India is a country with diverse cultures and traditions, and has a strong background in crafts. Across regions and communities, artisans practice different Indian craft types. Some are rooted in…
Renee Cox (b. 1960) is a contemporary artist known for her provocative images that address societal issues and stereotypes. Cox’s work frequently incorporates her own body, and she celebrates and…
Norway, a Nordic Scandinavian County in Europe whose capital is Oslo, is adorned with colorful wooden houses and beautiful skies – the aurora borealis seen every year. Usually politically friendly…
A contentious tale about an Italian Master Artist and his noteworthy art : a painting, known as “Saint Matthew and the Angel ” (1602). The artist is “Michelangelo Merisi da…
Humans recognize the world through images, which they then use to construct their worldviews. Kenneth E Boulding 1965 defines an image as a mental picture that is a product of…
The style of painting was first introduced in India during the early 18th century when the East India Company commissioned Indian artists to paint a range of artworks as part…
Art is a form of expression that evokes emotions, emotions that are often hard to express through words. Art often appeals to the human mind and soul, but some take…
Roberto Montenegro, a painter, muralist, and illustrator, was one of the pioneers of the Mexican muralism movement after the Mexican Revolution. His early works show how Mexican symbolist art influenced…
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes is one of the most famous Spanish artists. His prolific range of work in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century earned his sobriquet…
“Our primary aesthetic aim is to propagate works of art which will help destroy all traces of bourgeois individualism.” – David Alfaro Siqueiros Mexican painter and muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros…
Introduction | The Mona Lisa The Mona Lisa, also called the Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of La Joconde. The Renaissance period in the 14th and 15th centuries profoundly impacted…
As architects, we rely heavily on tea and coffee. When we were in architecture school, we would simply go to the cafeteria and drink our favourite tea or coffee to…