Monday, May 28, 2007

Fine Art By Prada

Prada - the master of minimalism. If you want to look classic, fashionable and stylish at the same time without gaining the attention of everyone around - choose Prada. This brand gives you the fine taste lines which are acceptable for a very broad range of people, not depending on their age or position in society. Prada always looks good because of its minimalistic designs, few contrasting colors, simple patterns and innovative fabrics.

The affair, originally known in Italy as ( " Prada Brothers " ), was founded in 1913 by Mario Prada in Milan. In 1978, Mario's granddaughter Miuccia Prada inherited what was still a leather goods business from her mother, and led the company's expansion into couture. an overall more bohemian allure. In its advertising campaigns, waif - matching models in " home photo " poses fresh the look. Miu Miu clothing is often simple, and evokes a continual ringer of high - end vintage items. Firm was followed by the Prada Sport 'Linea Rossa' Prada won a Council of Fashion Designers of America International Award for accessories in 1993 and currently Prada is voluntary one of the most influential clothes designers in the fashion industry. American Vogue editor Anna Wintour is a fan of Prada. Among the coin elite, Prada represents the pinnacle of intellectual, high - concept procreate whereas Gucci or Louis Vuitton are pragmatic as more commercial - oriented organizations

Prada currently has 14 locations in the U. S. Six are New York, as well because boutiques in Bal Veil, Beverly Hills, San Francisco, Chicago, Honolulu, Waikiki, and Las Vegas. A boutique in the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Boston is planned to unbarred soon.

Prada has three flagship " epicenter " stores as well that are much larger and carry more products than regular boutiques. These are located in New York, Beverly Hills, and Tokyo.

Like the current Gucci and [[including handbags, perfumes, shoes, and clothes.

Following the lead of other companies in a popular trend to consume whereas many other design houses as possible, Prada took on large debts when firm acquired the financially foundering Rome - based house of Fendi in the early 1990s. Prada assumed shares in Fendi with the Moet Hennesy Louis Vuitton ( LVMH ) company. Prada was unable to turn around / reinforcement the money - losing Fendi label, and sold its Fendi shares to LVMH. Prada is still recovering from this debt.

The Prada Group's offbeat notable purchases in the 1990s were the Helmut Lang and Jil Sander labels. By 2006, however, both labels had been sold. il Sander was sold to the unique equity firm Change Capital Partners, which is headed Luc Vandevelde, the chairman of Carrefour, while the Helmut Lang label is now owned by Japanese fashion company Link Fancy.






























Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Louis Sullivan Architecture

Born in Boston in 1856 and died in Chicago in 1924. Sullivan is famous with his concept, "form ever follows function".Louis Sullivan is widely considered America's first truly modern architect and is best known for his innovative Chicago skyscrapers. However, his most elegant and engaging buildings were a series of modest bank buildings he designed for several small communities in the Midwest. Older architectural styles were designed for buildings that were wide, but Sullivan was able to create aesthetic unity in buildings that were tall. Instead of imitating historic styles, he created original forms and details.



















Thursday, May 3, 2007

Andy Warhol - The Hero of Pop-art

Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 — February 22, 1987) was an American artist, a central figure in the movement known as Pop Art. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became famous worldwide for his work as a painter, an avant-garde filmmaker, a record producer, an author and a public figure known for his presence in wildly diverse social circles that included bohemian street people, distinguished intellectuals, Hollywood celebrities and wealthy aristocrats.

A controversial figure during his lifetime (his work was often derided by critics as a hoax or "put-on"), Warhol has been the subject of numerous retrospective exhibitions, books and documentary films since his death in 1987. He is generally acknowledged as one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century.

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Wednesday, May 2, 2007

René Magritte - Only Art

René François Ghislain Magritte (November 21, 1898 – August 15, 1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and amusing images.

A consummate technician, his work frequently displays a juxtaposition of ordinary objects in an unusual context, giving new meanings to familiar things. The representational use of objects as other than what they seem is typified in his painting, The Treachery Of Images (La trahison des images), which shows a pipe that looks as though it is a model for a tobacco store advertisement. Magritte painted below the pipe, This is not a pipe (Ceci n'est pas une pipe), which seems a contradiction, but is actually true: the painting is not a pipe, it is an image of a pipe. (In his book, This Is Not a Pipe, French critic Michel Foucault discusses the painting and its paradox.)




















Saturday, April 21, 2007

Fine Art by Felice Varini

Felice Varini is a Swiss artist who was nominated for the 2000/2001 Marcel Duchamp Prize, known for his geometric perspective-localized paintings of rooms and other spaces, using projector-stencil techniques. According to mathematics professor and art critic Joël Koskas, "A work of Varini is an anti-Mona Lisa."