JOHNNY'S BLOG - 2

  BUILDING VISUAL ART DESIGN AND ENGINEERING MARVEL OF  ARCHITECTURE Architecture is the study and practice of designing structures, especially habitable ones. It utilizes civil engineering techniques, but is considered a visual art . It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning , designing , and constructing buildings or other structures . Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art . Residential architecture is the marriage of visual art and structural engineering , where a home is treated as both a living sculpture and a high-performance machine . This discipline balances the aesthetic " soul " of a building—its form, light, and texture—with the technical precision required for safety, efficiency, and longevity.                           ...

PIERRE CARDIN - THE FASHION MOGHUL - WALK WITH STYLE AND ELEGANCE Pierre Cardin (born July 7, 1922, San Biagio di Callalta, Italy —died December 29, 2020, Neuilly-sur-Seine , France) was a French designer of clothes for women and also a pioneer in the design of high fashion for men. Cardin’s father, a wealthy French wine merchant , wished him to study architecture, but from childhood he was interested in dressmaking. At 17, he went to Vichy , Fr, to become a tailor at a men’s shop. After World War II , he joined the Parisian fashion house of Paquin, where he helped design the costumes for Jean Cocteau ’s film Beauty and the Beast . He also worked at the couture house of Christian Dior . In 1950, he opened a shop of his own and gradually gained a solid reputation as a men’s suit maker. In 1959, he created one of the first ready-to-wear collections for women presented by a “name” designer, and in 1960 introduced the first designer ready-to-wear collection for men. In the ...

  GOLDEN  APPLE   -   THE  WORLD'S  FIRST  BEAUTY  CONTEST                                                                                    The Judgement of Paris   (1599) by   Hendrick van Balen the Elde r .   Gemäldegalerie, Berlin A " golden apple "   refers most commonly to th e mythological f ruit from the Garden of the Hesperides that sparked the Trojan War. Greek Mythology (Apple of Discord):   Thrown by Eris at a wedding, inscribed "For the Fairest," it caused a dispute between Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite , leading ...