Correlation between brain size and mental opportunities has been a disputed issue for a long time. The X-ray of genius physicist’s brain shot in 1945, ten years before his death, confirmed the absurdity of the dispute. In 1999 was conducted pathologic-anatomical studies, his brain weighed 1.230 grams. The study revealed, that scientist’s brain was smaller [...]
Australian artist Sean Avery supports global trend of recycling. Instead of throwing away old CDs, he creates amazing animal sculptures from them. He uses special layering technique, that makes this sculptures very realistic, it looks like real feathers or animal fur. “I blend many different man made materials together to make them appear strangely organic, [...]
Dennis Manarchy is renowned photographer, who creates the most unusual camera in the world. It is so big that it barely fit in the truck and it captures 24-foot tall realistic photographs of incredible detail. Camera is huge – 35 feet long, 12 feet tall and 8 feet wide, it uses negatives that are 4.5×6 [...]
It turned out that Norwegian Princess Martha Louise not only speaks with angels but then can also teach you how to do it. Few days ago she released with co-author Elisabeth Nordeng a sequel for her book “Discover your Guardian Angel” – it is called “The Secrets of Angels“. Princess Martha Louise is the daughter [...]
In Paris Greenhouse Museum, February 22 opens an exhibition “Debussy – Music and Art” dedicated to composers relationship with his contemporaries, poets and artists. The composer could see collections of modern art in the homes of his friends Henri Leroux, Ernest Chausson and Arthur Fontaine. Among presented names – Degas, Renoir, Villar, Gauguin, Vuillard, Camille [...]
Watchmaker Yvan Arpa created watches for Brand ArtyA with real bullets in it and called Son of Gun. Shocking model of Swiss watches brand ArtyA is presented in the jewelry and watch show BaselWorld. In clock-face is embedded six bullets of Flaubert caliber 6mm. Sapphire glass and stainless steel is waterproof on 50 meter depth. [...]
In Museum-house of Rembrandt in Amsterdam is held and exhibition of paintings and engraves of artist and his contemporaries from the collection Kunsthalle Hamburg. Hamburg’s collection of Netherlandish graphics is famous includes about 1400 pages, it is based on work of art, collected by Georg Ernst Harzen in XIX century. The exposition features more than [...]
Turkish company will start to build three new hydroelectric power plants in Adjara this year. These hydro power plants are included in 15 HPP, about which Georgian government officially noted. According to Energy and Natural Resources Ministry “Adjar Energy 2007” will construct “Khelvachauri HPP 1“, “Khelvachauri HPP 2” – and “Kirnati HPP” in Adjara. Presumable [...]
Picture by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani “Caesar Must Die” was recognized as the best film at 62nd Berlin Film Festival. The film won the main prize of the festival -the Golden Bear. It tells of how in a maximum security prison is performed a play of Shakespeare and how reality gradually mixes with fiction. The [...]
Painting “Portrait of Henrietta Moraes” by Francis Bacon was sold by auction house Christie‘s for 25 million Euros. This painting painted Bacon in 1963, after which it remained for 30 years in private collection. This work has become the most expensive lot of the Christie’s London auction in the section of postwar and contemporary art [...]
