Mastering the Basics: Shutter Speed in Digital Photography
From humble beginnings to the contemporary engineering of today, the camera has come a long way in a relatively short space of time....
The (Ever-Growing) Glossary of Photographic Terms
In every art practice, there is a language built around its theory and mechanism. This ever-expanding glossary outlines some key terms...
In 500 Words - the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot Deck by Pamela Colman Smith
You may not recognise her name at first, but you'll almost certainly recognise her art. The Rider–Waite–Smith Deck (also known as the...
Modern Art, Postmodern Art and Contemporary Art - What's the Difference?
Generally speaking, the words modern and contemporary are synonymous in the English language, both describing the neoteric or...
Typology Photography + Tips to Make Your Own
A photographic typology is a body of work that visually explores a theme or subject to draw out similarities and differences for...
Wordless Words- the Art of Asemic Writing
How do we interpret the difference between what we see and what we read? If you have ever greeted an enigmatic instance of graffiti with...
The Art of Worship - Tracing the Holy Card Through History
Pale wings extended, a giant, auburn-haired angel in a heavenly frock outstretches her hands in a gesture of protection, covertly guiding...
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
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
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
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
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...