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Written between 1519 and 1520, Dell'arte della guerra (The Art of War) was the only historical-political essay published by Niccolò Machiavelli during his lifetime, but it was arguably the lesser known compared to The Prince and the Discourses on Livy. In seven books, the author treats themes of … Read More
A 1933 sculpture by Alberto Giacometti, The Palace at 4 a.m. relates to “a period of six months passed in the presence of a woman who, concentrating all life in herself, transported my every moment into a state of enchantment. We constructed a fantastical palace in the night—a very fragile palace of matches. At the least false movement … Read More
French illustrator Aurélien Débat has already been featured in Socks with his “Imaginary City of Tamponville“. The work shown here (titled: Lignes d’horizon) is an experiment with lines and textures, depicting sea landscapes. The project came into life as a small publication of 20 pages containing drawings realized in 2014 at Villa la Brugère in Normandy and in Marseille in … Read More
In 1955 the city of Ulm commissioned architect Max Bill, Rector of the Ulm University of Design, to plan and execute a pavilion for the Baden/Württemberg Exhibition to be held in Stuttgart. The program for the small architecture was to show the city of Ulm to the visitors as in a view from the tower … Read More
This post introduces a series of heterogeneous articles on Chicago, the city and its architecture: sparse attempts to convey different looks at the city from within and outside the boundaries of the discipline. Canadian architect and educator Alvin Boyarsky, director of the Architectural Association school in London from 1971 until his death in … Read More
German graphic designer and painter Anton Stankowski (1906 – 1998) worked on the possibility of describing actions and forces through abstract compositions. Far from the depiction of physical properties, his visual research did not aim at depicting physical properties, but at giving shape to the forces acting behind intangible scientific processes and societal relationships. The … Read More
Imants Tillers is an Australian artist, curator, and writer. Trained as an architect, he participated to Christo’s wrapping-up of Little Bay in 1969. His interest in conceptual art is expressed by his vision of reality as a construct of the mind and art as a key system in conceptualization. His series of 1979-80, This Attempting to … Read More
“Slat Dance” is a ballet conceived by Bauhaus artist Oskar Schlemmer in the 1920s. The main feature is a specific costume that connects poles to the body of the dancer in order to limit his movements, but also to underline the direction of the movements in space. In Schlemmer’s research, the poles refer to the … Read More
Despite his focus on ordinary scenes and everyday objects, Irish artist Tim Mara (1948-1997) always rejected the qualification of Pop artist and rather identified himself rather in the lineage of Piero della Francesca, Velasquez and Vermeer, with a particular interested towards still life. “I like the constancy of life, like Shakespeare in modern dress.” he stated. … Read More
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