Depending on what language you speak, your eye perceives colours – and the world – differently than someone else.
By Aina Casaponsa and Panos Athanasopoulos, Lancaster University
23 April 2018
The human eye can physically perceive millions of colours. But we don’t all recognise these colours in the same way.
Some people can’t see differences in colours – so called colour blindness – due to a defect or absence of the cells in the retina that are sensitive to high levels of light: the cones. But the (more…)
Zbigniew Szczepanek is one the best modern watercolorist of Europe. The polish painter who is as well the historian-reconstructor devoted his last years to the castle theme. Published in 2008, the album “Zamki na Kresach” included a lot of pictures of fortification constructions that have existed before and have survived on the territory of Ukraine.
The works of Szczepanek are characterized by high level skills and accuracy. In addition, the author has his own artistic vision. Buildings from former Polish borders are (more…)
Facades: Grand Tour
By ROBERTA SMITH APRIL 4, 2018
Wells Cathedral Church of St. Andrew, 2015-2016, by Markus Brunetti. Credit Markus Brunetti/Yossi Milo Gallery, New York
Markus Brunetti’s enormous photographs pack a healthy jolt of wonder, something more likely felt in the 19th century, when the medium was invented. I felt some of it in 2015 at “Facades,” Mr. Brunetti’s American debut at the Yossi Milo Gallery. It’s still palpable in this second show there, “Facades — Grand Tour,” through April 14.
Orleans Cathedral, (more…)
On April 11-13, 2018, a Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) delegation of scientists and students will visit Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. WUT scientists (Antoni Kopit, Artur Rusowicz) and four students will take part in the International Conference of Faculty of Aerospace Systems “Intellect. Integration. Reliability”. Also a signing of a Cooperation Agreement between Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and Warsaw University of Technology as well as a meeting with the deans of Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Faculty of Aerospace (more…)
Dear Sirs,
Gdynia Maritime University had signed an agreement on cooperation with your esteemed University thus we would like to renew our mutual relations.
Let me refresh information about GMU. Here is a short description of our profile.
Gdynia Maritime University (GMU), established in 1920, is the largest state higher maritime education institution in Poland and one of the largest in Europe.
Fundamental mission of GMU is to educate officers for merchant shipping and managers for the shore-based companies of maritime industries, according to national, (more…)
