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Ten Famous Italian Statues
Dying GaulThe list ends with a bit of mystery. The Dying Gaul on display in the The Capitoline Museums in Rome, Italy, is said to be a marble copy. There is no documentation as to who actually...
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Seven Great Cities To Visit If You Can
Canberra, Australia This small city is filled with recent growth and national treasures can be found at every spot. From new shops and boutiques, to a picturesque cricket oval, this city has an...
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Four Poems by Carmine Giordano
Ozymandiasby Carmine Giordano What’s the pointof all the blah-blah anywayof all the wordsof all the subjectsof all the predicatesof thee I singof one nation under godof all men created equalof all the...
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Pictures From The Past, No. 44
The phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words” was coined by American newspaper editor Arthur Brisbane in 1911. It’s a simple notion that applies to many aspects of our lives, but especially to...
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Europe' s Fifteen Most Impressive Cathedrals
Among the most fascinating sites throughout Europe are the continent’s many beautiful churches. These buildings, fueled by deep devotion, are where art met architecture and astonishing craftsmanship....
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The Ten Most Scandalous Art Nudes
I am are here to let you in on a pretty widely known secret about art history: it was all about sex. Nude representations of men and women caused scandals throughout centuries (female nudes of course...
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Totem Poles
A totem pole, is a carved and painted log, mounted vertically. They are constructed by the Indians of the Northwest Coast of the United States and Canada. There are seven principal kinds of totem pole:...
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Willem de Kooning
William de KooningAmong the artists who emerged in the 1950's and '60s, Willem de Kooning, shown here in 1953, defied categorization. In 1926, Willem de Kooning, a penniless, 22-year-old commercial...
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Wooden Art
Wood carving is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or...
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What You Need to Know about Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Master of the Spanish...
Bartolomme Estaban MurilloRarely has an artist ridden the rollercoaster of popular taste as wildly as 17th century Seville-based master Bartolomme Estaban Murillo. Championed for two centuries after...
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Art Of The Week
The Statue of Unity, portraying Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, one of the founding fathers of India, during its inauguration in Kevadia, in the western state of Gujarat, India, on October 31st, 2018. The...
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News You May Have Missed, No. 24
Climate Change: CO2 Emissions Using For First Time In Four YearsGlobal efforts to tackle climate change are way off track says the U.N., as it details the first rise in CO2 emissions in four years.The...
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Modern Art
The birth of modernism and modern art can be traced to the Industrial Revolution. This period of rapid changes in manufacturing, transportation, and technology began around the mid-18th century and...
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The Nine Worst Kings And Queens
History has no shortage of disastrous rulers; this list could easily have been filled with the Roman Emperors alone. Rulers have been homicidal, like Nero or Genghis Khan; incompetent, like Edward II;...
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Pictures From The Past, No. 45
Pictures From The PastThe phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words” was coined by American newspaper editor Arthur Brisbane in 1911. It’s a simple notion that applies to many aspects of our lives,...
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