June 14, 2017 at 2:21 pm
Chunk from Famous Dutch Graffiti Wall Reveals 30 Years of Art
Paul De Graaf shows the layers of paint that have formed on a famous Dutch graffiti wall over the last 30 years
Paul De Graaf shows the layers of paint that have formed on a famous Dutch graffiti wall over the last 30 years
Geography and data nerd Sasha Trubetskoy created a subway map of the major Roman roads, based on the Empire of ca 125 AD
Casa Vicens, the first house designed by Antoni Gaudí, can be visited for the first time after remaining a private residence for 132 years
Brazilian artist Marina Amaral believes that color has the power to bring life back to important moments in history
Google Timelapse is a global, zoomable video that lets you see how the Earth has changed over the past 32 years
He believed no two snowflakes were the same
Alphonse Bertillon (24 April 1853 – 13 February 1914) was a French police officer, biometrics researcher, and inventor of the mug shot
The Duke Humfrey’s Library contains rare titles such as a Shakespeare First Folio and 1 of 42 Gutenberg Bibles
Early high-dynamic-range imaging sample created by exposing two monochromatic negative images (one for the sky, the other for the sea). The photo was taken by Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884), who has been called “the most important French photographer of the nineteenth century” because of his technical innovations
In an ongoing series entitled, “Art History in Contemporary Life”, artist Alexey Kondakov skillfully photoshops characters from Renaissance paintings into present day photos he has taken around Europe. The juxtaposition between the two time periods in the digitally altered scenes creates for an interesting visual. You can find many more works from the ongoing…
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