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Sheriff Roland:
Gustav Klimt's 150th anniversary
http://www.pcworld.com/article/259253/google_doodle_celebrates_life_of_gustav_klimt.html
Google likes to doodle, so it's fitting the Internet search engine with a penchant for artistic creativity would mark the 150th anniversary of Austrian painter Gustav Klimt's birth with a special rendering of its homepage.
Saturday's doodle infuses Google's name in gold into a reproduction of "The Kiss," which is arguably Klimt's most famous piece of art.
Klimt's paintings are some of the most expensive in the world. In 2006, Klimt's 1907 portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer -- the "Mona Lisa" of Austria— sold for $135 million, eclipsing the then-record $104.1 million paid at auction for Picasso's 1905 "Boy With a Pipe (The Young Apprentice)."
The Kiss, a square oil painting with gold leaf that depicts a couple embracing, is currently hanging in a Vienna palace museum.
As for the artist himself, Klimt is known for co-founding the progressive Vienna Secession movement of the 1890s, although he fell out of favor with many influential people because of his paintings for the University of Vienna, which depicted scenes of turmoil.
Later, Klimt surrounded himself with rich patrons who commissioned much of his work. The celebrated artist also is known for his romantic affairs and the many children he fathered, although his lifelong companion was fashion designer and businesswoman Emilie Flöge.
Meryl:
Today when I went to Google.com, I got the Klimt doodle. But most often, I get no doodle, simply the Google search bar. Is there a url that will always result in getting the doodle? ???
RouxB:
Hmmm, I always get the doodle, both on my phone and on my computer. What do you use for your search engine?
Meryl:
--- Quote from: RouxB on July 14, 2012, 12:53:07 pm ---Hmmm, I always get the doodle, both on my phone and on my computer. What do you use for your search engine?
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