Visiting the museum is a great way to travel and catch a glimpse into the fascinating histories of the past. Additionally, buying art is a way to hold onto these experiences for a long time. Ho...
Welcome back to yet another instalment of Art 101 – this time focusing on Romanesque Art! Background to the Romanesque period The Romanesque era covers the period from around 1000 AD to t...
The Medieval Period – Carolingian Art Welcome back to the Art 101 series, where we will be talking about Carolingian Art.. This week we will talk about the first of our three topics for the Medi...
Welcome to the second topic in our Art 101 series – Illuminated manuscripts. Today we will be taking a whistle-stop tour through the history of illuminated manuscripts across Europe from...
Notre-Dame de la Garde is a Catholic basilica in Marseille, France. Its official name means “Our Lady of the Guard”, but locals know it as la Bonne Mère (“the Good Mother”) because they regard the bui...
The first instalment of the Art 101 series The first post of this week will look at Ancient Art – focusing briefly on each of the following: Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age art.  ...
We all have heard about the myth of Atlantis at some point in our lives. There are many theories and different opinions on this topic and all of them are so interesting and are worth a read. Several w...
Bernini and the “Bel Composto” How Gian Lorenzo Bernini created a marriage of art, light and architecture in his works Bernini and his background Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598 – ...
Who is Callen Schaub? Callen Schaub, one of the popular Canadian contemporary artists of our era, has become popular via Instagram and he started crafting his art in this medium. He also presents his ...
Introduction Compared to the general Italian Renaissance, Venetian Renaissance has quite different features from other city-states in Italy. This is because of the topographic aspects that isolate the...
Ever enjoyed the beauty of an Indian classical dancer fully groomed in the traditional costume and with the bells that give the soul to the music. The Ghungroo is a kind of musical anklet that is tied...
Origin The first appearance of the term “rinascita”, which means rebirth, comes from the fundamental source of information on Italian art “Lives of the Artists”(c.1550) by Giorgio Vasari, ...
When visiting Paris, many know to aim for the world-famous Lourve museum for their art education. But hidden in the City of Lights, on the banks of the Seine, lives another museum well worth your time...
What come to the minds of many people when they hear the term ‘baroque’ is probably dark, gloomy yet dramatic paintings. While these assumptions may hold some truth , baroque art is not limited to pai...