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Digital Art and Its Features
Digital art is an artistic work or practice that uses digital technology as part of the creative or presentation process. Since the 1960s, various names have been used to describe the process, including computer art and multimedia art. Digital art is itself placed under the larger umbrella term new media art.
By MGS4 years ago in Geeks
What makes an artist an artist?
I dabbled at drawing as a young child. Coloring and painting were fun endeavors from time to time although my efforts were short-lived and unimpressive. I sewed my own creations and even made little stuffed animals that I had my brothers help me sell. I did some paper crafts that were bookmarks. Glued things together now and then. Molded clay into unrecognizable shapes by anyone other than me. I remember being quite hurt that my father thought my horse sculpture was a cow even after I made it twice and worked extra hard at it the second time.
By Pam Reeder4 years ago in Geeks
Gloominess that can tickle your fancy
Today here, in Melbourne, the sky is blue. Some clouds are welcomed as they spread in their whiteness the luminosity of the sun. However, I sigh. Missing a little bit of the melancholy of a gloomy day.
By Avocado Nunzella BSc (Psych) -- M.A.P 4 years ago in Geeks
Carlo Valentini, Elvira the model of Modigliani
“Death overtook him when he came to glory” Being portrayed by Modì, it was used to say in the environment, was like “having your soul undressed”. The setting is that of Montmatre and Montparnasse, the portrait in particular stands out on the cover of Carlo Valentini’s book: “Elvira the model of Modigliani”.
By Patrizia Poli4 years ago in Geeks
Why Michelangelo's Women Were So Manly?
Michelangelo wrote in one of his poems, "I'm ugly." He believed he did not meet societal beauty standards. Despite this, he spent his entire life in pursuit of sublime perfection.
By Kamna Kirti4 years ago in Geeks
The Graffiti Artist Whose Painting Was Sold at $110 Million at Sotheby's
Jean-Michel Basquiat was an African American pop icon, graffiti artist, musician, and neo-expressionist painter. Although he had a brief career, it continues to cast a long shadow over the art world. After experiencing a meteoric rise early in his career, he died of a heroin overdose in 1988, aged 27.
By Kamna Kirti4 years ago in Geeks
The Artistically Grotesque Paintings of 16th-Century Italian Painter
Giuseppe Arcimboldo was a 16th-century Italian painter who became famous for his grotesque and imaginative portrait heads made up of objects like flowers, fruits, animals, or various inanimate objects. Arcimboldo was a court painter for three Holy Roman Emperors in Vienna and Prague. His juxtaposition of still-life objects on human heads created curiosity in his contemporaries and has given an opportunity for art historians and scholars to interpret his whimsical art.
By Kamna Kirti4 years ago in Geeks
Las Meninas: Is this the Most Captivating Painting in the World?. Top Story - January 2022.
Las Meninas (which translates to 'The Ladies in Waiting') is a 1656 painting by Spanish painter Diego Velázquez. Sheltered in the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, it is the most documented and dissected art piece by historians.
By Kamna Kirti4 years ago in Geeks
Nighthawks by Edward hopper-Art review
Presented in an ambiguous relationship, none of the four figures in this painting interact with each other. Based on Jose's notes in the painting, the name "Nighthawks" refers to a male sitting next to a female with a beaked nose. In Nighthawk, we see a diner with four people, which appears to be on the side of a road. The restaurant in the photo was inspired by a restaurant that has since been demolished in Greenwich Village, New York, where Hopper grew up.
By Rise tr4 years ago in Geeks
Arnold Böcklin's 'Isle of the Dead'
Death is inevitable. A reality that unites all humans. In medieval times, the practice of reflecting the transient nature of earthy life was known as memento mori - a Latin phrase meaning 'remember that you must die.' Since time immemorial, artists have developed a universal language to explore the concepts of memento mori. Common elements include skulls, flowers, or candles to imply the persistence of time.
By Kamna Kirti4 years ago in Geeks
Andy Warhol's Superhuman Portrayal of Fragile Women. Top Story - December 2021.
A Promethean (rebelliously creative) inventor and a receptive artist. A painter who was never considered a serious artist but rather a commercial one. And an artist who radicalized the art market by erasing a concept so important to western Art: "Uniqueness" and "Originality".
By Kamna Kirti4 years ago in Geeks
Tick, Tick... Boom! Movie Review
The flourish of an on-stage musical has endlessly captivated audiences. Simultaneously, the potential for big screen renditions has advanced with La La Land and the recent West Side Story proving massively successful in recent years. Based on the stage play of the same name, Tick, Tick... Boom! creates what is easily the finest release of the year.
By Robert Cain4 years ago in Geeks