Antiques Fine Arts Society articles and news by San CristobalFine Arts and Antiques Articles - with contributions about fine art, artist, painting, history, antiques, collectible art, society and museum newsMeet artist Ron Sanders. Arts journal vialin.com- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Ron has studied his craft extensively since college, talking with pigment manufacturers, paint chemists, and conservators and advisors to the National Gallery. He has also read numerous books to extend his understanding and has spent countless hours in the studio and in the field pursuing his art on all levels - heart, hand and mind. Vialin.com. Aug 03 2004 05:00 GMThttp://www.sanders-studios.com/galleries/recentwork/page1.html Art Students and Aspiring Artists Encouraged to Enter Contest to Create Artwork, Zongoo Daily Press- (Found June 19, 2008 ) High school and college art students are encouraged by an up-and-coming designer jean company to enter a contest that could propel them into the world of international fashion. Zongoo.com Daily Press. Aug 03 2004 05:00 GMThttp://www.zongoo.com/article2874.html Byzantium: The Lost Empire. http:vialin.com Press- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Relive the past in this extraordinary look at the empire that followed Greece and Rome. For more than 1,000 years, the Byzantine Empire was the eye of the entire world, the origin of great literature, fine art and modern government. Oct 17 2004 10:00 GMThttp://www.vialin.com/artnews/ A rough and ready guide to dating English drinking glasses from the 19th Century. http:vialin.com Press- (Found June 19, 2008 ) This guide is an aid to dating wine and other drinking glasses made in England during the 19th Century. It covers some of the basic concepts to consider when trying to identify the age of a glass and considers some definitions relating to type and condition. Oct 18 2004 01:00 GMThttp://www.elkantiques.co.uk/glassdating.htm Meet Patrick JEAN, Photographer. COLLECTIBLE PHOTOGRAPHY http:vialin.com Press- (Found June 19, 2008 ) What you are going to discover on these pages has never been published on any support in the world. It is the work of a life dedicated to the understanding of humanity in its entirety. It is a man's work that looks for the reason of our passage on this earth. It is the work of the soul and the heart. Dear friends, before buying the original pulls presented here, let's think whole on the sense of every photograph, on the mystery of our life.... Oct 25 2004 01:00 GMThttp://www.internationalrootscompany.com/PHOTOGRAPHY/index.htm The French Revolution and the Fashion of Collecting Antiques. Arts journal vialin.com- (Found June 19, 2008 ) The taste for antiques is largely on the increase. Before the eighties appreciated by the connoisseur, now no home, however unassuming, having any pretensions to refinement, to own a genuine piece to satisfy their selves and show a market value artwork. Jul 22 2004 01:15 GMThttp://www.vialin.com/articles/frenchauction.html January 24: A Walk Through Baku National Carpet Museum. http:vialin.com Press- (Found June 19, 2008 ) While touring Baku, you are likely to discover that many of its museums are found in buildings that were constructed for entirely different purposes. Take the former Lenin museum, for instance. As with corresponding Lenin museums in other Soviet republics, Baku version once displayed items related to Lenin life: letters, speeches, telegrams - even replicas of his clothing. Jan 24 2005 4:48 GMThttp://www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/82_folder/82_articles/82_carpet_museum.html January 9: The most famous image of Edgar Allan Poe was a daguerreotype. http:vialin.com Press- (Found June 19, 2008 ) The most famous image of Edgar Allan Poe was a daguerreotype taken in 1848 shortly before his death. The daguerreotype was a positive-only process allowing no reproduction of the picture. The development of the image was effected by placing the exposed plate over a slightly heated about 75C. cup of mercury. Jan 09 2005 9:48 GMThttp://www.vialin.com/forum/january-9-the-most-famous-image-of-edgar-allan-poe-was-a-da-vt... January 2 Luis Munoz Marin became the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. http:vialin.com Press- (Found June 19, 2008 ) 1949 - Luis Munoz Marin became the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. Luis Munoz Marin (February 18, 1898 - April 30, 1980) was a poet, journalist and politician. He was the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico and considered one of the most important twentieth-century political figures in the Americas. He worked closely with the Government of the United States for the creation of a Constitution for Puerto Rico that would create a more favorable environment...http://www.vialin.com/forum/january-2-luis-muoz-marn-became-the-first-democratically-vt98.... December 26 Pierre and Marie Curie announced the existence of a new element. http:vialin.com Press- (Found June 19, 2008 ) 1898 - Pierre and Marie Curie announced the existence of a new element, later to be named radium. Radium (Latin radius, ray) was discovered by Marie Curie and her husband Pierre in 1898 in pitchblendeuraninite from North Bohemia. While studying pitchblende the Curies removed uranium from it and found that the remaining material was still radioactive. They then separated out a radioactive mixture mostly consisting of barium which gave a brilliant red flame color and spectral lines which had..http://www.vialin.com/forum/december-26-pierre-and-marie-curie-announced-the-existence-vt9... |