Moscow Romantic Conceptualism 101: The Celebration of Solitude
Pivovarov, speaking about his viewers, agrees that they were people who were “hungry, not in physical sense but in a cultural sense”.
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Eugenia Ivanova
- Jan 22
- 7 min
Illusion and Eternity in Pieter Janssens Elinga’s “Room in a Dutch House”
The work reveals the original talent of the artist with their subtle coloristic vision, the delicacy and accuracy in conveying the mood.
Eugenia Ivanova
- Dec 11, 2022
- 5 min
Rhythm and Order in the Aesthetic Reality of Classical Athens
One of the approaches to studying a culture in its fullness and complexity is conceptualization of its representatives’ reality. Attempts...
Charlie Hartley-O'Dwyer
- Nov 26, 2022
- 8 min
The History of Cabaret in Germany
Was cabaret in Germany used to reconcile high art with popular culture or as a form of political criticism?
Eugenia Ivanova
- Nov 6, 2022
- 7 min
The Body as an Idea in Ancient Greece 101: Ancient Greek Mythology
The Olympians were anthropomorphic in many respects and the mythological tradition implied the kinship of the Greeks with their gods.
Eugenia Ivanova
- Oct 30, 2022
- 6 min
The Body as an Idea in Ancient Greece 101: The Hellenistic Period
The person of the Hellenistic period acquires greater control over their destiny and body, which distinguishes the period.
Gina Darwin-Gitonga
- Oct 23, 2022
- 6 min
Performance and Visual Art 101: Theatricality and Art
Theatricality in art is a contested area of discussion. A sophisticated tool, or form that debases artworks? How can it be defined?
Eugenia Ivanova
- Oct 2, 2022
- 8 min
The Body as an Idea in Ancient Greece 101: The Classical Period
The body in the classical tradition takes its central place in the culture and art of the period.
Eugenia Ivanova
- Sep 4, 2022
- 6 min
The Body as an Idea in Ancient Greece 101: The Archaic Period
“[…] strip to sow and strip to plough and strip to reap, if you wish to get in all Demeter's fruits in due season".
Eugenia Ivanova
- Aug 28, 2022
- 6 min
The Body as an Idea in Ancient Greece 101: Heroic Nudity
Heroic nudity implied the depiction of an ideal naked body as an allegory of a complex of the highest human qualities.
Eugenia Ivanova
- Aug 8, 2022
- 8 min
The Body as an Idea in Ancient Greece 101: The Culture of the Greek Bronze Age
The article is analysing perceptions of the body in the Aegean civilization.
Eugenia Ivanova
- Aug 1, 2022
- 4 min
Greek Body Liberated: The Rebellious Neoclassicism of Kostis Fokas
Kostis Fokas is observing body in a familiar environment of everyday life, but from a completely new angle, which goes beyond visual.
Charlotte Hone
- Jun 12, 2022
- 4 min
Isabella d'Este on Mount Parnassus
One of the great patrons and collectors of the Italian Renaissance was Isabella d’Este (1474-1539). She came from the royal bloodline of...
Martina Loiarro
- May 16, 2022
- 8 min
Outsider Art: The Case of Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Transgressive, daring, and devoided of theories, the controversial artist Hundertwasser defined with his art a World already in demise.
Analicia Garcia Priego
- May 16, 2022
- 5 min
Mexican Folk Art 101: Ancestry and Modernity
This article is an introduction to the Mexican Folk Art 101 series and explores the various changes folk art has undergone through time.
Martina Loiarro
- May 9, 2022
- 10 min
Sculpting Through Water: Art and Its Relationship with Water
A relationship between art and water through the creations of several artists among others Smithson, deCaires Taylor and Mugot.
Emmanuel Flores
- May 8, 2022
- 6 min
Axiology 101: How Do We Evaluate Art?
How do we evaluate art? And how much of that valuation derives from the relationship between art and beauty?
Valentina García Márquez
- May 1, 2022
- 9 min
Iconography in Greek Mythology
Art is not and has never been naive. From the earliest times to the present day, man has used art as a mechanism of communication in...
Martina Loiarro
- Apr 29, 2022
- 3 min
Quipus and the art of preserving indigenous identity
The precarity of nature in the art of Cecilia Vicuña Ramírez
Recently awarded with the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale
Valentina García Márquez
- Apr 16, 2022
- 5 min
Bauhaus, the School of Modernism: Where Were the Women?
In Germany during the 19th century, a century in which modernization was somewhat slower than in countries such as England, new ideas...
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