arty words

Folio from the Koran
ca.12th century
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Iran

“By the twelfth century a number of regional kufic styles, each with its own distinct ornamental features, developed throughout the Islamic world. This folio from a Koran is written in the “eastern” kufic script favored in Iran and Central Asia. Slender, elongated letters with certain flourishes predominate, and the vertical strokes often terminate in “barbed” heads. The development of this elegant and fluid script coincided with the widespread use of paper, which allowed for a greater degree of experimentation with size, format, and calligraphic styles.
The text is from the seventy-seventh chapter, entitled “Those Sent Forth” (Al-Mursalat), which describes the horrors of the hereafter for those who reject the truth.”

- Smithsonian’s Museums of Asian Art

vintagecoolillustrated: I mustn’t think!

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:23:30 -0400

vintagecoolillustrated:

I mustn’t think!

creaturesofcomfort: Anjelica Huston and Liza Minnelli, 1975

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:36:51 -0400

creaturesofcomfort:

Anjelica Huston and Liza Minnelli, 1975

workman: likeafieldmouse: Cy Twombly - Letter of Resignation...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:33:07 -0400

workman:

likeafieldmouse:

Cy Twombly - Letter of Resignation (1959-67)

Twombly began all of his Letters with his signature in pencil, then layered them with house paint and crayon.

“The dialogue played out on these sheets is one wrought with obsessiveness, an obsession with dreams, history, poetry and the seductive temptation of writing. Each drawing contains one particular line of Twombly’s inner dialogue, and in his desire to create a new form of expression, systems are built and simultaneously destroyed.”

become-pirate: Victory - Cy Twombly (1984) Oil stick, oil...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:53:30 -0400

become-pirate:

Victory - Cy Twombly (1984)

Oil stick, oil paint, pencil, collage

Photo

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:49:52 -0400

Photo

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:49:37 -0400

myimaginarybrooklyn: Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49.

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:47:38 -0400

myimaginarybrooklyn:

Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49.

chrisburridge: (via vizi & figate on Behance)

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:46:37 -0400

chrisburridge:

(via vizi & figate on Behance)

a-technicolourdream: 書を捨てよ、町へ出よう (Shuji Terayama) Tadanori...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:45:17 -0400

a-technicolourdream:

書を捨てよ、町へ出よう (Shuji Terayama)

Tadanori Yokoo (1967)

nevver: It’s not you

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:40:10 -0400

nevver:

It’s not you

"Even if tumblr has done nothing more than decouple art from the context necessary to “understand”..."

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:35:29 -0400

“Even if tumblr has done nothing more than decouple art from the context necessary to “understand” it, that’s enough for me.”

- (via lonelinessispornography)

Photo

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:23:33 -0400

explore-blog: New visual genius from Austin Kleon’s endlessly...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:22:14 -0400

explore-blog:

New visual genius from Austin Kleon’s endlessly wonderful Newspaper Blackout project. Also see Kleon on how to steal like an artist.

wcwinsight: Once upon a time… Photograph: pushthemovement

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:18:27 -0400

wcwinsight:

Once upon a time…

Photograph: pushthemovement