Fine art

made 448 lithographs, woodcuts and wood engravings and over 2000 drawings and sketches. He was born as the fourth and youngest son of a civil engineer and failed his high school exams, however enrolled in the School for Architecture and Decorative Arts in Haarlem. Escher plays with architecture, perspective and impossible spaces. “I believe that producing pictures, as do I do, is almost solely a question of wanting so very much to do it well” – M.C. Escher. Analysis The Hand with Reflecting…

Clever TITLE here The Octavia Art Gallery currently exhibits two artists: Regina Scully and Iva Gueorguieva. Regina Scully’s works consisted of acrylics of an abstract nature. The use of various vibrant colours in her works, as well as their abstract and subjective essence, made them fascinating to behold. Her work reminded me of Kandinsky’s. I could have spent close to an hour fully examining and exploring her many works in the Gallery. Conversely, I would and did spend minimal time observing…

Cityscapes Over Time Cityscape photography has not been a stagnant process, but a dynamic art that has grown and morphed over time. There have been changes in both the technical details of taking such photos, and in the intents of the products. After the invention of photography in 1839, drastic changes in the approaches and techniques of cityscape photographers occurred multiple times and for a plethora of reasons. Not only did the process of taking photos become easier, but the whole purpose…

and the world over. From a young age, Louis Comfort Tiffany aspired to create art. His career progressed and changed forms in many ways while he developed as a creator and designer. Tiffany created a prolific amount of design pieces. His innovation and designs brought him international acclaim. Louis Comfort Tiffany was a markedly successful American artist and designer; a true pioneer in the glassmaking industry and Art Nouveau movement. Louis Comfort Tiffany was born in New York City on…

Art therapy is also a common type of therapy. Expressive art therapy is the use of creative arts as a form of therapy and is a fantastic field that has proven to work wonders in many people’s lives. It can help someone express themselves, explore their emotions, manage addictions, and improve their self-esteem( Art Therapy 2). Art is something that can be of much importance to one 's life even when not in a therapeutic setting. That being said, art is a great way to see the…

question reality and think deeper about the little things that we have in life. Rene Magritte was a Belgium surrealist painter, born in Belgium, Germany on November 21, 1898. At the age of 18 he left home and attended the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts art school for two years in Brussels. In 1921 he served in the military for one year but then came home and married his long life friend Georgette Berger. Before becoming a popular artist he worked in the commercial advertising business to…

It argues about the idea of nature which many fade away in the state of ecology. The thought of nature comes between ecological structure of art, philosophy, culture and politics. While writing this book he was living in the woods and his house was almost a mile away from the neighbor. He figured that there are six major elements that play an important part, which are rendering, the medial,…

According to Duran surrealist like, “ Dali, clearly believed in the liberating effect of the unconscious. However, the surrealists' early infatuation with Freud obscured Freud's contention that the unconscious was something to be expressed in dream, art, etc., in order to divest oneself of its pernicious effects in bourgeois society… Most surrealists, however, ignored Freud's negative approach to the unconscious, and used Freud as a scientific justification for rebellion against … society…

The Wayang Kulit is a famous shadow puppet play in Indonesia. Wayang means shadow and Kulit means leather. This is to be said one of the earliest forms of puppet dancing, going back to the year 800. The origin of the Wayang Kulit comes from Indonesia, although there have been arguments that it also could have come from China. This style of theater is based on the "Ramayana" and the "Mahabharata". The Ramayana is a story where a prince Rama tries to rescue his wife from an evil king and The…

I. Attention getter: Does anyone of you know Mona Lisa? Most of the people know it because it is the most recognizable and parodied painting of all time but have anyone of you ever wonder what the painting is all about? And the most important question is; do you know who created all these well-known painting and what other masterpiece he did? “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” - Leonardo da Vinci (BrainyQuote.com n.d) Leonardo da Vinci is a writer, mathematician, inventor and…