Long before ceramic arts were recognized as fine art in the West, the art form was revered as a priceless national treasure in Japan. Contemporary artists like Kunio Watanabe continue to build on the ...
Read ArticleThe Renaissance in 1400s Italy was a restatement of the styles of ancient Greece and Rome, a symptom of a more humanistic view of Christian religious figures in Renaissance painting. Many of the leadi ...
Read ArticleJune 2 celebrates our Gem of the Month in London, and it also happens to be the birthday of the architect, Norman Foster. Foster’s designs greatly changed the skyline of London in the “mod ...
Read ArticleOlder Americans Month was started in 1963 by President Kennedy as “Senior Citizens Month” to celebrate the achievements of older Americans, while emphasizing healthy living and activity ch ...
Read ArticleNational Hamburger day – origin unknown – has been celebrated since 2010 as a tribute to the beginning of summer. Who better to make fine art out of a hamburger than Pop artist Claes Olden ...
Read ArticleArturo Herrera’s work includes collage, works on paper, sculpture, relief, wall painting, photography, and felt wall hangings. His work taps into the viewer’s unconscious—often inter ...
Read ArticleAshley Bickerton’s work was symbolic of the late 1900s current in Neo-Geo movement in which surface and composition were secondary to the emphasis on documenting past attempts to order society w ...
Read ArticleLike many of the Japanese artists born after World War II (1939-1945), the art of Shirō Tsujimura is a reverent combination of honoring ages-old Japanese artistic traditions, and adding contemporary a ...
Read ArticleLike the great Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Albrecht Dürer was a singularly “Renaissance Man.” He was not only an accomplished printmaker and painter who ...
Read ArticleWilliam Thornton was once called “First Architect” because his design for the US Capitol building was accepted by America’s first president. He is one of the architects responsible f ...
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