Category: Art

Fine Arts Defination

Sat, May 15 2010 - 17:17 PM

Fine Arts Art that is produced more for beauty or spiritual significance than for physical utility. Painting, sculpture and music are fine arts.     ...
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Defining Expressionism

Sat, May 15 2010 - 03:13 AM

  Expressionism An artistic style of painting that departs from the conventions of Realism and Naturalism, and hopes to convey inner experience by distorting rather than directly representing natural images. The highly personal visions communicated in the paintings of Vincent van Gogh are early examples of expressionism. Edvard Munch and Georges Rouault are considered expressionist painters....
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What Makes A Great Artist?

Thu, Aug 28 2008 - 03:03 AM

The type of personality that makes a painter flourish is governed by many different factors. There is skill, persistence and inspiration of course. However these are not enough in themselves.Most artists reflect the time they live in but the truly outstanding ones are able to capture future generations and speak to something that is relevant to them.Those artists are rare and it is with the deepest conviction and a wish to reveal something more than skill. It is more than trying to impress or pl...
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Art

Thu, Jul 24 2008 - 23:59 PM

One of my interests is Art. As I study, it becomes more and more fasinating. Before cameras, television, motion pictures and the internet, there was Art. It acts as a world history lesson. There is art that exists today from every generation of mankind. Sadly, it was only the wealthy who had access to the great masters. Portraits of wealthy men and their families were painted for decoration and posterity. The very best painters were commissoned to paint Bibical scenes inside the large and r...
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Children In Art..If Eyes Could Speak

Wed, Jul 23 2008 - 02:18 AM

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Women In Art

Tue, Jul 22 2008 - 22:44 PM

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