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The essence of Indian art through the ages
From the Greeks, Persians, and Central Asians to the Arabs and Mughals, these interactions introduced new art forms, architectural styles, and cultural practices.
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Beauty of The Viennese Secession through Gustav Klimt’s eyes
“I am not interested in myself as a subject for painting, but in others, particularly women…”Beautiful, sensuous and above all erotic, Gustav Klimt’s paintings speak of a world of opulence and leisure, which seems aeons away from the harsh, post-modern environment we live in now.
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Shelley’s Art Musing – Greek Myth Influences on Art
When thinking about Greek myths, or any myths, legends or religion for that matter, you probably have some very defined ideas of what the characters in those stories look like. For example, if I were writing about Zeus, you would probably be thinking of an aging yet muscular, bearded man, with a thunderbolt in one hand and an animal of some kind around him. If I were to have said Jesus, you would have thought of a dark-haired, bearded gentleman in a white robe and a halo of light around his head. These are accepted symbols and images used in the art world to portray figures of mythological or religious…
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The meltdown of Europe – as told by toys
When contemporary Art meets the sad European news It all started in 2013, when Nikos Papadopoulos was playing with his eldest son John-Marios. “We were pretending to go to bed using Playmobil – and it gave me the idea to recreate scenes not only about home life, but the whole of society,” he says. Since then, the 36-year-old comedy writer from Thessaloniki has become Greece’s latest art star. He’s spent around €900 on Playmobil to make dozens of artworks in his living-room studio. He approaches the work like a satirist – setting up the figurines to express his political opinions (he could be called a visual columnist or a toy…
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