The mixed media art installations are a western modern art genre began in the 70’s. These installations are produced using various media types and techniques in a single art work to produce a unique, conceptual experience. It allows greater versatility and a richer viewer’s experience, owing to the numerous layers characteristic of the art. […]
Whatever outside circumstances are going on in your life, there’s only one person who controls how creative you are, how much you create and how easily you create. And that’s you. Unfortunately this means that the one person most likely to sabotage and stifle your creativity is you also! Overcoming these destructive habits begins with […]
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” Albert Einstein Imagination and creativity are two interrelated terms, the former leads to the latter. The etymological root of the word “creativity” in English and most other European languages comes from the Latin creatus, which means “to have grown.” How this works? […]
Over the last fifty years, Pop Art has experienced dramatic changes in themes, styles and content. As an art form that draws inspiration from mass media and consumerism, it has necessarily evolved alongside a modernizing world. During the Golden Age of Pop Art, a handful of Pop Art artists explored bold new means of […]
Color is more often than not part of a drawing, painting or a picture. There are no standard or fixed rules on how to apply color theory. Monet and Matisse are artists that used colors well. Their paintings remain to be one of the most visited pieces in art galleries and museums. Artists use color […]
Watercolor and gouache are both water-based painting techniques, but they have some key differences that make them unique.
Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time – Karl Marx Since ancient age to modern art we have come across multiple art styles & movements. Most of them were new creation or transformation of one or other styles. Efforts by individual, group […]
English illustrator, caricaturist, and author Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872- 1898) was born in Brighton, Menton, France on August 21, 1872. The frontrunner of ‘Aestheticism’ and ‘Art Nouveau,’ Aubrey’s accentuation for erotic components is displayed in many of his drawings. The most daring and audacious representation could be seen in his famous illustrations Lysistrata, and Salome, especially “The Peacock Skirt.”
Modern Art is an all-encompassing classification for art created between the 1860s to the 1970s, and all of the major art movements during that same time period (Impressionism, Bauhaus, Surrealism, Expressionism, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Photography as art, Pop Art, Minimalism, etc.) fall under its wide umbrella. Modern art is a rubric is that […]
Reductive Art – The Concept Rather than being a distinct genre of art, this art form is a collective term for some Modern Art styles with same or similar underlying philosophy. The essence of Reductive Art lies in its simplistic designs rather than intricate work, clarity against obscurity, basic forms against elaborate patterns, and […]
Still life is a genre of art that has been prevalent in the art world since the Middle Ages and Ancient Graeco-Roman era. While styles may change with each era, the simplicity of the still life has brought it through the centuries. But with a genre that has survived through so much time, still life […]
Abstract Art refers to all those works of art, which are carried out in compliance with the principle that Lines, Forms, and Colors have aesthetic value. An Abstract Artist is like a poet arranging compositions and colors, which are devoid of normal subject matter. Abstract Art does not try to imitate or express any external […]
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