Oct 5, 2016
Marble Sculptures Of Clothing by Alexander Seton
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Marble Sculptures Of Clothing by Alexander Seton
La dama verde del castillo de Fyvie
La dama verde del castillo de Fyvie
La dama de verde del castillo de Fyvie Escocia es un lugar donde las leyendas y la magia pueblan sus castillos. Uno de los mas bellos es el castillo de Fyvie. Situado en el pueblo del mismo nombre, cerca de Turrif, Aberdeenshire. La principal característica de este majestuoso castillo son las 5 torres de las que consta. En su interior, en los alrededores de las escaleras hay una gran exhibición…
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Scottish alchemists in search of the philosopher's stone
Scottish alchemists in search of the philosopher’s stone
If only the alchemists of centuries past had the key to creating great wealth out of nothing that our directors of banks and industries have discovered life might have been a lot less dangerous for them. Alchemy: the ancient art of transforming one thing into another and achieving wisdom and, hopefully, gold along the way. Let’s face it few are interested in wisdom but the art of transforming…
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Notable examples of missing people in art, 10 images.
And though the 10-15 minute exposure time removed nearly everyone walking on the Boulevard du Temple, perhaps I should also point out an important presence, rather than absence: this is now noted as the first photograph ever made of a human. That anonymous guy getting a shoeshine.
"First Matter or Universal" diagram from Chalybe's edition of The Testamentum by Alexander Seton aka The Cosmopolite (written in 1603— diagram designed by "S", 1998).
(via Alchemy Discussion Forum)
Alexander Seton is a Sydney based artist who creates carved marble sculptures that play on optical illusion and the perception of surface. Seton's work uses the tension and often contradiction between the traditional laborious skill of carving and use of contemporary subject matter and concerns. "I use these everyday objects as a place for story telling because they’re related and accessible." he says, "They’re common enough to have them even removed once, in terms of context, but still throw up questions of what am I looking at?"
Believe it or not, but this is a marble sculpture (by Alexander Seton).