Chinese ink painting is one of the longest-running artistic traditions on earth. The brush strokes conjuring figurative scenes, often mountains and river valleys, were typically produced by the governing literati. The form’s creative zenith came during the Song Dynasty (960-1279). Western pre-emi...
Queen Vraruka, the mother of Vrinis. It is located and hung behind the huge mahagony thrones of the Mistress and her Consort, overlooking the seatings of the council or other gatherings the Mistress sees fit, even during the weekly hearings of the citizens. The cold gaze of the former...
The man wanted to paint and people could get in the way. It leads me to believe that the numerous small floral compositions might have been quick, tourist executions. You know, the kind of thing a master would toss off in a matter of seconds to offer a visitor in order to speed them...
Liz jan. The real name of the monument isWe are our mountains.It means our bodies are part of our land, that is why you see only the heads. The rock is red tuff. It was brought from Armenia when the monument was built in the ‘60s. There is none of that stone here.’ ...
Antique Scottish Oil Painting Castle Ruins Overlooking Majestic Highland Loch Francis E. Jamieson Antique Scottish Oil Painting Castle Ruins Highland Loch Scene Golden Sky H 22 in W 32 in Francis E. Jamieson Scottish Highlands Loch Scene with Ancient Castle, signed antique oil painting, c.1920s ...
This fluid paint, rich in the mythos of unintended consequence, taught me to believe in the accident as a tool to enlightenment and forward progress. As a young man, just arrived to New Mexico, I drove for Pony Express, a courier service. My route took me between Santa Fe, Los Alamos,...
You will learn how to create stunning detail, such as snowy distant mountains, a bright meadow with a forest of trees, as well as a large foreground tree to balance the painting. Each step of the painting is explained in a detailed and easy to understand way, so you can easily follow ...
(page 37, Dali by Gilles Neret) shows a horse in the process of metamorphosing into a rock on a smooth almost glacier-like plane with mountains in the distance and a solitary figure who looks to be walking in the direction of a giant rock. The long shadows and the colour of the ...
We had a stereoscopic view taken by Mr. Soule out of our parlor-window, overlooking the town of Cambridge, with the river and the bridge in the foreground. Now, placing this view in the stereoscope, and looking with the left eye at the right stereographic picture, while the right eye loo...
the Sierra Mountains, the Rockies, Latin America, and Mexico. They tried to express a love of nature and a feeling for man's place in it. At the same time, culture was becoming the province of all people not just a wealthy elite. Thus, as foreigners looked on in amazement, the Hudson...