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Michelangelo, Leonardo and Soybeans - Bing Limousin
"Art should speak on its own. It should be a synthesis between the artist, the observer and all the forces in the cosmos...It shouldn't be a crossword puzzle!" Boy could Buddy get worked up about this stuff. Now I know why he prefers growing soybeans and leaves art to his own solitude. ... Submitted 1 year 290 days ago.

Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz, a legendary comic strip artist Charles Schulz Museum - James Banner
Peanuts – no not the peanuts that you eat, but the cartoon show with Charlie Brown and the gang. Who is Charlie Brown? Yes, I asked myself that same question. Ah no not really, I’m joking. Everyone knows who Charlie Brown is. Yes you do. You probably grew up with the show. I most... Submitted 1 year 10 days ago.

The Birthday and Art of French Painter Paul Cézanne – Impressionist and Cubist Pioneer - Gregory Lewis
PARIS, FR - Few painters have had a university named after them. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) was a dark, enigmatic French painter of the Post-impressionist period. Cézanne rode the wave of a new style called Cubism that ushered in with the new 20 th Century. It was an avant-garde... Submitted 1 year 22 days ago.

Contemporary Paintings, Modern Art, and Abstract Art - What's the Difference? - Jaison Cianelli
"One Verse" Abstract Painting by Jaison Cianelli This is a basic question, and a little confusing to answer because the terms "contemporary," "modern," and "abstract" can be used interchangeably at times. Let us start with "modern art." Modern art is a classification of an art period... Submitted 2 years 119 days ago.

The Genesis of Computer Art – FORTRAN (Backus) a Computer Art Medium Creates a Mosaic Mona Lisa - Carl Chesal
Where did computer art, computer graphics and computer animation begin? Written communication became sharable and pervasive once stone etchings were replaced with the mobility of paper and ink. Similarly once computer languages advanced from machine or assembly code to third generation... Submitted 4 years 304 days ago.

On 3 Musicians By Pablo Picasso - Brandon Fuhrmann
In 1921 3 Musicians was created by Pablo Picasso as a farewell piece to Synthetic cubism. Cubism itself consists of different points of view, typically created through geometric figures, which are then compiled into one complete painting. Cubism lasted for fifteen years and evolved into... Submitted 4 years 314 days ago.

Renaissance Inventions: Classical Humanism, Embraced Then Rejected - Brenda Harness
Feeding much of intellectual thought during the Early Renaissance was the concept of classical humanism , a movement based on human worth and dignity and man's place in the natural world. It was believed by those proponents of Renaissance humanism that within the classics of ancient Greek and... Submitted 5 years 30 days ago.

Botticelli: From the Birth of Venus to a Bonfire of the Vanities - Brenda Harness
Most of the Western world is familiar with the image of Venus as she rises from the sea on a clamshell in the famous Italian Renaissance painting by Sandro Botticelli. With its lyrical, graceful beauty, the work we know so well is properly named The Birth of Venus and sometimes affectionately... Submitted 5 years 79 days ago.

Offer Thanks To Nero - Brenda Harness
Why, one might ask, would modern civilization owe a debt of gratitude to the unpopular, infamous Roman emperor Nero, dead two thousand years ago by his own hand? For those folks not tuned in to their own historical roots, Nero is an important part of your culture, notjust a computer... Submitted 5 years 120 days ago.

History of Ta Moko - Maori Tattoo - Ann Lewis
Maori tattoo The practice of making tattoos by the native people of New Zealand is ancient; it existed before the coming of Europeans. Tattooing is one of the most considerable events of Maori culture. The process of marking the body is called Ta Moko. These tattoos were worn to signify... Submitted 109 days 17 hours ago.

Anyone Can Become an Artist© - - Arlene Wright-Correll
This week’s “Art Only Spoken Here” question asks, “You keep contending that anyone can become an artist and that art is everywhere. How do you support that?” What a challenging question and I have racked my brain and perhaps this will support my premise. When I... Submitted 208 days 23 hours ago.

Discussing More Art Terms© - - Arlene Wright-Correll
This week we have two good questions. Question number 1 asks, “What is Egg Tempera painting?” Egg tempera painting is a process that uses egg yolk to bind pigments. Usually the artist manufactures the paints him or herself by mixing finely ground pigment, water and diluted egg... Submitted 261 days 14 hours ago.

What Exactly is Art? © - - Arlene Wright-Correll
This week’s email question asks, “What exactly is art and what exactly is an artist?” Boys, this is a tough question and I will answer this question pertaining to the visual 2-D and 3-D arts simply because that is the world in which I live. However, art lacks a truly... Submitted 349 days ago.

Starving Artists--Chasing the Impossible Dream - Joseph N. Kolton
A Van Gogh sells for one hundred and thirty-nine million, a Picasso sells for one hundred and six million, a Titian (who?) sells for seventy million, what pray tell is going on here? The one thing an outsider (us that are un-cultured in art, possibly even uncouth) know is that the common link... Submitted 1 year 114 days ago.

The Happiness of Renoir - Catheringarney Garney
Monet and Renoir met each other in Paris already in 1862, while they were studying under Charles Gleyre. Renoir also met and befriended Alfred Sisley and Frdric Bazille there. However, it was not until that first impressionist exhibition more than 10 years later that Renoir and Monet really... Submitted 1 year 122 days ago.

Cubism Today - Catheringarney Garney
Among the most mentioned artistic movements of the 20th century, we find Cubism. The name itself I widely known and yet what the movement is, what it stands for and who its main contributors are is not something most people can readily answer. As such, identifying what the impact of the movement... Submitted 1 year 122 days ago.

Art As An Allegorical Figure - - Maurice Robertson
Mankind has always been attracted to beauty. At no time through the long passage of history has humanity not been expressed through art. In every corner of the world, in every society, known as civilized or uncivilized, art, as an expression of that society, has flowered. We can still look with... Submitted 1 year 287 days ago.

Banksy Canvas Prints - Some Background To The Art and The Artist - - Robin Webster
"Banksy" is without doubt the UK's most notorious graffiti artist. To this day he remains anonymous and perhaps the major reason for him to hide behind a mask of secrecy is that it intensifies the hype surrounding his art. Many people have their theories on who Banksy might be and some people... Submitted 1 year 300 days ago.

The Incredible Secret of Sacred Geometry: What Makes It Sacred, and What Does that Cause? - Andrew Shimanoff
Sacred geometry is a term that is used to describe a type of geometry that is based on proportions or ratios that are found throughout nature and the universe, thus enabling mathematicians to figure out the laws or formulas that come from these "hidden codes within nature." These codes are then... Submitted 2 years 211 days ago.

Firing A Flintlock Rifle In Twelve "Easy" Steps - - JoAnn Graham
I wonder if we ever consider how easy we have it with modern firearms? Aim, pull the trigger and fire. We even have scopes that allow anyone to hit a target with pinpoint accuracy.It was not always so simple. In the 17th and 18th centuries, before the advent of percussion ball and cap and long... Submitted 2 years 351 days ago.

American Impressionism. Learning from exhibitions. - - Antony Walles
Since the late 19th century, Americans have had a fascination with Impressionism , a French-born style of painting depicting landscapes and scenes of everyday life revealed through natural light and virtuoso brushwork. The Phillips Collection, America's first Museum of Modern Art, which began in... Submitted 3 years 56 days ago.

Flower Paintings: Famous Floral Art Recognized Today - - Ashley VanLandingham
Flowers have universal meaning as well as specialized ones in virtually all parts of the world. It's no wonder that they have long been the subject of paintings, and there endless famous flower paintings widely recognized today. Floral art has also been an important part of many famous painters'... Submitted 3 years 184 days ago.

The Evolution of Graffiti as an Art - - Mark Traston
Art has always been, and will always be, a form of self- expression. Through it, one can convey one's thoughts and feelings to other people. It is one form of self- expression in which a person does not have to be called an artist in order to make use of it. It knows no boundaries and is... Submitted 3 years 227 days ago.

A Brief History of Oil Painting - - Mark Traston
Writing in his book The Lives of Artists in the 16th century, Italian artist and critic Giorgio Vasari used the term "renaissance" for the first time to describe the resurgence of culture and learning based on classical Greek and Arabic texts, which began and spread from Italy in the 14th century... Submitted 3 years 314 days ago.

A Brief History of Pop Art in Britain and America - Robin Webster
After the Second World War there followed a huge transitional period across Europe and the United States . Major reconstruction was the order of the day across Europe and, slowly, an increasing prosperity and abundance was enjoyed by the populous in these territories. It was the dawn of a new era... Submitted 4 years 252 days ago.