How to be both is a novel all about art’s versatility. Borrowing from painting’s fresco technique to make an original literary double-take, it’s a fast-moving genre-bending conversation between forms, times, truths and fictions. There’s a Renaissance artist of the 1460s. There’s the ...
as a would-be artist who burned out.I wrote about that last year, and ever since, I’ve been beset — every lecture I give, every gallery I pop my head into, somebody is asking me for advice. What they’re really asking is “How can I be an artist?” ...
I try to pay close attention to the way edges are handled and where the artist makes stylistic decisions, as opposed to being rigid to what can be observed. For instance, Bouguereau has greatly simplified the hair in his Jeanne piece to create larger shapes, and only in a few key spots ...
from the renaissance to the mid-nineteenth century, the goal of painting was broadly one thing: to reflect reality as accurately as possible. then, in the late 1800s, artists began experimenting with recreating the world in less realistic ways. this became known as impressionism. impressionism ...
We read some of Kakuta Mitsuyo for theUSJETAA Japanese Reading Groupin October this year. Curiously, she writes for a journal associated with Urban Renaissance, also known as UR賃貸 (UR chintai), which is a semi-governmental organization that provides housing in apartment blocks with fewer of ...
The Basics of Art: The Renaissance Era How to Be a Renaissance Man Become a Renaissance Man Without Spending a Dime Leonardo’s 11-paragraph job application Leonardo’s aerial screw Leonardo da Vinciis a tome of a book, but like other Isaacson biographies, you get sucked in and lose track...
Oil painting produced before the Renaissance, or after the Renaissance by artists of modest means, will not contain the fabulous but astronomically expensive natural blue pigment Ultramarine, made from ground up mineral Lapis Lazuli. Is the Painting Abstract or Representational? A painting can be ...
A Renaissance book explains how to paint a fresco, a durable and difficult wall painting technique based on a specific chemical composition.
Brett McKay: Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of The Art of Manliness Podcast. When we think about the Renaissance, we think of a great flowering, artistic creativity and intellectual innovation, we think about the beautiful paintings and sculptures of Michelangelo, the astute discov...
have a long-term perspective and be willing to hold onto your pieces for a number of yearsin order to see a return on your investment. Additionally, it's important to consider factors such as the artist's reputation, the condition of the artwork, and the current trends in the art market...