Joseph Cornell

Five pieces I like and why.
1.  The bird is pretty cute and it looks like he's in a little kitchen!

2. Though it's untitled it's often referred to as 'Pink Palace' which appeals to me immediately. I feel like if you step back you can see people moving.

3. This reminds me of a silent film background like in 'A Trip to the Moon'.

4. I like how dreamy this is. It's like this girl is flying away, playing with her ball, not worried about anything.

5. Swans are pretty cool. They look sweet but don't make them mad!

Kathe Kollwitz

I came across Kathe Kollwitz a week or two ago while watching a documentary about World War I, I felt her art was incredibly moving and powerful, so when looking for people to do this entry on, I was pleased to see her again. Kollwitz's work was very much based on her grief and the grief of others after the war, her son Peter died during the war and her sadness is reflected in her art. Kathe Kollwitz is someone I would love to learn more about for her art and politics-which were socialism, pacifism, and she displayed interest in communism but I'll let that slide. Her art has such emotion to it you can see it clearly and feel the pain, she is truly one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.


'The Grieving Parents'-a monument to her son, Peter
Inside Neue Wache in Berlin where her sculpture 'Mother with her Dead Son' is the centrepiece. The memorial is for 'Victims of war and dictatorship'
 

She also did etchings this one is called 'Woman with Dead Child'.

'The Survivors'

Mobiles!

For some reason when I woke up this morning I thought 'I should post about mobiles'. So here we are:

Paper Mache Birds

 

Crowns as art part 2

Thought I'd take another look at some of the more art inspired crowns of the world.

 The Imperial Crown of  Russia survived the Russian Revolution, this however, is a replica.

   Imperial Crown of Brazil

 The Pahlavi Crown from Persia/Iran

 Another Imperial Crown this one belonged to the Japanese Emperor Komei

 The detail on this crown is amazing, this is the crown of King Christian IV of Denmark

 Our final entry is the Crown of Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III of France