Frank Lloyd Wright - Price Tower Celebrates 50 Years - ...
Frank Lloyd Wright's only skyscraper Price Tower is located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma and is celebrating fifty years. This international landmark was Wright's vision of a combination office, retail and residential environment. In 1954 the client ... [... more]
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Great Wave Tsunami in Asian Art - Art Appreciation
Only a year ago, most of us didn't know what a tsunami was, let alone, how to pronounce it. Today it's become part of our daily vernacular. From the Japanes artist, Katsushika Hokusai, come his series, "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji," 1823-1829 [... more]
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'Weary Herakles' Statue: Looters vs. Archaeologists - ...
There is a Roman statue of a man that dates from the 2nd century A.D. known as "Weary Herakles." It is a marble statue of a man standing, resting his arm on a club which is draped with an animal skin. He was found in Perge, on the south coast [... more]
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A Brief Anthology of Nudity in Art - Art Appreciation
Beginning with the Greeks, the male nude was more highly revered than the female nude based on their unequal social status. Homosexuality was considered the greatest form of love, not heterosexuality. The Greek statue, Venus de Milo, is actually ... [... more]
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Artists as Voyeurs: From Giorgione to Hockney - Art ...
Throughout the history of art, many artists have painted nudes from the perspective of voyeur. Sometimes disguised as classical or academic, allegorical or Biblical, there are examples of nudity in art that are distinctly fantasy. It began with ... [... more]
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Do We Need Art ? - Art Appreciation
I think the "need" in relation to art is what it does for us spiritually. Of course we could survive in a minimalist environment. But I think, if given a choice, we naturally look for a color to accent stark white or black. But is living in [... more]
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Explaining Artistic License - Art Appreciation
Since an artist is the "creator" of his own work, he has artistic license to work freely. Notice Modigliani's (Modern art) portrait subjects with elongated necks (African influence). His sculpture, "Walking Man," has exaggerated long [... more]
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How To View Art - Art Appreciation
Viewing art can be done in an innocent, naive way, as that of a child or neophyte, or the same art objects can be seen by a better informed critic. Why not define your encounter with art in a deeper, more spiritual way? I find it helpful to learn ... [... more]
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Museum Membership Pros and Cons - Art Appreciation
I have noticed recently that dual/family membership at my area museum (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) has increased. Are they pushing the middle class out? It would appear that way. However, it is how you look at it. Say the yearly dual/family ... [... more]
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Robert Indiana 's Love Sign Interpreted - Art Appreciation
If you're old enough to remember the 1960s, or at least curious to know more about the era, then you might like Robert Indiana's art. During the '60s, the U.S. was involved in the Vietnam war and many young people were anti-establishment. The ... [... more]
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What is Art ? What isn't ? - Art Appreciation
These are questions that have been asked (and answered) by many people over time. A child might say that art is a picture they colored with crayons. Others might recognize art in nature and the natural world around them. These naturalists can ... [... more]
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Whistler, Sargent - Americans in Paris exhibit - Art ...
The Metropolitan Museum in NY is host to a fine collection of art from around the world. The "Americans in Paris" exhibit is a dazzling display of works by Whistler, Sargent, Cassatt, Homer and other artists from 1860-1900. It will run from ... [... more]
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