The Representation of Fireworks in Early Modern Europe
“Fireworks are intrinsically fleeting, transitory, fugitive. Their power lies in the brutality of their transience: dying the instant of their birth, consumed in the act of consummation. There is something ironic, even poignant, then, in the attempt to render permanent through the medium of art a phenomenon as ephemeral as fireworks.” – Kevin Salatino
Below is a collection of paintings of fireworks. Happy 2017! Enjoy.
Fireworks in Venice, Georges Barbier
Fireworks in Ryogoku Kiyoshi YAMASHITA
Fireworks in Tondabayashi Kiyoshi YAMASHITA
1774-78 Firework Display at Castel Sant’Angelo
Alexander Creswell – Venice Redentore – Fireworks Study 3
If a painting is said to be realistic it’s usually said to be “photorealistic” and this is meant to be a compliment. While I think realism is a valid description of style, photorealism is something else to me completely. The first problem is that “photorealism” assumes that images from a camera are realistic, but cameras hardly ever capture …
Hope Gangloff is an American painter living and working in New York City. Born 1974, she is one year older than me. The picture of her painting in her studio, black overalls and climbing on a ladder, my mother mistook for me in my studio, black overalls, climbing on a ladder. The patterns in these …
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Welcome a sweet selection of creations from our January 30SAL Creative Challenge. There have been over 1,000 posts on Instagram this January already! Pics in this post are selected from the following challenges: Day 2: Walk the Line Day 3: Daringly Diagonal Day 4: A day in the life of a ___. Day 2: Walk …
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The Representation of Fireworks in Early Modern Europe
“Fireworks are intrinsically fleeting, transitory, fugitive. Their power lies in the brutality of their transience: dying the instant of their birth, consumed in the act of consummation. There is something ironic, even poignant, then, in the attempt to render permanent through the medium of art a phenomenon as ephemeral as fireworks.” – Kevin Salatino
Below is a collection of paintings of fireworks. Happy 2017! Enjoy.
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