Art Nouveau vs Art Deco - What's the Difference?
As defining artistic movements, Art Deco and Art Nouveau are two distinct articulations of visual culture. However, due to their...
What was Futurism in Visual Art?
When Italian poet and editor Filippo Tommaso Marinetti coined the term Futurism in a manifesto published in a Paris newspaper in 1909, he...
Hand of Life - The Air and Wind in Visual Art
The breath of life is in the sunlight and the hand of life is in the wind - Kahlil Gibran In art, invisible phenomena like time, thoughts...
Irises in Art History- a (Belated) Milestone Celebration
Ok, I knew I was forgetting something. Amongst the settling of spring, hay fever spikes, crabapple blossoms and magpie turf wars, I've...
Revealing Worlds: The Meeting of Photography and Science
There is extensive overlap between photographic and scientific disciplines. With both fields embracing technology to discover, analyse,...
In the Stars: Art and the Western Astrological Zodiac
East of the Greek harbour of Analipsi, at a site known as Tallaras, lies the remains of a bathhouse dating from the late 4th century AD....