Category Archives: Art

A Once In A Lifetime Getaway

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory branch of the space agency NASA recently released digital copies of some of the art work that was selected for their 2016 staff calendar. Created by the Seattle design studio Invisible Creature, the space themed travel … Continue reading →

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Happy Valentines Day

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Decoding Bosch

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

For someone who has been dead for five hundred years, Hieronymus Bosch is getting an awful lot of attention these days. The Noordbrabants Museum in the painter’s home town of ‘s-Hertogenbosch in southern Netherlands has an exhibition featuring forty of … Continue reading →

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Van Gogh in Chicago

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

The Art Institute of Chicago has found a very clever way to promote their upcoming “Van Gogh Bedrooms” exhibition (Feb. 14 to May 16). The museum has created a real life replica of the artist’s famous Bedroom at Arles painting … Continue reading →

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Color Me Medieval

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

The adult coloring book craze has even reached the lofty academic heights of Oxford University. The esteemed Bodleian Library in Oxford has released its own coloring book drawn from its collections. You can download your own pdf version right here. Now you can … Continue reading →

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Guide to Tokyo

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Regular readers of TBTP have probably noticed that I have a fascination with travel guidebooks, both contemporary and antiquarian. If you saw my library, you might even call it an obsession. I’m always intrigued when I stumble upon a novel … Continue reading →

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Tunnel Vision

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

The Cuyperspassage is a 110-meter tunnel that runs under Amsterdam Central Station offering a connection from the front to the rear of the building for cyclists and pedestrians . Graphic designer Irma Boom created a fantastic Delft blue time mural … Continue reading →

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Silmarillion with an accent

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

I was searching for an illustrated copy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion for a client when I stumbled across this Russian language version with exceptional black and white drawings by artist Denis Gordeev. I don’t know anything about him, but he … Continue reading →

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Be Who You Are

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Brian D. Butler
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A Cracking Good Idea

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

This week, the London street artist known as Furia ACK painted a large mural of the P.T. Barnum of American presidential politics on a wall in the East End Shoreditch neighborhood. As soon as the portrait was completed, Furia, along with friends … Continue reading →

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