The body as a means of representation of various aspects of human concerns was always present through the ages in different artistic creations.
The Body as a Concept of Representation
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Aspekts of Greek Pottery related to the Olympic Games
The Olympic games, one of the most glorious and respected events of our century, were born in Ancient Greece. The official date of the first games is estimated at 776 BC.
The Venetian Scuole: Aspects of 15th and 16th century Art
Among many characteristics of Venetian culture, the most interesting is the way Venetians built their social structures based beside the initial government, on the Scuole Grande, Scuole Piccole, and Guilds.
The Basics of Art History
The Rise of Civilization. The first structures of civilization appeared in Mesopotamia. Region is situated between two rivers, Tigris and Euphrates, also known as a Fertile Crescent. In the fourth millennium emerged the first urban communities. There were many...
Symbolism and composition in Bellini’s votive portraiture
Giovanni Bellini’s Madonna of the Red Cherubs (see fig.1) stays apart from all his other votive portraitures of Virgin and Child.
Pieter Brueghel’s painting The Return from the Inn as a symbolic regard of his contemporary
Pieter Brueghel’s painting The Return from the Inn as a symbolic regard of his contemporary The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts copy of Pieter Brueghel the Younger painting Return from the Inn (see fig.1), or as titled in The Dictionary of Art: The Drunk...