be affordable. 😉

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