This post was updated March 14 at 6:08 p.m. As chancellor from 1960 to 1968, Franklin D. Murphy conceived of and curated UCLA’s Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden. The bucolic hills and surrounding ...
THE quarrel of some ten years ago between realism and idealism is by no means over: the terminology has changed, the field has widened, but the casus belli is really the same. Once it was the fight of ...
Few architectural terms are as straightforward yet misleading as “Blobitecture.” Also known as Blobism or Blob Architecture, this 21st-century style refers to buildings with blobby, curved designs ...
It starts outside with the architecture signaling what is to come, building anticipation and raising expectations. Then, the flow of galleries and ideas unfolds. Show me something I've never seen, ...
The idea of integration between art and architecture dates back to the very origin of the discipline, however, it took on a new meaning and social purpose during the Avant-Garde movement of the early ...
Introduction to the histories of art and the practice of art history. You will encounter a range of arts (including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, prints) and artistic practices from ...
On July 24, 1997, architect I. M. Pei shared his thoughts on the relationship between sculpture and scale, including why abstract sculpture has no limit to scale compared to the lifelike elements of ...
Editor’s note: We’re thrilled to publish the third of a monthly column featuring new stories about Brooklyn history and architecture from Brownstoner columnist Suzanne Spellen. In the pipeline for the ...
Fire stations as civic architecture provide a tremendous opportunity to contribute art to the community. Public art can amplify a fire organization’s public connection and community engagement.