by juliettefeldman | Mar 23, 2022 | Entertainment & Culture
Art has been a form of expression for man since the beginning of time. Early sculptures and cave art show that art has existed since the beginning of human history. Artistic methods may have changed over time, but the expression of ideas and emotions has remained....
by juliettefeldman | Feb 23, 2022 | Entertainment & Culture
Salvador Dali is a Spanish painter, sculptor, filmmaker, printmaker, and performance artist. He was born May 11, 1904, and died on January 23, 1989. He lived in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain. Early Life and Childhood Dali was born in Figueres, which is a small town near...
by juliettefeldman | Jan 23, 2022 | Entertainment & Culture
Perhaps best known for his paintings Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci lived from 1452 to 1519 and was a painter, architect, inventor, and science student. He was the epitome of a Renaissance man. He was mostly self-educated and kept a notebook full of...
by juliettefeldman | Dec 23, 2021 | Entertainment & Culture
The Birth of Venus The Italian Renaissance saw an awakening of interest in the beauty and dignity of the human form, Greco-Roman influences, and humanism – all of which are on display in Botticelli’s radiant masterpiece. The Mona Lisa It wasn’t always “the most famous...
by juliettefeldman | Nov 23, 2021 | Entertainment & Culture
Tempera The go-to substance for much of ancient artwork, this consisted of more rudimentary types of paint crushed together with materials such as egg yolk to help the pigmentation cohere together. This made for a fast-drying substance that could last long, with...
by juliettefeldman | Oct 23, 2021 | Entertainment & Culture
Sometimes the most experimental and Avant Garde art isn’t what breaks through to the mainstream but helps lay the groundwork for what does. Such was the case with Dadaism, a brief, weird, but incredibly important artistic movement that set the stage for Modernist...
