Realistic Animal Paintings
Beautiful Paintings by Lesley Harrison
It's been 33 years since Lesley Harrison is a professional painter. She managed to combine the love for animals with her passion for painting, which resulted in a wonderful series of animal paintings. When she drew them, the artist has not only managed to capture the spirit of each of them, but also to convey individuality, grace and strength of each animal. 28 more paintings after the break.....
7 Less Known Wonders of the World
Ajanta Caves, Maharashtra, India
The ancient caves of Ajanta are religiously important structure in Maharashtra, India. These amazing caves are known for their incredibly detailed paintings and sculptures belonging to the genre of Buddhist religious art. From the 2 nd century people lived in caves, and 300 years after they scored. More than 1000 years they have stood empty and untouched, until 1819, when a British army officer from Madras came across the entrance to one of the caves while hunting. His discovery of Captain Smith left a great legacy for future generations. Read More after the break..........
Top Movie Roles of Ronald Reagan
As a politician, the 40th American president was a superb performer, but for his earlier career in Hollywood, the reviews are mixed.
by Richard Corliss
Ronald Reagan in Hollywood
Ronald Reagan's film career would ultimately be just one colorful chapter in the biography of the 40th President of the United States. But he did devote two prime decades to the minor if alchemic art of movie acting. And film work offered some returns on his investment. It lent Reagan the status of a marketable commodity. Film acting schooled Reagan in the hortatory oratory of movie dialogue — speeches crafted to sell an ideal or an emotion, and still sound like the purveyor of plain-spoken common sense — techniques he used so dynamically in politics. And it created the image of a part-real, part-fictional personage: "Ronald Reagan," an amalgam of the man, the actor he became and the roles he was given to play. Read more after the break......
Amaizing Creation
Artist creates stunning waxworks so realistic they're treated like real people. It's an art form with little margin for error - just ask any celebrity made to stand next to their own waxwork. which barely has a passing resemblance.But when artists get wax works right, the results can be so stunning it's near impossible to tell them from real people.The models created by Carole Feuerman are the latter, as they're so realistic that people sometimes think they're alive.
Sleeping beauty: Carole uses hundreds of layers of skin-toned paint and real hair to create the hyper-realistic models.
Carole, 50, spends a gruelling six months on the waxworks, with her hyper-realistic sculptures selling for as much as £250,000 each.The Manhattan-based sculptor's collection includes several female model waxworks in swimming costumes or bikinis.
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Paper Sculptures
Amazing Paper Sculptures. These highly detailed paper relief sculptures are created by US based artist and a trained architect Christina Lihan. Through combination of her professional skills she has designed these stunning paper relief sculptures, mounted in shadowboxes and ranging from two to six inches deep, of some of world's famous landmarks such as; Taj Mahal, Eiffel tower, buildings of US cities and some private residences. Designed by: Christina Lihan, more creation after the break....
4D Life Like Paintings
Roaring success: The scarily life-like paintings show why 4D is the big new thing in art
You can tell from the smile on this art lover's face that she isn't really in any danger from the pouncing lion that appears within striking distance of her. And the fact that the lion is leaping from a red wardrobe, inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia, tells you something fantastical is occurring in the art world.As 'realistic' as it may look, this incredible painting is simply part of a new exhibition of four dimensional art in North East China. More pics after the break.......