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Claude Monet

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Claude Monet is a famous French impressionist artist who left a crucial mark on the French and international art world which remains strong even today. This article tackles Monet the man, and uncovers some of his most famous paintings.

Monet produced several key series of paintings both in his native France and also abroad in UK, where he is well known for a series of works of landscapes along the London Thames riverside, and also some in Italy.

There was a further Rouen Cathedral series in France which showed off his love of architecture in his paintings, but he remains best known for his use of nature and colour together. These are demonstrated in his Water Lilies, Poplars and Haystacks series. Monet had an incredible skill for capturing light at different times of the day and used his specially created garden in France to show this off to the full. Indeed, the Japanese bridge which arched over the Lilies also has become famous now.

Monet’s garden was in Giverny where he spent much of the latter part of his life fine-tuning the extraordinary skills that he had developed throughout his life. It is now available for and thoroughly worth a visit.

Even after all the afore mentioned Monet paintings, it is another that is believed to have left the most important mark on the world of art, though, and that is his Impression, Sunrise. The impressionist movement, of which Monet was a key member, was actually named after this very painting. Monet’s use of colour and emotion in his paintings helped to push art forward towards the contemporary styles that we have today, and for many he is the greatest artist of all time.

Christmas Music Boxes – The Perfect Gift

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Gift music boxes are a great choice for the holiday season. With so many different gift music boxes out there to choose from, you are sure to find the one you want for that special someone, child or adult. Thomas Kinkade christmas music boxes are a fantastic choice. The Painter of Light has signatured several that are breath-taking and perfect for your child or someone else.

Gift Music boxes – eMusical Gifts

eMusical Gifts is a great company if you are looking for gift music boxes. One item of their’s is “Beacon of Hope Lighthouse Music Box”, is hugely popular, and a possible sell out if you do not act right away.

This is a limited edition Thomas Kinkade lighthouse music box. The top is crowned with a cross and Swarovski crystal with 22-karat gold trim, it is a porcelain sculpture that features a lighthouse centerpiece decorated with faux jewels. At the base you can read “Through the storm, you do not walk alone.” The tune played is “You Light Up My Life.” The height is 6 1/2″.

San Francisco Music Box

This is even a better choice if you are looking for an antique or collectable music box. The Ballet Slippers Watergolbe Music Box is beautiful and perfect for a little girl, whether daughter, niece, or godchild. A variation on a classic ballet theme. The inside features glitter.

1. Tune: “Moonlight Sonata”
2. Size: 4″ L x 4″ W x 5.5″ H

It is absolutely stunning, and the tune is simply wonderful, and is sure to be cherished many years after it is given.

There are many places you can buy all types of music boxes from, like the ones mentioned here. Feel free to visit us. Happy holiday hunting, we hope you find the perfect gift music box.

Kinkade Homes to Become Three-Dimensional

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Long admired by thousands of devoted fans, Thomas Kinkade announced that a architect is designing homes based on the artists input in the $4-6 million dollar range that will be built in Couer d’Alene, Idaho. The new development will not be the first to have Kinkade inspired homes. Four years ago a subdivision in Vallejo, California sprouted Kinkade-styled homes. The subdivision sold well with average prices around $400,000.

The homes will be built on a 20 acre parcel with views of Lake Couer d’Alene, a easy commute to Spokane, Washington. The homes design and look will focus on reproducing his style from the Kinkade Gate series. A total of five homes will be built and will be marketed to fans of Kinkades that want to live in a three-dimensional experience of his art. Five designs have already been selected from five paintings that will fit into the site appropriately.

Kinkade has been very successful selling his artwork to middle America, for many years and in many forms. The developer has had requests from a wide variety of custom home buyers to reproduce Kinkade-style homes. Riding on the single-minded nature of these fans, plans are progressing on the development. I see the only possible drawback is a resale one, when the first wave of fans decide to move on, will there be enough interest by a second wave at extremely high price points to support the resale of Kinkade homes?

My attitude is a wait and see. Kinkade as a brand has never been marketed at the super-luxury level. Most serious art collectors aren’t in this developments target market. But then does taste really matter if you have the money? The developers think not and might consider Kinkade high-art as many his followers do.