From the necessity of living in prehistoric times to the eventual building of shelters for comfort, from building vast structures to portraying political powers to building aesthetically pleasing structures, architecture…
“A war in which all or almost all of the significant nations around the globe participate.” While other global conflicts, such as the Seven Years’ War, the Cold War, and…
The late Jean-Michel Frank was an undeniable creator of Modernist French design who largely influenced the interior design landscape in Paris during the decades before the Second World War. An…
A gentle soul with an imaginative mind who explored all forms of life and viewed architecture as an extension of it. Dannatt, who passed away at age 101, was an…
Georgia O’Keeffe had exceptionally keen powers of observation and with great finesse with her paintbrush, recorded subtle nuances of color, shape, and light that brought her paintings to life and…
Conceptual art, An art movement is a style in art with a specific philosophy, followed by a group of artists over a specific period. Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Cubism, Fauvism, Expressionism, and…
We can praise the French for a variety of reasons, including their food, fashion, wine, art, artists, and a plethora of important art movements, but we must not overlook their…
Fauvism is an art movement is a trend or style in art carried out by a group of artists having a particular vision and purpose (typically a few months, years,…
‘’Sounds, colours and words have a miraculously expressive power beyond all representation and even beyond the literal meaning of words’’. – Les Nabis Les Nabis is a collection of French…
Geometric shapes in their simplest configuration colliding with the truest forms of materials, devoid of elaborate ornamentation, honest and unafraid- the Bauhaus style proclaimed the revolution of humble significance. The…
Early Life of Egon Schiele Egon Schiele was a disciple of Gustav Klimt, a European sensation, and his stunning work sometimes gets lost in the shadows of Klimt’s limelight. Egon…
Futurism or Modernism? Although the 21st century brings with it a plethora of architectural possibilities due to the wide range of options now available that can cater to almost any…