Fashion that become Art

Since the inception of commercial art, the debates over the inter-mingling margin and roles of fashion with that of art are intense. Accept it or not, Art, design and fashion, all these terms confused us whenever we were to pick definitions. No matter what you try, which logic you imply, there’s always a chance of hitting some exception on your way. But we are not talking about how big of intensified this debate could be, we are focussing on the exception part.

Yes! Here’s a list of top 9 fashion/items that are considered Art now-a-days and you can’t deny their position. The Metropolitan Museum of Art curated these wearable garments and now the world spectre them as masterpieces.

1. . Design House: House of Dior (French, founded 1947)

Designer: Christian Dior (French, Granville 1905–1957 Montecatini)

Date: spring/summer 1947

Culture: French

Medium: silk

Christian Dior

2. Designer: Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973)

Design House: House of Schiaparelli (French, founded 1928)

Date: fall 1938

Culture: French

Medium: synthetic

Elsa Schiaparelli

3. Designer: Paul Poiret (French, Paris 1879–1944 Paris)

Date: 1922

Culture: French

Medium: metallic, silk

Paul Poiret

4. Design House: Yves Saint Laurent, Paris (French, founded 1961)

Designer: Yves Saint Laurent (French (born Algeria) Oran 1936–2008 Paris)

Date: fall/winter 1965–66

Culture: French

Medium: silk, wool

Yves Saint Laurent

5. Design House: House of Balenciaga (French, founded 1937)

Designer: Cristobal Balenciaga (Spanish, Guetaria, San Sebastian 1895–1972 Javea)

Date: fall/winter 1965–66

Culture: French

Medium: silk

Cristobal Balenciaga

6. Design House: Attributed to House of Chanel (French, founded 1913)

Designer: Attributed to Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (French, Saumur 1883–1971 Paris)

Date: 1926–27

Culture: French

Medium: silk, metallic thread, sequins.

Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel

7. . Design House: Fortuny (Italian, founded 1906)

Designer: Mariano Fortuny (Spanish, Granada 1871–1949 Venice)

Date: 1925–49

Culture: Italian

Medium:  Silk, glass

Mariano Fortuny

8.Design House: House of Worth (French, 1858–1956)

Date: 1925

Culture: French

Medium: silk, beads, metal thread

Charles F. Worth

9.Designer: Madeleine Vionnet (French, Chilleurs-aux-Bois 1876–1975 Paris)

Date: spring/summer 1938

Culture: French

Medium: rayon

Madeleine Vionnet

(The following content is with reference of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. all the images and information are thereby the copyright of The museum. for more art reference you can visit

 http://www.metmuseum.org/)

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Masters of Korean pottery

Today we are celebrating a craft, 8000 years old. Korean pottery and porcelain stands out and speaks for itself. The craftsmanship and intricacy remain undoubtedly above all. here a presentation of the masters of this craft. These artists are shaping new dimensions and expanding to new horizons with their master pieces.  

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15 Art glorying Durga - empowering us!

In the time of festivity, all our hopes halt at your face glistering with the mythical charm. You give us strength and gorgeous sight to behold.  Your eyes always made us wonder and we go deep into the sanctity of your love.O mother, help us uphold this rhythm of life, Survival or death. Keep us under your grace. As there only, one seeks solace.

 This is what you mean to us.

Bless us all to live with glory and prosperity.

(***Disclaimer : This article is dedicated to the love and respect we share about our beloved goddess Durga, The author doesn't claim to own any of the artworks presented above. the copyrights of concerning artists remain intact.)

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Verses of Satanic art

A new exhibition at Stanford University’s Cantor Arts Center,“Sympathy for the Devil: Satan, Sin, and the Underworld,” traces Lucifer’s visual history, from his emergence in the Middle Ages as a horned, cloven-hoofed, foul-smelling, diabolical creature of the night to his denuded and largely ironic image today.

“By around 1500, his visage and characteristics were pretty well set,” Bernard Barryte, Cantor’s curator of European art, tells Quartz. “He was initially a conflation of sundry things. Everything from Pan to Near Eastern gods got mushed together in the Middle Ages and became what we know of as the devil.”

In the 16th and 17th century, grisly paintings of the Evil One were intended literally, Barryte says.”They were meant to have a moral effect, which is why artists made him awful looking. Even if you were educated, you would wonder, ‘What if?’ No matter how sceptical one might be today, there was real faith underlying this imagery.”

The Enlightenment began to change that. As our conception of evil shifted, so did our personification of the devil. “He becomes more human, even romanticized, after the popular revolutions of the late 18th century, especially the French Revolution,” Barryte says. In the 19th century, the devil was often depicted as a “shrewd and wily dandy,” a Mephistophelean figure, who would trick you out of your soul, not brutally tear it from you. “Fear is no longer his most effective tactic,” Barryte says. “And in the 20th century, he all but disappears except in advertisements.”

In his place—well, look in the mirror. “Hell is other people, is how Jean-Paul Sartre put it,” Barryte says. “All the sources of evil seemed to shift from some horrific other to mankind itself.”

For a nostalgic look at the devil’s many guises (along with depictions of his realm and minions), here’s a selection of works in the exhibition, which is on view through November 30:

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Kinetic Art- featuring Anthony Howe and his marvelous creations

Anthony Howe (born 1954, Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American kinetic sculptor who creates wind-driven sculptures resembling pulsing, alien creatures and vortices. He makes use of computer-aided design, shaping the metal components with a plasma cutter, and completing his work by use of traditional metalworking techniques. Howe notably designed a cauldron and accompanying kinetic sculpture for the 2016 Summer Olympics!!

Anthony Howe
Pioneer artist of Kinetic Art

“I attempt, with an economy of means, to construct objects whose visual references range from lo-tech sci-fi paraphernalia to microbiological or astronomical models. Utilizing primarily stainless steel armatures that are driven either by hammered curvilinear shapes or flat fiberglass covered discs, I hope the pieces assume a spare, linear elegance when conditions are still, mutating to raucous animation when the wind picks up. Multiple axis finely balanced forms, both symmetrical and asymmetrical, conspire to create a visually satisfying three-dimensional harmony.”

— Anthony Howe

In August 2015, Howe was offered the role of designing a cauldron for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The games' organizers had decided to eschew a larger cauldron and flame as part of an effort to be environmentally conscious, resulting in the construction of a small cauldron with a larger kinetic sculpture to accompany it; the sculpture, which consists of ring of rotating bars, a 40 ft (12.2 m) in diameter, with reflective plates and spheres, was meant to enhance the appearance of the smaller flame, providing an effect inspired by the "pulsing energy and reflection of light" of the sun. The sculpture was designed at his studio on Orcas Island, with final construction occurring in Montreal before being shipped to Rio.

Checkout this cool video!! Truly Art is marvelous...

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