Travel/19 Nov 2014
Venice’s Libreria Acqua Alta, ‘Most Beautiful Bookstore in the World’
A hand-written sign outside the Libreria Acqua Alta says “Welcome of the most beautiful bookshop in the world.” While it might not be…
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Tom is a writer, artist, and multi-media guru from Pennsylvania, U.S. He holds a Master's in Journalism and Mass Communication, but he has also taken several university-level courses in fine arts, art appreciation, graphic design, printmaking, and Asian art. He has been blogging for Monde Mosaic since February 2014.
Installation/17 Nov 2014
HYPERland: A Colourful Miniature World by Karine Giboulo
The installation HYPERland, by Karine Giboulo, uses polymer clay sculptures and other materials to create a miniature world that shows some problems of…
Art/14 Nov 2014
Great Art in Ugly Rooms
Displaying fantastic art works in a room should make the room more appealing … but sometimes it doesn’t work out as planned.…
Art/13 Nov 2014
Erik Olson’s Oil Paintings of Shattered, Abstract Faces
Painter Erik Olson has a strangely cool way of abstracting the human body in Architecture of the Face and his other portrait exhibitions. Some…
Photography/11 Nov 2014
‘Contemporary Pieces’ Combines Renaissance Aesthetic With Fast Food Culture
In the photographic series Contemporary Pieces, Rebecca Rütten humorously combines the look of late Renaissance era paintings with modern culture, represented by fast food.…
Photography/10 Nov 2014
Dreamlike Underwater Photography by Elena Kalis
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Art/7 Nov 2014
Realist Paintings of Fabled Characters and Creatures by Matthew Grabelsky
In the vein of the TV show Once Upon a Time or the graphic novel series Fables, Matthew Grabelsky‘s oil paintings show…
Photography/6 Nov 2014
Jen Davis’ Unabashed, Poignant Self-Portraits
The revealing and intimate self-portraits of Jen Davis are a poignant statement on beauty, identity, and body image. In a society that still finds Lena…
Photography/5 Nov 2014
The Death of Conversation: Street Photos of People on Cell Phones
Cell phones have become a part of our daily life, but any technology is not without potential downsides and critics who eagerly…
Design/4 Nov 2014
Famous Album Covers Get Hilarious Expanded View
Good designers often think outside the box. In this case, they think outside the album cover. These humorous images from the blog…