Alphons Maria Mucha

Alphons Maria Mucha (1860-1939)was a Czech painter who lived at the turn of the 19^th and 20^th centuries that is why his art mingles different schools, techniques and trends. To describe Modernism (or Art Nuvo) scholars usually use the term “Mucha’s style”.  Probably Mucha like van Gogh, Gauguin and Mane was influenced by Japanese coloured engravings that gave source of inspiration for many impressionists and were new as well as popular to the eye of the society that was brought up with respect to classical masterpieces of Ancient culture.

Alphons was a son of an officer of justice who was not that prosperous to provide his son with education in Art Accademy of Pragh. If Mucha hadn’t found a patron to sponsor him with money, he wouldn’t have entered the Academies of Art in Paris.  A few years later his patron being sick and tired of spending money on his charge brought to a stop paying for Mucha’s education. Mucha had nothing to do but engage himself in painting commercial art that he proceeded with even after becoming a well-known artist not only in France but all around the Europe and even the New World.

The breaking point in his carrier was in 1894 when he was commenced to paint a playbill for Sarah Bernardt. She was so much enraptured by his work that immediately signed a six years contract with the artist. The playbills he wrote were extremely unusual for his time. Two meters in height of prolonged and narrow format with architectural extravagances depicted as a background and main characters who convey the mood of a play. If they hadn’t ravished citizens with their beauty, they wouldn’t have been tearing them down to pin up on their walls to decorate their own accommodation.

That time Mucha was not lack the commences. To have Mucha’s paintings on your wrapping meant to pave the way for success. When in France, Mucha worked as a scene designer, interior designer, illustrator, sculptor and also he painted sketches for jewelries.  Extremely talented in different fields he was highly in demand. Otherwise he wouldn’t have been invited to join American Society of Illustrators. He received the invitation and after marriage with his disciple Mary moved to America in 1906 where he lived and worked for the next four years.  He carried on depicting women he was famous for. Center of the composition usually a young healthy woman of Slavic appearance in loose fitting with a splendid crown of hair, drowning in a sea of flowers with a must of his works – a circle, that symbolizes holiness of a woman and resembles a hale.  In contrast to the perturbed and anxious works of his contemporaries Klimt, Vrubel Leon Bakst, his works breath serenity and perceived with bliss. His innovation to art was so impressive that still his devices are used in advertisement, decoration and painting itself.

Fortunately or not, in 1910 he decided to return to Czech Republic.  What was the reason for his homecoming? He decided that his previous work has exhausted itself and thought about creating a grand epic series of paintings on the history of Slavs. Immediately after returning to the Czech Republic in the vast hall of the castle Crystal Zbiroh near Prague he went to work. Over the next eighteen years out of his hands came out twenty monumental canvases depicting the crucial milestones (['kruːʃ(ə)l] 'maɪlstəun)  in the history of the Slavic peoples, in particular, "The Slavs in their historic homeland," "Simon, King of Bulgaria," "Preaching of John Huss," "After the battle Gryunvalskogo "" Jan Comenius left home "and" The abolition of serfdom in Russia. " During these years he worked on the interiors of Prague's most famous buildings in Art Nouveau style - Municipal House, hotel "Europe" and "Imperial", creates a sketch of the main stained glass finished NPP St. Vitus Cathedral in the City. After the formation of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918 absorbed fly creation of "official" graphic style of the new state: his talent belongs to the samples first banknotes and postage stamps of the country, one of the options the state emblem and even government letterhead and envelopes.

In 1928, Mucha finished his "Slavic epic," and gives the city of Prague. Because of the time in Prague, there was no gallery, which could put it all entirely, she temporarily exhibited in the Palace of Fairs and after the war was placed in the castle town of Cesky Krumlov, Morawski (chesh. Moravský Krumlov; available for inspection in 1963 .) By the end of his life interest in it was lost: in Czechoslovakia, the 30s his work was considered obsolete and (the heyday of functionalism), and overly nationalistic.

Patriotism was an artist so famous that the government of Nazi Germany included it in the list of enemies of the Reich. After the capture of Prague in March 1939, the Gestapo arrested several times an elderly artist and subjected to interrogations, as a result he became ill with pneumonia and died on 14 June 1939. Alphonse Mucha was buried at Vysehrad Cemetery.

If not for his children, who rescued the works of their father, the seal of oblivion could have never been unsealed. His daughter Yaroslava being a restore saved many canvases of Slavic Epic. His son Irzhi became a writer and perpetuated his father’s life in literature. Yarmila Plozkova-Mucha a ‘bastard of Irzhi graduated from Academy of Art and since 1988 she creates jewelries designer items using her grandfather’s sketches.  Thus Mucha’s art enjoys us after his master’s death.

Blue Spring 青い春

5  minutes ago I watched a film under the title “Aoi Haru”. Usually it is translated as “Blue Spring”.  I would rather translate it as “The green Years”. Ok. Who cares about the title when the plot is important…

I am deeply impressed. I expected a common story about Japanese high school ruffians. You know, They are “bosses” of a school, running a school they face some difficulties(probably some rivals who are eager to replace Them and become new Leaders), they find a solution to the problem(in the majority of cases They just find some additional group of boys who are eager to struggle for Them) than an epic fight happens and blooding Them( with all the teeth knocked out) bravely march to “the place where Sun raises”(the scene symbolizes the beginning of new promising life for them, full of difficulties, but we are sure, they will overcome them) Happy end...bloody but happy…

This was my expectation. Now forget about all above mentioned principles of a drama about Hooligans. If you decide to watch the film, you will see nothing of the kind.  I’ll confess that the beginning is very similar to what I’ve described but what comes next…I expected a light movie to enjoy. I received a deep film to think about. The characters are very contradicting.  The plot is oppressive. The end is unexpected, not a hint of the optimistic mood Japanese dramas about (and for) teenagers are famous for. Where is the illusion of happiness, justice and bright future? Nai.

I am glad that I decided to spend 1.20 on this film.

Tokio Hotel

ok) today is the day of revelations) i have something to confess about) when i was a kid ( you know, 14 year old kid)  i was a fan of one well-known group)) Tokio Hotel) yeah) don't say "uhhh" and make a wry face)) six years ago( i even didn't mention the flow of time) i was a fan of them^^ i mean a real one) you know dreaming about happy life with a member of TH( actually all of them in turn), listening to their songs from morning till night, what else...fighting with those who said "TH sucks" and so on and so forth. Now i really mocking at myself for those things) Silly little girl) but to be frank enough I can say, i still can listen to some of their songs^^ not a great amount of them by the way) of course now i am not interested in TH members at all, but yesterday I looked through their official site fishing for some interesting news( Ok, i will confess, i wanted to have a look at them performing in Japan). and what did i find? This "new look" of Bill. Oh my God, i swear the first thought was "Man, what happened to you?"
tastes differ of course...but i couldn't but laughing) he looked like, you know, a lovely child of Zverev and Kirkorov^^ i know, someone will hate me for these words...but...I think what I think)
P.S. Tom is (as usual) fuckable^^

...oh yes! now i understand - what suits an asian will never suit a caucasian^^

Zveri

Gyaru-o

This place seems to be full of cool people^^ though sometime they behave the way that an average person raises his eyebrow and questions "what the hell is going on? what's wrong with these people?" they are really cool) that is probably what i like about fellows^^ you know, easy going, open minded and with funny character^^ oh, of course these features are flavoured with unusual and attractive look that adds some spice in this mix^^ Definitely, Japanese subcultures are unique ones) you will never meet something like this somewhere else^^ epecially in Russia. THIS is a realy pity T_T (for me)

Gyaru

Probably the majority of you have heard at least something about Gyaru.  There is a vast number of divisions and subdivisions of this subculture. Starting with just cute Kogyaru  and finishing with one of the most extremely looking Yamamba and just Mamba ( who knows the difference, please explain to me, as I can’t distinguish them). According to what is written in the Internet(especially Russian resources) though the above mentioned subspecies still exist, the most popular are Himegyaru, Ganguro, Fruits and 100500 of Lolitas. What the reason for writing this? I bet you know it without my saying. But the idea is not to acquaint you with these subcultures of pretty Japanese beauties (not only females by the way).  So, please, be patient enough to read up to the end. The most common thing about them (except maybe gorgeous hair) is the way of drawing their eyes.  I know it to my cost it is extremely difficult to make your eyes much bigger and change the shape of the eyes. Actually there are a lot of tutorials how to do this. But in the majority of cases the advisers just show how to put the lenses that make eyes bigger and clue the false eyelashes. I was extremely interested in the way of using eyeliner.

Today I was training to draw the eyes) I had to miss my lessons at the University just because I was too busy with this kind of “art”. I know, I am a bad oneTT. Actually I spent some hours trying different ways, shapes, eyeliners. Ать the end of that I succeeded^^ hurray! To those who are interested I can say, I prefer wet eye shadow to any kind of eyeliners. Using a thin brash and wet shadow you can achieve better results, especially if you can’t use eye pencils or eyeliners in a proper way^^

Swords

It is my first message here and it is full of happiness =^_^=
This beauty is mine since this afternon) Of course I wish they were real, sharp  and full of memories of mortal battles...but...Notwithstanding the fact, they are much younger than me, i feel real rapture, looking at them.Extremely cool ^_^