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designslinger

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art, architecture, design & history - exploring the convergence

Added on: Feb 18th, 2009
Country: United States
Language: English

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designslinger: Word of the Week

Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 02:10 in dictionary

[South lion (1893) Edward Kemeys, Bronze, Art Institute of Chicago, November 2, 2009 /Images & Artwork: designslinger]patina (puh-TEE-nuh) n. the incrustation formed on bronze produced by oxidation. [Patenated copper dormer w...
Venetian Light

Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 02:15 in architecture, history, architects

[Entry header, Chicago Athletic Association Building (1893) Henry Ives Cobb, September 16, 2009 /Image &Artwork: designslinger]This imposing header sits above the door of Chicago's most fanciful, Venetian inspiredbuilding. [Venetian ...
Theology Row

Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 02:20 in architecture, history, preservation

[McCormick Row Houses (1882) A.M.F Colton 832-58 W. Belden Avenue, Chicago, October 5, 2009 /Images & Artwork: designslinger]In 1882 the McCormick Theological Seminary began construction on a group of row houses on a campus site that the ...
Friday Snippets 11.06.09

Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 02:22 in slinger slinks

[Edgar, 1705 N. Crilly Court, Chicago, October 5, 2009 /Image & Artwork: designslinger]One person's gas station is another person's home. [NY Times]Vincent van Gogh, online, in English. [LA Times]Hollywood has too many movie stars and Lon...
University Club

Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 02:14 in architecture, history

[University Club, details /Images & Artwork: designslinger]The Gothic carvings soar into the sky, as they would on a cathedral in France. [University Club, (1908) Holabird & Roche, 26 E. Monroe @ Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Septemb...
designslinger: Word of the Week

Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 02:30 in dictionary

[Fitted chest with floral and grape-leaf motif (19th century) India, Art Institute of Chicago, October 8, 2009 /Image & Artwork: designslinger]daedal (DEED-l) adj. intricate in design or function. [Window screen {Mashrabiyya} (17th/1...