Violin pattern attributed to a Cremonese workshop, 17th century.
http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/Violins/ViolinPattern/ViolinPattern.html
Baroque Violin Pattern
Violin pattern attributed to a Cremonese workshop, 17th century.
http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/Violins/ViolinPattern/ViolinPattern.html
Historic Chinese Cats
Emperor Xuangdong, Ming Dynasty, "Cats below flowers"
Anonymous, Song Dynasty, "Cats playing"
Anonymous, Song Dynasty.
Many many thanks to the amazing blog Poemas del río Wang for having compiled a huge collection of Chinese cat paintings, both historic and contemporary, from where I found the ones above:
Bioshock
BioShock is a first-person shooter game developed by Irrational Games and designed by Ken Levine. Set in an alternate history 1960, the game places the player in the role of a plane crash survivor named Jack, who must explore the underwater city of Rapture, and survive attacks by the mutated beings and mechanical drones that populate it. The game incorporates elements found in role-playing and survival games, and is described by the developers and Levine as a "spiritual successor" to their previous titles in the System Shock series. The game received overwhelmingly positive reviews, which praised its "morality-based" storyline, immersive environment and Ayn Rand-inspired dystopian back-story.
BioShock has received praise for its artistic style and compelling storytelling. In their book, Digital Culture: Understanding New Media, Glen Creeber and Royston Martin perform a case study of BioShock as a critical analysis of video games as an artistic medium. They praised the game for its visuals, sound, and ability to engage the player into the story. They viewed BioShock as a sign of the "coming of age" of video games as an artistic medium.
In February 2011 the Smithsonian Institution announced it will be holding an exhibit dedicated to the art of video games. Several games were chosen initially and the public can vote for which games they feel deserve to be displayed via a poll on the exhibit's website . BioShock is considered a front runner to be displayed because of its status as a game that demonstrated how artistic the medium can be.
The following screenshots are linked from a thoughtful post on Bioshock, which can be read here >>>.
Patent Drawings
The U. S. National Archives collection on Flickr is one of the greatest places to find visual communication history related material. 131 sets in total, and one of them is all about patent application drawings, mostly from the 19th Century - although there are a few contemporary prize gems (such as Michael Jackson's application for anti-gravity shoes) as well:
View the full set here >>>.
Electrolux Cooker Hood - Family Lunch
