FOUR SEASONS ALLEGORY In Spring we are born In Summer we love In Autumn we diminish In Winter we go Four Seasons 2017 digital painting, allegory by Daniel Heller FOUR SEASONS ART The Four Seasons paintings Many artists have created works of [...]
Prices 101: Art Prices 101: Art article, examines the cost considerations that come into play when a prospective buyer decides to buy art. Beginning with size style and the desired medium, the most important consideration appears to be the cost of the artwork. The intent of the article is [...]
Byron's cave Byron's Cave - The so-called "Byron's Grotto" was named after Lord Byron (1788–1824), an English poet and diplomat. It is located in the magnificent Porto Venere, a small medieval maritime town and port located on the Ligurian coast of Italy in the province of La Spezia. The [...]
Artwork 101: Understanding paintings examines the two fundamental issues related to understanding visual works of art such as paintings. The first part will examine the reasons why many people claim to not understand art, and the second will provide some guidelines as to what to look for in order [...]
Arts 101 what are the arts? Arts 101: The word "art" and its' many extensions has countless meanings, countless definitions, and countless interpretations. So much has been written on the subject of art that today, it is hard albeit quite impossible to definitively define the term. This post is [...]
"Impossible Symmetry" 1983 by Daniel Heller Renaissance art Renaissance art was "the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval [...]
Art and prints In the visual arts and photography fields one of the most pressing questions people are obsessed with, is the continuing debate on the subject: Is photography art? Statements such as: "Photography is a form of art" or "Photography isn't art" have long ago opened up a [...]
Abstract Abstract these days as a fine art related concept has become less and less meaningful. A quick look at one of Instagram's very popular pages, the "abstract#" which has 14,950,038 posts, gives us an idea what the posters consider, abstract. A review of the many posts leads to the [...]
