Category: Art

The clothing worn by men of upper class was a bit different than men in lower class. The same goes for women and children as well. For men of upper class, they had plenty to work with when it comes to getting dressed. It states in the article, ‘Hanson’, ” a man’s outfit would start…

Petrarch’s letter about his ascent of Mont Ventoux truly offers little in actual methods of climbing, but more of a complex mental workout. And, although, Petrarch is not the first person to climb a mountain, he has still managed to become the spiritual father of mountaineering as he climbs to the summit and mediates on…

Theater is a collaborative type of compelling art that utilizes live entertainers to introduce the practice of a real or envisioned experience before a live gathering of people in a certain place. Entertainers may impart this experience to the group of audience through mixes of motion, speech, tune, music, and dances. Components of design and…

The name “Frida Kahlo” is arguably one of the most famous in art history. Intertwined with dramatic tales of illness, infertility, and infidelity, Frida Kahlo’s self-image, beginning with her artistic works and continuing as it morphs over time, is entirely comprised of constructs. Kahlo was notorious for the meticulous crafting of her personal and national…

The Renaissance, also known as ‘An Age of Discovery’ started in Italy in the mid-fourteenth century. The Renaissance served as a transition from the middle ages to modernity. The term comes from the French word for ‘rebirth’, which refers to the cultural, political and scientific development contributed to our society’s reformation. The intellectual and educational…

Creator and producer Etgar Keret was brought into the world in Tel Aviv in 1967. Salman Rushdie has called him “the voice of the future” and his work has been converted into 29 dialects. The accompanying story is from his 6th assortment, Suddenly a Knock on the Door, distributed on 23rd February by Chatto and…

Mr. Imprint Twain was an American creator and comedian brought into the world in 1835. His original name was Samuel Langhorn Clemens. He was answerable for such artistic show-stoppers as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin, which got known as the Great American Novel. He was appreciated by numerous individuals…

Throughout history there have been many influential movements and revolutions that have shaped the world today. In the world of art there have been some that were more memorable than others. The Renaissance Era that occurred in Europe is an example of this. Out of this new movement came a variety of skills and techniques…

Edgar Allan Poe’s novella The Fall of the House of Usher was first published in September 1839 in Barton’s Magazine for Gentlemen. Was slightly revised in 1840 for the collection “Grotesques and Arabesques”. When identifying the Gothic in the novel, following the terminology of M.M. Bakhtin, it is first necessary to consider the scene of…

During the two hundred years between 1400 and 1600, Europe experienced an astonishing revival of drawing, fine art painting, sculpting and architecture, which we now refer to as the Renaissance. It was given this name Renaissance which means rebirth. Some things I like about the art created during the Renaissance was that it focused a…