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Book People: Giuseppe Arcimboldo is channeled again
The Librarian (Wolfgang Lazius) by Giuseppe Arcimboldo, ca. 1562. Oil on canvas. 97 x 71 cm (38 3/16 x 28 in.)Last summer we did a post entitled, Evolution of a Painted Librarian: Peter Sis channels Giuseppe Arcimbold, showing how one of the illustrations in Sis's 1994 book The Three Golden Keys closely resembled the famous painted librarian of Arcimbold.Now we welcome Andre Martins de Barros into the Arcimboldo circle. Here are two of his works; The Philospher and The Bookseller. The philosopherThe bookseller
Massimo Bartolini’s bookyard
Check out this outdoor library that will grace the vineyard of St. Peter's Abbey in Ghent during this years Track festival.Designed by Italian artist Massimo Bartolini, the library installation consists of 12 bookcases that slope in harmony with the vines.The books are supplied by the public libraries of Ghent and Antwerp and are for sale with the proceeds going to the libraries.TRACK: a contemporary city conversation features work by 41 international artists that are strewn about the city of Ghent. h/t and more images at designboom
A Google Pictionary
Sure, we're close to the end of the printed dictionary, for it is perhaps the ultimate printed matter for digital replacement. Now what if we replace the words with images? Welcome to Google book a project by Ben West & Felix Heyes. In Google book, West and Hayes provide a visual rendering of the Google-first mentality that currently permeates and dominates our culture's search for information. Here's what they did :They took the 21,000 words that were in the dictionary they chose and entered each word into Google. The first image that was returned became the visual equivalent.The resulting PDF was...
Books on Books: The Painted Version
Talk about a book on books!Can anyone help identify the piece? There are some mentions that it is by John Martin and is called "Hombre Leyendo en una Librería" (Man reading in a library) but I have been unable to confirm.UPDATE:Case resolved -Image is by John Martin, Man reading in a library - Thanks CharlesCover illustration for the 1993 French Edition of Gerard Bessette's Le libraire . Originally published in 1960 (translated as Not for Every Eye)The book painting brings to mind the work of Mike Stilkey whose latest commission was this piece for the flagship store of Hong Kong...