Month October 2021
A look straight into their past: Authors of the Grimm’s Fairy Tale collections, (the Grimm Brothers) Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm are the original creators of most of all your favourite childhood fables and had a major influence on the original… Continue Reading →
For my typography zine project, I decided to research Paul Renner and the font he created, Futura. I picked this font because many of the posters and logos with it in use are very bold, eye-catching and have a great… Continue Reading →
In 1774 Casper David Friedrich was born in Greifswald, Northern Germany. Until 1798, Friedrich spent the first portion of his life studying art and literature/ aesthetics in Copenhagen with Johann Gottfried Quistorp and Thomas Thorild at the University of Greifswald…. Continue Reading →
Extra! Extra! Read All About It Who is this daring man? Born in Muhlbach-sur-Munster in 1575, Johann Carolus spent a lot of his life surrounded by books. Initially working as a bookbinder’s apprentice, Carolus continued to advance upwards becoming a… Continue Reading →
Overall, while doing this Mood Board project I learnt a lot about different periods of time in the past. I chose to do it on the First Olympic Games held in Greece (776 BCE), Gunpowder & fireworks invented (China) (700-900)… Continue Reading →
Jean Fouquet 1420-1480 (France) Born in Tours France, Jean Fouquet was a prominent painter during the 15th century. He was the first painter to introduce Renaissance art to France. Regardless of his notable historic art, most of Fouquet’s life/career is undocumented…. Continue Reading →
Rock and Roll? Rock and Art Between 40 – 35,000 BCE, “rock art, rock carvings, rock engravings or rock inscriptions” created the foundations of images drawn, painted or carved onto surfaces of rock. Being one of the oldest forms of… Continue Reading →