Medersa Ben Youssef in Marrakech
The Medersa (arabic word for school) Ben Youssef was an important koranic university. It was built in 1570 at the request of the Sa’did Sultan Abdellah Al Ghalib in order to educate the young men attending the mosque located nearby. The medersa’s name is a tribute to the Sultan Ali Ben Youssef who fortified Marrakech in…
The fashion photographer Erik Madigan Heck
Erik Madigan Heck is my favourite fashion photographer. His photos are colorful, pop, romantic and poetic. I like the color contrast, the mix of patterns, the blurry artistic, the moving models, the use of flowers, the retro and colorful style.
Palais Bahia : Jewel of the Hispano-Mauresque art
Palais Bahia is incredibly decorated with somptuous mosaics, sculpted stone artifacts and painted doors and ceilings. The palace was built under the reign of two sultans : Sidi Mohammed ben Abd al Rahman (1859-1873) and Moulay Abd al-Aziz (1894-1908). The construction lasted seven years and was realised by the architect El Mekki. Sources : http://www.palais-bahia.com/en/…
Blue and Fuschia flowers
I drew these flowers few years ago and i created new patterns with photoshop.
Portrait of a young North African woman
In 1874, the Belgium orientalist painter Jean-François Portaels (1818-1895) realised this portrait. Source : http://art-magique.blogspot.fr/2011/05/jean-francois-portaels-1818-1895.html
Salomé
The painting “Salomé” was realised by Paul Antoine de la Boulaye in 1909. Salome is the daughter of Herodiade and Herod the Great (Herod I). She inspired painters like Gustave Moreau and Paul Antoine de la Boulaye. She is often represented dancing in front of her stepfather Herod Antipas to charm him. She is also…
Happy Easter !
I decorated the table with lovely Easter decorations : The cakes are called “Lamalas”. It is a Alsatian cake for Easter.
Under the wave
The eyes closed, Rocked by the rhythm of the waves, I listen the lapping of a rough sea ; Calming and searing marin music. I used the Hokusai painting “The wave” :
Op art
Op art (optical art) uses optical illusions phenomena. This movement appeared in the middle of the 1950s. The designation “op art” has been established since 1965 at the end of the MoMa exhibition called “The Responsive Eye”. The major artists are Victor Vasarely, Jésus Soto, Bridget Riley, Cruz Diez, Julio Leparque and Youri Messen-Jaschin. Source…
