A monument to RGB by Daniel Heller Good versus cheap art What is "Good Art" and what is considered "Bad Art"? Is there a distinction between the two? A discourse that would surely lead to a nonconclusive result. This is because ART has no credible definition. [...]
What can be more difficult than buying art? What can be more confusing than evaluating art? When established universal criteria really don't exist. Most of all, deciding if art is "Good" or "Bad" and "High" or "Low", could be frustrating for the art admirer. In Classicism "High art" according [...]
Knowledge Knowledge proliferation occurs with time passing. European politics, philosophy, science, and communications were radically reoriented during the course of the “long 18th century” (1685-1815). A part of a movement labeled as the "Age of Reason", or simply the Enlightenment. Enlightenment thinkers in Europe questioned traditional authority. And they [...]
"Jacob's Ladder" artist Daniel Heller Jacob's Ladder Jacob's Ladder is the colloquial name for a connection between the earth and heaven that the biblical Patriarch Jacob dreams about during his flight from his brother Esau, as described in the Book of Genesis. The significance of the dream has been somewhat debated, but most interpretations agree that it identified [...]
Renaissance Renaissance was a beautiful period that led to the creation of some of the greatest masterpieces our art-world was gifted with. The question often asked: Why is Florence so “artistic”, and why did the so-called “Renaissance” period begin and flourish in Florence? Theories are abundant. The main theory [...]
Art thoughts and thoughts about art Art thoughts are an important part of the process of art. Both viewer and artist should have art thoughts. The artist should have art thoughts because art thoughts help in the creation process. When viewer thinks about what is being presented, he may [...]
Kitsch as it pertains to art. According to Wikipedia: Kitsch (/ˈkɪtʃ/; loanword from German), is also called cheesiness or tackiness. This is "art" or other objects that appeal to popular or uncultivated taste because they are garish or overly sentimental. And this also means that these objects are considered by other people to be ugly. They [...]
Digital painting post describes a creation method. How to develop an original oil painting from digital art. The viewer will understand the sequence of creation of "Time persistence", original oil painting after reading this post. The artist indicated that the subject of the painting is life and time. The [...]
