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...
Part 2 of the first instalment in the Art 101 series In this post we will look at the ancient art from three of the most advanced and celebrated ancient civilisations in Western Art history, sp...
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.  ...
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 – ...
Pablo Picasso was a Spanish artist (1881 – 1973), he was a painter and sculptor. Some consider him the best painter of the 20th century. Picasso is known for creating together with Georges Braqu...
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...
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 ...
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...