I didn't wre for a long time, this is the life of a Graphic designer busy... busy... busy...
I want to tell you about my last experience that took place in last October.
I visited one of the most artistic countries... Italy! I loved it so much..every moment that you turn your head you see art. For a person that loves art so much i tried to capture moments that will be an inspiration for me.
One of those moments was the Vatican museum. I was so exited to see how this place is going to look like.
Because i am Jewish i found myself not understanding what the stories in the paintings are all about, but still i could take inspiration from the technique and from the color pallets.
The Fresco technique is one of the most famous technique that represent artist as Raphael and Michelangelo.
Fresco is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the pigmentand, with the setting of the plaster, the painting becomes an integral part of the wall. The word fresco (Italian: affresco) is derived from the Italian Adjectivefresco meaning "fresh". Fresco may thus be contrasted with secco mural painting techniques, on plasters of lime, earth, or gypsum, or applied to supplement painting in fresco.
The most special room in all the Vatican was the Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel. The bright colors with the realistic art gives the room a feeling of holiness.
The Sistine Chapel ceiling was painted between 1508 and 1512. The ceiling is a flattened barrel vault supported on twelve triangular pendentives that rise from between the windows of the chapel. The commission, as envisaged by Pope Julius II, was to adorn the pendentives with figures of the twelve apostles.
Michelangelo, who was reluctant to take the job, persuaded the Pope to give him a free hand the composition. The resultant scheme of decoration awed his contemporaries and has inspired other artists ever since. The scheme is of nine panels illustrating episodes from the Book of Genesis, set in an architectonic frame. On the pendentives, Michelangelo replaced the proposed Apostles with Prophets and Sibyls who heralded the coming of the Messiah.
I hope you enjoy today's post
Don't forget to Design your world
Shir :)
Some more pictures from our trip...
