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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The 15 Coolest Cases of Biomimicry listed such great ideas as Velcro, Gecko Tape and Whalepower Wind Turbines to illustrate some applications of the developing engineering practice of designing sustainable human technologies inspired by nature. Here are some more examples coming out of the biomimetics...
Sumi-e is an Asian style of painting. The tradition dates back a thousand years, and though it is largely associated with China, it is also practiced in Japan and Korea. Sumi-e uses the same tools of Asian calligraphy: ink and brushes. It takes a very “zen” approach, which means that it values...
