Eye: sculpture

Tasset is an artist who has worked in a variety of styles and mediums including sculpture, photography, video and film

Eye: the realistic sculpture resting in Pritzker Park in 2010
Eye: the realistic sculpture resting in Pritzker Park in 2010

The work of Tony Tasset, UIC studio art professor and 2006 Guggenheim Fellow is often monumental.

  • a ninety-four foot high rainbow in Culver City
  • the colossal Paul Bunyan in University Park, IL.

His work, exists in the gallery and the public sphere.

Froebel Spirea in Oberweissbach

Friedrich’s nephew Theodore,(Theodor in German) and his son, Otto belong to the cultural history of Zurich (Switzerland) to this day. The Rieterpark in Zurich with its beautifully designed paths is part of their legacy. One of their plant hybrids, the Froebel Spirea or Froebel Plant is known throughout Europe and North America.

One thrives in front of the parsonage in Oberweissbach, where Friedrich Froebel was born. Continue reading “Froebel Spirea in Oberweissbach”

Century of the Child: Growing by Design 1900-2000: Tanya Harrod, Medea Hoch, Juliet Kinchin: 9780870708268: Amazon.com: Books

 

buy Century of the Child at amazon.com

Century of the Child: Growing by Design 1900-2000: Tanya Harrod, Medea Hoch, Juliet Kinchin: 9780870708268: Amazon.com: Books.

Published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, this book surveys more than 100 years of toys, clothing, playgrounds, schools, children’s hospitals, nurseries, furniture, posters, animation and books

This richly illustrated catalogue illuminates how progressive design has enhanced the physical, intellectual, and emotional development of children and how models of children’s play have informed experimental aesthetics and imaginative design thinking.

Inventing KINDERGARTEN by Norman Brosterman — Kickstarter

 

Inventing Kindergarten by Norman Brosterman

Inventing KINDERGARTEN by Norman Brosterman — Kickstarter.

Help to republish out-of-print book, Inventing Kindergarten, which first appeared in 1997 and was highlighted as a New York Times Notable Book, was called “Revelatory,” by the New Yorker, won an American Institute of Architects award as one of the best books of the year, and has ultimately become a crucial resource for educators and art historians worldwide.

Kindergarten garden, Los Angeles circa 1900.

The second kindergarten play-gift.

The famous Froebel Blocks that trained Frank Lloyd Wright.

The Rennsteig map for walking holidays

 

Map of the Rennsteig

Walking Holidays in Thuringia – the Green Heart of Germany.

The Rennsteig is a most significant Long Distance Path dating back more than 1,000 years . It was both a border and an important road linking Thuringia with northern Franconia. There are many intriguingly carved old border stones along the path and much of the route follows the main ridge of the Thuringian Forest through a nature reserve.

Starting just west of Eisenach (where Luther translated the Bible from Latin), it runs via the Grosser Inselsberg and the wintersports resort of Oberhof, to Blankenstein.

das grüne Herz Deutschlands | SPIESSER.de

das grüne Herz Deutschlands

das grüne Herz Deutschlands

via das grüne Herz Deutschlands | SPIESSER.de.

Thuringia – the green heart of Germany. About a quarter of the land is preserved and developed as a “National Natural Landscapes”: Southern Harz Nature Park, Nature Park Kyffhaeuser, Eichsfeld-Hainich Werra, Hainich National Park, nature reserve Thuringian Forest, Vessertal-Thuringian Forest, Biosphere Reserve Rhön Nature Park Thuringian Slate Mountains / Upper Saale