The Vatican museum

Hi everyone,

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 think that the Vatican museum is one of the most interesting art and history museums. It is an adventure through time. I recommend everybody that is getting to Rome to visit this amazing place.

I hope you enjoy today's post

Don't forget to Design your world
Shir :)


Some more pictures from our trip...

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Street Art

Hi,

I want to tell you today about my biggest inspiration for design. From time to time I'm walking on the street and I'm taking pictures of street art and Graffiti. Some people will say that they are the same but it's not true.
There is a difference between Graffiti to Street Art.

The differences are:

1. Street Art is constructive, Graffiti Tagging is destructive.

2. Street Art adorns the urban landscape, Graffiti Tagging scars it and accelerates urban decay.

3. Street Art stretches your mind, Graffiti Tagging is a slap in your face.

4. Street Art is about the audience, Graffiti Tagging is about the tagger.

5. Street Art says "Have you thought about this?", Graffiti Tagging says "I tag, therefore I exist"

6. Street Art was done with a smile, Graffiti Tagging was done with a scowl.

7. Street Art takes skill, Graffiti Tagging takes balls.

The term Street art can include traditional graffiti artwork, sculpture, stencil graffiti, sticker art, wheat-pasting and street poster art, video projection, art intervention, guerrilla art, and street installations.

Artists have challenged art by situating it in non-art contexts. ‘Street’ artists do not aspire to change the definition of an artwork, but rather to question the existing environment with its own language. They attempt to have their work communicate with everyday people about socially relevant themes in ways that are informed by aesthetic values without being imprisoned by them.

Some people consider street art a crime; others consider it a form of art. It is a borderline issue.

Many street artists have earned international attention for their work and have shown their works in museums or galleries as well as on the street. It is also not uncommon for street artists to achieve commercial success doing graphics for other companies or starting their own merchandising lines. Other street artists have transitioned away from street art to traditional gallery and museum exhibitions.

One of the artist that i follow after his work in the streets of Tel Aviv known by the name Know Hope. 

His works are emotional mechanism. He takes situations from every day life and shows them with characters that has very emotional expression.  

Know Hope works

Zero Cent work

and mork street art works...

Design your world.

Shir.