Of the Google Doodle
Sideview’s Challenge = Variations on a theme
You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus
July 27, 2012
Uncategorized Google Doodle, Olympic Games, Sideview's Challenge, Variations on a Theme 24 Comments
May 30, 2012
art, famous people, History, news Fabergé eggs, Google Doodle, Peter Carl Fabergé 2 Comments
I so LOVE these
Peter Carl Fabergé, the man whose name is synonymous with decorative eggs, is the subject of today’s Google Doodle.
The Russian jeweller is best known for his Fabergé eggs, which are adorned with gemstones and precious metals.
Today’s Doodle, in which the letters of the word “Google” are hidden within Fabergé eggs, honours what would have been his 166th birthday. Fabergé, also known as Karl Gustavovich Fabergé, was born in Saint Petersburg in 1846 and died on Sept. 24, 1920, after the Bolsheviks nationalized his company following the October Revolution and confiscated the stock. Fabergé fled with his family to Switzerland and died two years later
The rest of the story you can read here
http://www.thestar.com/living/article/1202699–peter-carl-faberge-honoured-with-google-doodle
March 23, 2012
Uncategorized Google Doodle, Juan Gris 4 Comments
Juan Gris, recipient of a Google Doodle on the 125th anniversary of his birth, was a Cubist painter who was a legend in his own right. But he seems to have rubbed another legend — Pablo Picasso — the wrong way.
Gris was a minor player in the art world before he went to France. He was an engineering student in Madrid, took painting lessons and created humorous drawings for local newspapers.
But in 1906, he left the country for a French tenement — a “gloomy heap” that was in the midst of a transformation into an artists enclave.
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