Art Kaleidoscope

Page 60. Magnificent Book of Hours of Duc de Berry

Magnificent Book of Hours of Duc de Berry
The Limbourg brothers – Herman, Paul, and Johan were French painters, miniaturists, native of Nijmegen, the Northern Netherlands. They became famous thanks to the creation of “The Magnificent Book of Hours of Duc de Berry” (Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry). The Book of Hours is one of the most beautiful books in the history of world culture. The manuscript was launched by Limburg brothers between 1409 to 1416. The text itself, uppercase letters, decorations and gilding, most likely made ​​by other mastrers. The Limbourg brothers did not finish the book. According to some reports, they died in 1416 of the plague. Of 129 miniatures of the manuscript during the life of the Limburg brothers were performed 65.
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Sheep and two lambs lying down. Victor Dubrovsky needle felted animals

Victor Dubrovsky needle felted animals
Art works created by Russian master Dubrovsky – a gallery of needle felted animals is absolutely stunning. Sad elephants, fat lambs and pigs like heartwarming children’s cartoon characters. And they all have their own character and its own unique charm. Although eyes, mustache and hooves made of other materials, but the final result always looks very natural. Dubrovsky not only uses natural wool, but also man-made materials – beads, wire base, and other handy tools used to decorate the toys and create elements which he can’t create from felted wool. According to Victor, he works together with his wife Natasha and brother Grisha. The three of them organized a sale of felted toys on Etsy, and their work has always had a great success.
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LEGO man. 3D pencil drawing by Muhammad Ejleh

Talented and young Syrian artist Muhammad Ejleh is the author of these amazingly realistic 3D drawings created with just a pencil on paper. Muhammad Ejleh was born 31 August 1992 in Aleppo, Syria. As the artist says about himself “came from outer space, landed on earth 21 years ago, on a place known as the oldest city on earth”. Currently 22-year-old Architectural design Student, Muhammad Ejleh lives in Beirut, Lebanon. His wide interests and skills include – freehand drawing and sketching, Digital Arts, 3D Drawing, Model Making, hand drafting, Designing, (CAD programs: 3D’s Max, SketchUp, AutoCAD), Photoshop & Illustrator. Muhammad Ejleh shares his skills on YouTube, aiming to inspire other artists and followers with his tutorial about 3D drawing
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A Decorated Tree. India Folk painting. Hand-made paper. Artist Vibhuti, Village of Madhubani (Bihar)

The ancient art of folk painting is a living tradition still existing in India. India Folk painting can be divided into two types: executed on ritual occasions devoted to a deity, and the narrative themes from the ancient Indian epics. An enormous stylistic range is evident among the traditions and types of Indian folk painting – from bare essential contours to painstaking, miniature-like rendering of details to the precise, geometrized figural abstractions reminiscent of India’s prehistoric painting. Indian folk painting captures the amazing spectra of the eternal tradition of Indian folk art, and provides a framework for understanding its motives and iconography. Folk Paintings show the evolution of a tradition and even the contrasts within it, made in a beautiful visual form.
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Gypsy. Paper quilling art by Yulia Brodskaya

Paper quilling art by Yulia Brodskaya

The talent of Russian born paper artist Yulia Brodskaya (1983), who now lives in London, is certainly much more in demand abroad than at home. Yulia engaged in several kinds of handmade art, but most of her time she devotes to creating unique three-dimensional paper illustrations. According to Julia, paper always held a special fascination for her. “I’ve tried many deferent methods and techniques of working with it, until I found the way that has turned out to be ‘the one’ for me: now I draw with paper instead of on it”, Brodskaya states. Yulia worked with many large companies, such as: Starbucks, Nokia, Godiva, Target, Sephora, New York Times magazine, and many others (more than 100 projects over the 5 years). Up until 2004 Yulia worked in Moscow, engaged in office design. After she had graduated from the University with the diploma in Graphics and Communication, she left the country.
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Amazon Parrot. Feather painting by Jamie Homeister

American self-taught artist Jamie Homeister was born in California but grew up in Canada. She started painting birds and wild animals on feathers just in 2010. Her art is inspired by Native American culture and her own Canadian heritage. Lots of her parrot-feather paintings depict the parrots from whom the feathers themselves fell, the artist says. Very often Jamie Homeister receives the feathers from the people who commission her to paint images of their birds. Naturalist at heart, she finds feather-work to be an incredibly humbling media. “The feathers splice, buckle, splinter and shed under the weight of paint.” Jamie Homeister has always been intrigued by the “lifestyles of all those who walked this Earth before us”, so feather painting has always made sense to Jamie Homeister.
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America the beautiful. 2009. Color Woodcut Print on Ivory Somerset Paper. Artwork by Pittsburgh based artists Paul Roden and Valerie Lueth

American artists Paul Roden and Valerie Lueth have been working together for eight years. Pittsburgh team of artists are known as Tugboat Printshop, specializing in woodcut fine art print editions of beautiful landscapes. To make the woodcut prints, the artists carve their images (drawn by just the two of them) in low relief on blocks of birch plywood. After the blocks have been carved, they are rolled up with ink and printed onto archival fine paper to create the finished artworks. Paper is placed on the inky woodcut surface and the paper & block are sent together through the press. The prints are authentic, handmade start-to-finish. The woodblock is used to make limited edition color prints. The creative artists hope that their woodcuts will provide pleasure, inspiration, and new ways of thinking about the world.

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