http://www.metafilter.com/tags/entertainment+art Posts tagged with 'entertainment' and 'art' at MetaFilter. Thu, 29 May 2008 22:03:38 -0800 Thu, 29 May 2008 22:03:38 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/72106/%3F%3F%3F%2D%3F%3F%3F%3F%2D%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%2D%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F%3F <a href="http://carpetmuseum.ir/">Come</a>, take a <a href="http://www.internetrugs.com/blog/">ride</a> and <a href="http://www.oriental-rugs-history.com/">look</a> at some of the <a href="http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/art/index.html">Islamic</a> <a href="http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2004/islamic/index.shtm">Art</a> of the past. Or, you could call it <a href="http://www.islamicamagazine.com/Issue-13/What-is-Islamic-Art.html">Art</a> of the <a href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1342_islamic_middle_east/index.php?id=1000">Islamic World</a> if you're so inclined. If not, then how about taking into account some of the <a href="http://www.muslimheritage.com/virtual_civilization/default.cfm">major milestones</a> of <a href="http://www.lslam.info/">Islam</a> throughout the <a href="http://www.muslimheritage.com/timeline/default.cfm">centuries</a>, from <a href="http://www.islamic-art.org/CreswellExhibition/index.asp">past</a> till <a href="http://www.lacma.org/islamic_art/ian.htm">present</a> (<a href="http://www.festiveart.com/">more</a> <a href="http://www.kolahstudio.com/">examples</a> <a href="http://www.kolahstudio.com/graffiti.htm">here</a>), including the <a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/online_tours/museum_and_exhibition/word_into_art/word_into_art.aspx">art</a> of <a href="http://calligraphyislamic.com/">Calligraphy</a> and <a href="http://archnet.org/library/images/sites.jsp?key=religious&collection_id=23&select=type">Architecture</a>. Not to mention the <a href="http://trumpet.sdsu.edu/M151/Arab_Music1.html">Arab</a> world's contribution to <a href="http://leb.net/rma/list.html">music</a>, both <a href="http://leb.net/rma/ld.html">old</a> and <a href="http://www.ghinawy.com/musictop.html">new</a>. [<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/65938/Where-Smaller-becomes-Greater">Previously</a> mentioned, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/60629/New-Islamic-Art-Exhibition-Site">here</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/49778/Historical-fun">here</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/37523/Nastaliq-Past-and-Present">here</a>, and <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/35406/Islamic-Art">here</a>, with a <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/65938/Where-Smaller-becomes-Greater#1890000">wonderful</a> comment from <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/user/1228">nickyskye</a> as usual] tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.72106 Thu, 29 May 2008 22:03:38 -0800 Architecture Art Creativity Design Entertainment Fun Innovation Islam Longevity Music Passion Scripture hadjiboy http://www.metafilter.com/70744/Spring%2DAnd%2DBy%2DSummer%2DFall The pop music industry has sadly come to depend on “heritage acts” – <a href="http://www.american.com/archive/2008/march-april-magazine-contents/the-show-must-go-on">wrinkled, dyed-hair, aging stars</a> – to pack houses and <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4734095">make money</a>. <br><br> “Whatever a future superstar act will be, it <a href="http://somafm.com/">won’t be as ubiquitous</a> as the acts from the ’60s because we were all listening to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Year_2525">Top 40 radio</a>.” tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.70744 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:18:51 -0800 art entertainment music radio The Jesse Helms http://www.metafilter.com/59010/Napkin%2DFiction <i>Esquire</i> sends out 250 napkins to writers across America - from prolific novelists to those finishing off first works. <a href="http://www.esquire.com/fiction/napkin-fiction/napkinproject">Nearly a hundred respond back</a> - from <a href="http://www.esquire.com/fiction/ESQ0207OldMan">sex</a> to <a href="http://www.esquire.com/fiction/ESQ0207Baggott">frustration</a>, <a href="http://www.esquire.com/fiction/ESQ0207Beller">poetry</a> to <a href="http://www.esquire.com/fiction/ESQ0207Transgression">twisted liaisons</a>, even a <a href="http://www.esquire.com/fiction/ESQ0207Rise">mini book</a> and <a href="http://www.esquire.com/fiction/ESQ0207Obsidian">plans for murder</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.59010 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:12:23 -0800 art collection creativity entertainment esquire fiction napkin story writing divabat http://www.metafilter.com/54183/He%2DShared%2DHis%2DTalent%2DWith%2Dthe%2DWorld <a href="http://hellonfriscobay.blogspot.com/2006/08/friz-freleng-for-all.html">Friz-Freleng-For-All</a> About thirty blogs paid tribute this past Monday to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friz_Freleng">renowned animator</a>, keeper of <a href="http://looneytunes.warnerbros.com/web/stars/stars_porky.jsp">pigs</a>, <a href="http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/articles/tasarticle2.html">tweety-bird-hungry cats</a> and <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7404589737148202162">panthers</a>, and model for <a href="http://yosemite-sam.net/Sam/Yosemite-Sam.htm">the roughest, toughest hombre that ever locked horns with a rabbit</a>. <a href="http://www.seeing-stars.com/imagepages/FrizFrelengGravePhoto1.shtml">Happy 100th birthday, Friz!</a> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.54183 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:27:42 -0800 animation art cartoons entertainment LinusMines http://www.metafilter.com/24959/Cultural%2DEntomology <a href="http://www.insects.org/ced">Cultural Entomology.</a> The role of insects in human cultures from every continent :- <a href="http://www.insects.org/ced2/beetles_rel_sym.html">religion</a>, <a href="http://www.insects.org/ced1/mc_esh.html">art</a>, <a href="http://www.insects.org/ced1/mes_lit.html">literature</a>, <a href="http://insects.org/ced3/japanese_sing.html">entertainment</a>, and as <a href="http://www.insects.org/ced3/greek_crcages.html">pets.</a><br> Related :- <a href="http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/Insects/InsectDrawings/InsectDrawings.htm"> insect drawings</a> used as teaching aids; <a href="http://www.ent.iastate.edu/Misc/InsectsAsFood.html">insects as food.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.24959 Tue, 08 Apr 2003 00:17:35 -0800 art bugs culture entertainment entomology insects literature pets religion plep