Vanitas,” Latin for “vanity,” is a style of painting containing symbols of mortality, but may also include symbols of vanity (such as mirrors and musical instruments), expressing the emptiness and worthless nature of worldly goods. According to art dealer Carlton Hobbs, Belgian painter Antoine...
When the dying tyrant Nero proclaimed on his death bed “Oh, what an artist that perishes in me!” his remarks reveal more than just the arrogance of history’s darkest man. They also reveal the almost immutable cultural connection between art and great suffering; between the artist and the sufferer....
Vincent Van Gogh was considered as the proponent of post-impressionist painting. He was famous for his distinctive use of colours and bold brush strokes which seemed to incorporate his feelings for the painting and his emotions while painting his works of art. Vincent Van Gogh was born in Holland...
Most artists are familiar with the word gesso. It is an important art supply that is used in sculpture, painting, gilding, and mixed media. Gesso was traditionally made from chalk (in fact, gesso is Italian for chalk), plaster and gypsum. The chalk gave gesso its distinct white color, though in...
Historians have uncovered tiny numbers painted into Da Vinci's Mona Lisa's eyes. Art Historian Silvano Vinceti made the discovery following close inspection of the world renown painting hanging at the Louvre in Paris, France. Silvano led a team of art experts from Italy's national Cultural Heritage...
Pop artist Damian Hirst's paint job on an Audi A1 helped the car sell for over $525,000 at a recent charity auction for Elton John's AIDS Foundation. The A1, Audi's answer to the Mini Cooper, was spin painted by Hirst in shades of pink, green, red and white. There's no word on the identity...
Aesop's FablesBy Aesop Translated by George Fyler Townsend The Wolf and the Lamb Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you...
After what seemed like a never-ending lackluster season of American Idol, Lee Dewyze emerged the winner of Idol 2010. But did the right person win? Crystal Bowersox seemed to turn in solid performances week after week, and while paint salesman Lee Dewyze was no slouch, it seems that his backstory...
After scouring book reviews and Wikipedia, a list of the Top Ten Best Apocalyptic Novels was born. The books on this list take you down the darkest paths in uncivilized worlds, from cannibalistic gangs to vampire infected corpses. If this list doesn't get you thinking on the quickest way stock your...
Some things might have been better off not being invented. Now we're not denying that these come with some good ... convenience, connectedness, etc. We're just saying... sometimes the bad seems to outweigh the good.
