beautiful things for 17.11.2010

The blog Paris vs. New York offers pictorial comparisons of the two cities; these are just a few of my favorites

(Images from Paris vs. New York)

beautiful things for 13.10.2010

Christopher Neimann's Abstract City post on the Berlin Wall from The New York Times, illustrated using woven paper strips

Read the full post here

(Image from The New York Times)

beautiful things for 14.9.2010

Nighthawks, by Edward Hopper (1942) at the Art Institute of Chicago  
The painting is so intriguing and full of so many unanswered questions


(Image from Redtree Times)

beautiful things for 26.4.10

Un dimanche apres-midi a l'Ile de la Grande Jatte (Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte) by Georges Seurat, at the Art Institute of Chicago


(Image from the Barbara Chase Library at the Forman School)

beautiful things for 12.4.10

Peonies

(Image from Kari Herer on Etsy)