Pittura Infamante: Images as the Ultimate Weapon of Shame
During the 13th century, in a specific area of Italy, the power of images gave birth to Pittura Infamante, a defamatory form of painting.
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Neyra Behi
- Mar 19, 2022
- 7 min
Georges Seurat’s Pointillism – Painting in Dots
Seurat, G. (1889–1890). Le Chahut (Cancan) [Oil on canvas]. The Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands. Pointillism is a technique...
Federica Panico
- Mar 16, 2022
- 5 min
A Critique of Capitalism: Banksy’s Street Art
Throughout his career, Banksy has explored and revisited his critique of capitalism and consumerism, always delivering important messages.
Emmanuel Flores
- Mar 13, 2022
- 5 min
The Teleological Evolution of Art
The teleological function of art is as an ambassador of the human soul to future generations…
Pelin Burcu Ozturk
- Mar 9, 2022
- 8 min
Caravaggio: Genius, Provoker, Murderer and the Master
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was simply known as Caravaggio. He was born in Milan in the late 16th century and grew up in...
Gabriel FR
- Mar 7, 2022
- 5 min
What Western Art Owes to the World
The Quai-Branly Museum in Paris houses more than seventy thousand works - fetishes, thrones, masks, weapons, jewelry, textiles - that...
Oliver Nicholson
- Mar 6, 2022
- 8 min
Aesthetic Experience In The Theatre 101: Why have Art? What is Theatre's Place?
Foreword From its earliest beginnings in Greek Tragedy through its history to the modern day, drama has exerted a fascination for...
Neyra Behi
- Mar 6, 2022
- 8 min
James Whistler’s Nocturnes in American Art
McNeill Whistler, J. A. (1866). Nocturne, The Solent [Oil Painting]. Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, United States. The emergence of nocturne...
Alicia Macías Recio
- Feb 24, 2022
- 5 min
Digital Property Limits and Educational Implications
Who owns the information you share on the Internet? Education as the first step to take to generate awareness and responsibility.
Oliver Nicholson
- Feb 20, 2022
- 5 min
Art Never Improves: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
"Sculptural energy is the mountain. Sculptural feeling is the appreciation of masses in relation. Sculptural ability is the defining of...
Neyra Behi
- Feb 12, 2022
- 7 min
Creative Writing 102 : The Digitalization of Creative Writing Through Video Games
Trent Hergenrader's experimental method of incorporating videogames in creative writing classes.
Neyra Behi
- Feb 11, 2022
- 7 min
The Rayonist Art of Mikhail Larionov and Natalya Goncharova
“Painting is self-sufficient; it has its own forms, color and timbre. Rayonism is concerned with spatial forms that can arise from the...
Anna-Aikaterini Bati
- Feb 10, 2022
- 4 min
Alekos Fassianos: the Picasso of Greece
January 16, 2022 was a dark day of mourning for the Greek art world as it said the last goodbye to one of the most famous Greek artists,...
Aylin Usta
- Feb 5, 2022
- 6 min
Transferring Native Artwork into Modernity: Bunky Echo-Hawk
Bunky Echo-Hawk is an Indian fine artist that promotes the invisible side of Indians within his arts. His artworks handle the social...
Pourandokht Mazaheri
- Jan 27, 2022
- 3 min
Tonalism in Fine Arts: The Legacy of a Subtle Art Movement
George Inness, The Home of the Heron, oil on canvas, 1891. Tonalism started as a painting movement characterized by a magical feel, hazy...
Gaelle Abou Nasr
- Jan 24, 2022
- 4 min
Symbolism 101: An Introduction
Discoursing the influence and legacy of symbolist works can be a challenge, especially considering the dozens of great symbolists...
Pourandokht Mazaheri
- Jan 17, 2022
- 4 min
Cubism in a Nutshell: A Modern Art Movement
"Cubism is ... a picture for its own sake. Literary Cubism does the same thing in literature, using reality merely as a means and not as...
Aylin Usta
- Jan 15, 2022
- 5 min
Attacking Patriarchal Norms With Art: We Keep Our Victims Ready, Karen Finley
Karen Finley is an American performance artist, musician, and poet. She is known for her performance in "We Keep Our Victims Ready",...
Alicia Macías Recio
- Jan 11, 2022
- 8 min
Visual Literacy 101: A Critical Eye to the Situation - Visual Literacy
This article seeks to expand the interpretative possibilities of the individual and considers the artistic fact as an act of resistance.
Lujza Varga
- Jan 10, 2022
- 7 min
Faces of a Goddess: Artemis
The goddes Artemis (Diana, Potnia Theron, etc.) had many forms, yet she possessed an unbroken vogue through the millennia. Meet her faces!
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