The Palace of Fine Arts, known as Palacio de Bellas Artes in Spanish, is a significant cultural institution in Mexico. It is situated in the historic center of Mexico City. The palace is dedicated to various forms of art, including theater, dance, music, opera, visual arts, literature, and architecture.
Palace of Fine Arts
These are but a few of the subjects that cover the walls of Mexico City’s Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP). This federal government building houses the Ministry of Public Education. The enormous mural cycle celebrates Mexico: its festivals, industries, and people in over 100 panels artistically.
Colorful Scene
Urban Scene
Sitting
When completing the tour, we saw an artistic horse piece hanging on the wall of the gift shop at Claiborne Farm
Horse Art
We end our series of images from Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, with an art piece depicting the most impressive races run there.
Art at Churchill Downs
On the clubhouse level of Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, there is a stunning glass replica of the racetrack created by Craig Colquhoun. Using heat, metal, and glass, this master artist skillfully and successfully constructed 4,000 detailed glass pieces to fit inside the 30-foot racetrack sculpture.
Master of Glass Artistry
Churchill Downs in Glass
Churchill Downs Seating in Glass
Glass Horse Figureines
We ended our visit to Ark Encounter in Kentucky with a view of an art-decorated horse that almost seemed like a tree growing behind it.
Horse Art at the Ark
Noah’s Ark Wide View
The cathedral sized main chamber at Poole’s Cavern, England is carved from limestone by an ancient river. Walking through the cavern reveals nature’s artwork formed by stalactites of various sizes and shapes.
There are mosaics of faces, or just a face, perhaps even an eye or mouth; birds, fishes, flowers, scriptural verse, clowns, nudes, poetry. At first glance the works might be mistaken as nothing more than an odd collection of a madman, until closer inspection reveals what they truly are, creative artwork. The more attention you pay, the more captivating they become. A side of Philadelphia that is obscured by all other tourist attractions.
A simple art mosaic on a side alley in Philadelphia is enhanced by flowers and even a small elephant statue on the left bottom corner.
Mosaic is a style of visual art that involves affixing many individual pieces of material called tesserae, typically glass or tile, to a surface to create an image. Unlike mosaics behind velvet ropes in museums, the scale and setting of these large-scale public works mean you can often get nose-to-nose with the art in the streets of south Philadelphia.
Ranging from meticulous works in the classic Italian style to the avant-garde sculptures of a countercultural artist and community advocate, Philly’s mosaics, quite literally, reflect its character — past and present. Any visit to Philadelphia could quickly turn into a treasure hunt for these jewels. Here are examples of large scale faces in mosaic art.
There’s a softer side to the Philadelphia – City of Brotherly Love — and it can be seen in the innumerable pieces of gleaming glass that comprise Philly’s mosaic art scene. The sparkling, multicolored side of a rowhome will stop you in your tracks. Innumerable tiny mirrors — reflecting the light and surroundings — lay in brightly painted grout, creating large-scale faces and figures. Here is an otherwise nondescript alley in south Philadelphia with many decorative art pieces. We will be posting examples of such art.
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located on 380 acres of rolling meadows, woodlands and lakefront property in Belmont, North Carolina. The William H. Williamson, III, Orchid Conservatory is the Carolinas’ only 8,000-square-foot, five-story glass house dedicated to a display of orchids and tropical plants. Our camera club – Catawba Valley Camera Club, Hickory – visited the orchid conservatory a few months back and we are posting images from that trip.
During our visit there was an art exhibition by local students – old doors and shutters painted with orchid artwork.
One of my fellow members of the Catawba Valley Camera Club, Hickory – Judy Young is also a pencil sketch artist. She used my lion photo from Gir National Park, Gujarat, India to create a pencil art piece. Wonderful rendition by Judy!
With his elephant head and human body, Ganesha (or Ganesh) is one of the most beloved and popular of all the Hindu gods. This is because he brings good fortune while destroying all obstacles.
Ganesh is depicted as an art form in colorful statues and stone carvings.
Found an interesting, artistic tee shirt design depicting a composite of a lion and a woman at Gir National Park, Gujarat, India
The national theater in San Jose is one of the most beautiful buildings in Costa Rica with great importance to the cultural and historical aspect of the country. It opened in 1897, representing Costa Rica’s high degree of fine art and is a grand display of neo-classical architecture.
Lotus is the national flower of India. It is a sacred flower and occupies a unique position in the art and mythology of ancient India and has been an auspicious symbol of Indian culture since time immemorial.
Here is a lotus flower with its reflection in a pond ….
Since moose are a common sight in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, it isn’t surprising to see related artwork in the area
Amazingly vibrant color, more than any other single thing, is what puts Yellowstone in a league all by itself. Here is an example of abstract art created by natural living organisms.
