“Yosmite Valley, Thunderstorm” by Ansel Adams (PCM) This photo captured by Ansel Adams was one of the starting points of his relationship with Yosmite National Park and Inspiration Point, which he photographed countless times over the years. Adams created this image with an 8″ x 10″ view camera in 1945. This view from Inspiration Point …
“Bridalveil Fall” by Ansel Adams (PCM) “There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” – Ansel Adams Ansel Adams created this image with a 6 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ Korona view camera and a glass plate negative around 1927. The image captures Yosemite ‘s majestic Bridalveil Fall, including the curling mist …
“The Tetons and the Snake River” by Ansel Adams (PCM) This particular photo was taken by Ansel Adams at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. It was taken while Adams was employed by the United States government. The photo is often considered to be one of the most significant landscape photographs of the American West. …
“Aspens” by photographer Ansel Adams (PCM) Ansel Adams captured a collections of photographs in Aspens, New Mexico in 1958. He purposefully focused in on only the trees and landscape showing no sky to highlight the contrast among the trees. The image came to mind as he was driving down a highway in the area with …
Glorification of the Eucharist (Disputa of the Eucharist) by Ventura di Archangelo Salimbeni was painted in 1600. It is located at a church, San Lorenzo in San Pietro in Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy. The Celestial sphere of the Disputa looks amazingly like a Sputnik satellite (below).
Banksy – Graffiti and Street Artist Banksy is an English graffiti artist. His (or her) actual identity is not public. Banksy displays his art on publicly visible surfaces such as walls and self-built physical prop pieces. ” I use whatever it takes. Sometimes that just means drawing a mustache on a girl’s face on some …
The Battle of Alexander at Issus was painted in 1529 by Albrecht Altdorfer. It was commissioned by Duke William IV of Bavaria. Approximately 5 by 4 feet in size, it currently sits at Alte Pinakothek in Munich, Germany.
Mars Attacks was an odd trading card set produced by Topps in 1962. The art was by Wallace (Wally) Wood, Bob Powell and Norman Saunders. It was based on the cover of a comic book, Weird Science #16. Wally and Bob sketched the cards, and Norman painted them. Len Brown and Woody Gelman wrote the …
Cosmo Kramer (played by Michael Richards) was Jerry Seinfeld’s doofus-hipster friend on NBC’s Seinfeld (1989-1998) The character of Kramer was originally based on the real-life Kenny Kramer, a neighbor of co-creator Larry David from New York, but Micheal made it a point to never meet him. The painting appeared in Season 3, Episode 21. The …
