and the artist’s onlyeasel painting. While the statue (Madonna and Child) is blocky and immobile, the painting (Holy Family) and one of the reliefs (Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John) are full of motion; they show arms and legs of figures interweaving in actions that imply ...
Examines the Victorian genre painting 'Studio of Salvator Rosa in the Mountains of the Abruzzi,' by Thomas Jones Barker. Background on the career of poet and painter Salvator Rosa; Techniques used by Barker in the composition of the painting; Functions of the paintings.Barryte...
To distinguish between myth, legend, and folktale can be useful, provided it is remembered that the Greeks themselves did not do so. Religious myths the gods on OlympusThe gods on Olympus: Athena, Zeus, Dionysus, Hera, and Aphrodite. Detail of a painting on a Greek cup; in the National ...
Legend has it that it originated in ancient times when people offered sacrifices to the village god, which later gradually evolved into a marketplace for people to exchange products and a place for a cultural performance. The temple fairs, usually on the open ground or near a temple, are hel...
Legend of History is his father, Phillip of Macedonia. Just as a great playwright does not bask in the limelight, but the actors, so it was with Phillip and his son Alexander the Great. Phillip conceived and planned everything, building the army and beginning the Persian expedition before ...
Chinese figure painting, from archaic art works and artifacts to modern museum exhibits, has traversed a long course of history. The unique qualities of brush invest Chinese painting with a strong sense of linearity and expressiveness of brushwork. To depict what's in their physical and mind's ...
The legend has it that Cao Zhi fell in love with the governor’s daughter. However, she married his brother and the prince became upset. Later, he composed an cotional poem about the love between the goddess and common people. In the 4th century, Gu Kaizhi, a Chinese artist, was moved...
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Greek mythology, body of stories concerning the gods, heroes, and rituals of theancient GreeksandClassical antiquity. That themythscontained a considerable element offictionwas recognized by the more criticalGreeks, such as thephilosopherPlatoin the 5th–4th centurybce. In general, however, in the ...