Dystopian art Dystopian art - The word Dystopia is defined by Wikipedia as "an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one". Merriam Webster dictionary defines it as "an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives". [...]
GicleéGicleé, you may have heard the term Gicleé mentioned in the art-world. Usually in connection with buying high-end art prints. Wikipedia refers to Gicleé as a neologism. Neologism is a relatively recent or isolated term. A word, in the process of entering common use, but that has not yet been [...]
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 [...]
"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 [...]
