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In 500 Words - Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket

In 500 Words - Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket

In the midst of what we now call the Aesthetic Movement, James Abbot McNeil Whistler exemplified the concept of art for art's sake, a...
The Meeting of Art and Aviation

The Meeting of Art and Aviation

From the Wright Flyer to the Airbus A380, significant advancements in aviation align with some of the most important milestones in human...
In 500 Words - Portrait of Marie Jeannette de Lange by Jan Toorop, 1900

In 500 Words - Portrait of Marie Jeannette de Lange by Jan Toorop, 1900

Marie Jeannette de Lange was a Dutch amateur painter and reform dress advocate. Born in Batavia in the Dutch East Indies in 1865,...
Object and Art - A Timeline of the Still Life Through Artistic History

Object and Art - A Timeline of the Still Life Through Artistic History

In Ancient Greece, Pliny the Elder recorded a story in the Naturalis Historia about a competition held between two artists - Zeuxis of...
In 500 Words - Aurora Triumphans by Evelyn de Morgan,  c. 1886

In 500 Words - Aurora Triumphans by Evelyn de Morgan, c. 1886

Born in 1855 in London, Evelyn de Morgan is considered to be either a late Pre-Raphaelite or an English Symbolist. She grew up in an...
The Role of Size in the Visual Arts

The Role of Size in the Visual Arts

In 2021, a painting by Sacha Jafri was sold for $62 million at an auction in Dubai. Layered with extensive drips, splatters, whorls and...
Animals in the History of Visual Art: A Deep Dive

Animals in the History of Visual Art: A Deep Dive

At least 45,000 years ago, early humans began marking surfaces with representations that reflected a vivid conceptualization of their...
In 500 Words - Girl on a Hill by Prudence Heward, 1928

In 500 Words - Girl on a Hill by Prudence Heward, 1928

Celebrated for the verism of her subjects, Prudence Heward advocated for realism over idealization. Her complex portraits of women split...
In 500 Words - Rayonist Lilies by Natalia Goncharova

In 500 Words - Rayonist Lilies by Natalia Goncharova

A painter, writer, illustrator and set and costume designer, Russian artist Natalia Goncharova is one of the most respected figures in...
Framed - A History of Frames in Visual Art

Framed - A History of Frames in Visual Art

About 80 km southwest of Cairo lies Fayum. Located on the shores of a giant pseudo-oasis fed by the Nile, Fayum is one of the oldest...
In 500 Words - Group IX/SUW, The Swan, No. 1 (1915) by Hilma af Klint

In 500 Words - Group IX/SUW, The Swan, No. 1 (1915) by Hilma af Klint

Before Kandinsky, Malevich and Mondrian, there was Hilma af Klint. Considered the first abstract artist in Western art history, af Klint...
In 500 Words - Anguish by August Friedrich Albrecht Schenck

In 500 Words - Anguish by August Friedrich Albrecht Schenck

The National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia possesses artworks from Salvador Dali and Margaret Olley to Sidney Nolan and...
The Elements of Art - Definitions, Examples, Applications and a (Free) Printable Zine

The Elements of Art - Definitions, Examples, Applications and a (Free) Printable Zine

From Botticelli's The Birth Of Venus to Kazimir Malevich's Black Square, all artworks operate on at least one element of art.
Structure, Sharpening and Lux on Instagram - A Quick Comparison

Structure, Sharpening and Lux on Instagram - A Quick Comparison

Editing an image with Instagram is a relatively simple process. Settings like Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Highlights and Shadows...
Top 16 Best Photography Podcasts Available in 2021

Top 16 Best Photography Podcasts Available in 2021

It's become a well-known anecdote that on the night of its broadcast, Orson Wells' 1938 reading of War of the Worlds triggered mass panic...
How to Make a Chemigram

How to Make a Chemigram

When Belgian artist Pierre Cordier wrote a dedication in nail polish on a slip of photographic paper in 1956, he realized a unique...
A Comprehensive Guide to Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) Photography

A Comprehensive Guide to Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) Photography

When we turn our heads, our brain selectively blocks visual processing. It's called saccadic suppression (a saccade is a rapid movement...
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