The history of humanity consists of people’s search for the superior to themselves. They feel the need to adhere and shape their sacred, separating the spiritual from the material. Civilization ...
FROM THE ABSEBCE OF MATTER TO THE METAPHYSICAL RUIN Matter is essential to architecture, be it palpable or not. Our traditional understanding of what a building is, and its purposes, is ...
Salvador Dalí Salvador Dalí was a famous Spanish artist. He is recognized mainly for his paintings, however, he also worked as a writer, graphic designer, set designer, model among other activities. S...
Edgar Degas Edgar Degas was a famous French painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He lived between 1834 and 1917. He was born into a wealthy family, his mother American and his father a French banker. T...
Mary Cassatt Mary Cassatt is considered the painter of mothers and children. She was an American artist, who lived between 1844 and 1926. Mary’s mother was an educated woman, she believed that t...
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital of the Argentine Republic. The country is located in the south of America. Its official language is Spanish. It limits to the east with the Río de la Plata. Th...
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...
The intriguing nature of the ancient monuments and their history never cease to amaze us. It doesn’t matter in which part of the world we grew up, we all seem to be attracted by the mystery of o...
Fikret Mualla, known as the Turkish Picasso, started his art career in Switzerland, where he went to study. When he was broke for a short time in Switzerland, he applied to the consulate and went to G...
Jean-Michel Basquiat Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960 – 1988) was an American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican origins. His life was very short and unstable, but very productive artistically. From a...
Popular paintings An interesting case happened this year on van Gogh’s birthday. On the birthday of the painter, his artwork “Spring Garden” in the Singer Laren Museum...
Remedios Varo´s Surrealism Remedios Varo was a famous surrealist artist. She worked mainly in painting, although she also ventured into literature and graphic art. Born in Spain in 1908, she sh...
Carlos Cruz-Diez The Venezuelan artist (Venezuela, 1923 – Paris, 2019), who later acquires French nationality, is considered one of the most relevant artists of optical and kinetic art. During h...
Florence Foster Jenkins (July 19, 1868 – November 26, 1944) was in love with music and opera but did not have the ear and voice of music. She was the famous name of American high society who lef...
2020 was a tremendously unusual year for most of us. Covid-19 changed our lives more than we could ever imagine. It caused significant changes and challenges in the film industry. For instance,...
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746 – 1828) The renowned Spanish painter is considered one of the great masters in the history of art. His style evolved as the years went by, from the beginning Rococo...
Mythology is defined as a discipline of science that studies all the extraordinary stories about the creation and end of the universe, gods and humans when science was not yet available. Greek Mytholo...
Female writers who fought to bridge gaps in a men’s society in order to get recognized for their literary works. This is the essence and talent of women. Love and passion. 11 Female Writers Jane...
Appealing Sculptures with Background Stories Throughout history, humankind has been in an effort to externalize his emotions through art. Even if we do not have a precise date information about histor...
ART101: 4 20-th Century Art Movement You SHOULD Know It’s time to find out the history of art. ART101 is the most convenient way to start. Let’s focus on some of the...