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Eternal Testaments of Brilliance: 1000 Monuments of Genius
Since the mythical Tower of Babel, humans have continuously tried to erect monuments to match their oversized egos. With ancient ziggurats, the Taj Mahal or the Empire State Building, man has for centuries demonstrated his force by raising structures for purposes both religious and profane.
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Shelley’s Art Musings – Voluptuous Women in Art
What you probably don’t imagine is a much curvier woman, who has love handles and stretch marks. She doesn’t have the perfect thigh gap, in fact there is probably no gap at all, and her breasts are probably not as perky as you imagined the first woman’s to be. You probably are not thinking that her clothes are a pulling on her hips and that she might look less than perfect. Of course, I might be casting a massive aspersion here, and making the assumption that is how everyone would picture the perfect woman, simply because this is how the media portrays women, to a rather unhealthy level. Women and…
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Shelley’s Art Musings – Book Review: Greek Sculpture by Edmund Von Mach
I am a huge fan of Greek art and mythology, and really the two things go hand in hand. The mythology element helped shape many of the stories and language that we still know and use today and the artworks heavily influenced art movements in the western world, so it would make sense for any art lover to have, at least a rudimentary understanding of both. Edmund Von Mach has created a great read which covers the techniques and principles of Greek sculpture, but I would say that this is aimed at those who already understand the mythology which inspired the artists, there sculptures not only acting as things of…
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