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3 ARTISTS to reference to look like you know what you're talking about
You walk into an art gallery and freeze up not knowing where to put your hands or your thoughts. Your friend in their thrifted jumpsuit and oversized glasses points to a large painting of swirling colours and mutters something about the surrealism, you nod politely...
By Jean Kruger5 years ago in Geeks
PAINTING FOREVER
Miniature painting is a traditional style of painting. It is defined by detailed subjects on small-sized mediums, often smaller than 1/6th of the original size. Miniature painting traces its roots back to the medieval ages as illuminations, painted to have the smoothest surface. It is speculated that it was influenced by the medallions and pendants of Ancient Rome as well.
By Dandelionclub5 years ago in Geeks
The realistic school of acting on Google Arts & Culture thanks to Italian actor Giovanni Morassutti.
As it turns out, Giovanni Morassutti, Italian actor, theatre director and long time student and collaborator of John Strasberg just finished filming Italian movie Fra due battiti alongside Remo Girone, has an art related project in the pipeline, too. His cultural center, Art Aia - Creatives / In / Residence, in collaboration with Google Arts and Culture, will launch an online exhibition, on the history and peculiarities of the discussed "Method" from Stanislavsky to Lee Strasberg.
By Fred Goldman5 years ago in Geeks
How Frida Kahlo’s Affair With a Communist Revolutionary Influenced Her Art
Frida Kahlo was born into an era of political upheaval, revolutionary ideas, and the age of world war. In 1910, her native country, Mexico, was plunged into the Marxist movement. As her childhood progressed, she witnessed the armed rebels fighting against the repression of peasant classes and promoting indigenous Mexican culture called "Mexicanidad."
By Kamna Kirti5 years ago in Geeks
The Female Painter Who Fought Patriarchy Through Her Paintings
Artemisia Gentileschi was one of the rare female 17th-century Baroque painters in the male-dominated art world. Her art was overshadowed for a very long time as she was raped by a famous artist Agostino Tassi when she was young.
By Kamna Kirti5 years ago in Geeks
PAINTING FOREVER
One of the fundamental aspects of art is space. It concerns the distance between or the area around and within shapes, colors, forms, and lines. It includes all types of grounds such as background, middle ground, and foreground. It can be positive or negative, open or closed, two-dimensional or three-dimensional, shallow or deep.
By Dandelionclub5 years ago in Geeks
An analysis of "The First Picture Show"
Edward Wachtel’s article “The First Picture Show: Cinematic Aspects of Cave Art” has an interesting premise; Wachtel suggests that cave art has a different way of addressing time and motion than contemporary art (Wachtel). There are some flaws in Wachtel’s ideas about the use of the caves, however the ideas he presented on the perspectives of the artists and how the art was intended to be presented seems to be sound. So Wachtel has made a great point on viewing and investigating cave art, but as usual the purpose of cave art remains dubious.
By Gus Krider5 years ago in Geeks
