"Life is short, the art long" [Hippocrates Aphorisms]"Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible" [Paul Klee Inward Vision]"Art is a revolt against fate" [André Malraux Les Voix du silence]"Art is...pattern informed by sensibility" [Herbert Read The Meaning of Art]"...
In this article, the author proposes a model for teaching Art across Key Stages 1 to 3, which takes the concept of ‘Universal Themes’ as its central focus. He welcomes the emphasis on ideas, meanings and communications contained within the new National Curriculum 2000 document for Art & ...
The Meaning of Upper Paleolithic ArtA. 只提到洞穴被标记为神圣的地方，但没有提到这些绘画是为了宣示对周围土地的所有权。
In the post-medium condition the meaning of the work is in the context. The meaning is also in an active practice and enactment through fictional framework. What force of ideology is behind the represented work is usually very important. […] Simulative trend towards social practice is where ...
the work is painted withtranslucentoil glazes that produce brilliant jewel-like colour and a glossy surface. EarlyNorthern Renaissance painters were more concerned with the detailed reproduction of objects and their symbolic meaning than with the study of scientific perspective and anatomy even after the...
These works extend his ongoing investigation into the way we construct meaning, history, and identity. At 443 West 18th Street, the focus shifts to Kentridge’s printmaking practice, with thirty works spanning two decades. From layered self-portraits to typewriters and fractured portraits of Soviet...
Daumier’s types were universal: businessmen, lawyers, doctors, professors, and petits bourgeois. His treatment of his lithographs was sculptural, leading Balzac to say about him that he had a bit of Michelangelo under his skin. Daumier’s sculptures have still not been sufficiently studied. The...
It comes from the Italian word pentirsi, meaning “to repent” or “to regret.” But in art history, a pentimento is not about tears… READ MORE Pentimento: When Painters Change Their Minds and the Past Peeks Through Mannerism | Renaissance Alessandro Allori: The Last Flourish of Florentine...
…no universal movement, figure, form, style, or function. Neither does a specific movement, figure, form, style, or function identify a dance as a folk dance. The simplest approach to definition might be to say that folk dances are those dances identified with and performed by folk dancers...
The term “art” is related to the Latin word “ars” meaning, art, skill, or craft. The first known use of the wordartis revealed in 13th-century manuscripts. However, the word and its many variants (artem,eart, etc.) have probably existed since the founding of Rome. ...