The Sublime Art of Alphonse Mucha
Posted By yonghow on July 26th, 2009
Posts Tagged ‘Art’
Inoue Takehiko : The LAST Manga Exhibition Complete Catalogue
Posted By yonghow on February 4th, 2009
Rule of Thirds, se7en, and the beautiful work of Darius Khondji
Posted By yonghow on March 18th, 2008
Chiaroscuro – From Caravaggio to Harris Savides
Posted By yonghow on August 7th, 2007
I believe I first heard of the obscure word Chiaroscuro many many years ago as an art elective student in Victoria School – My then art teacher, a distinguished Irish gentleman named Paul O’shea, was an accomplished artist who taught the subject with such passionate fervor that Art history left a deep, lasting impression on me and continues to be a big source of inspiration for my works today. Mr O’shea also pronounced Chiaroscuro ( and Contrapposto ) beautifully; I lucidly remember my classmates and me grinning in childish pleasure every time the word escaped his lips.
Chiaroscuro, simply put, means light and darkness. In painting terms, it denotes the use of deep variations in and subtle gradations of light and shade to create the illusion of three-dimensionality, often to dramatic effect. The Baroque artist Caravaggio was a champion of Chiaroscuro, creating paintings ( Supper at Emmaus, below ) as hauntingly beautiful now as they were 400 years ago.
Kazuo Oga Background Art Exhibition
Posted By yonghow on July 23rd, 2007
One of the perks of living in a big metropolis like Tokyo must be the wide and wonderful choice of art exhibitions. Over my 3 years of stay here I have been fortuitous enough to attend some truly breathtaking ones like Mucha and Pixar’s 20 Years of Animation, certainly not exhibitions that strut by your house everyday.
Kazuo Oga’s exhibition at the Tokyo Museum of Comtemporary Art, which I visited with Ros yesterday, is the latest addition to that fine list.
