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After the renaissance took hold all over the European countries and brought many radical changes into every form of art, Netherlands one of the Low country, was about to have another splash of prosperous era for the traditional art. For the Dutch art, renaissance helped bring the new art-forms, styles and techniques but the subject of the art strictly remained religious and according to some studies about 40 % of the art-pieces were devotional depictions. The Dutch Golden Period broke through the subject-limitation in the arts (by the help of Calvinists) and allowed people to have more categories, and different types of subjects to choose from. At the end, the over the time, it was proved that if people are given enough choices, in arts, […]

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The Legend of Leonardo da Vinci we have opted out the 10 best paintings by the ample artist, who painted little but, his productions were absolutely astonishing. Leonardo worked in the most fields of arts expanding them to new heights. Not only arts, but he also helped many other fields to expand including military, mechanism, robotics, medical, architecture and many different types of machines. Due to his interest in almost every field, he was able to give keen attention but moderate time to each of them. This hunger to learn from variety of sources made him jump from one subject to another continuously. Though, he learned a lot. Thus, unlike other artist who produces hundreds of great works in painting (including all types of painting); […]

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“To create is divine, to produce is human.” Man ray told these words once which clearly reflect his disposition about art. And this longing to ‘create’ instead of ‘produce’ (or imitate) pulled his mind into his own dreams and fantasies and to the new ways which became his sources of inspiration for his art-pieces. He was reluctant to imitate or go after another artists’ art. Instead, his own insight of things and subject were being reflected through his works. Born on 27th August, 1890, with name of Emmanuel Radnitzky was an American modernist. He changed his name to Man Ray (short version of his original names) due to the ethnic discrimination. His brother decided to choose the surname Ray for the family, while he himself […]

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  Giorgio Vasari, this name has become a must, when you are researching about the renaissance period’s most able artists. Whether it’s famous artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Donatello or the lesser known names like Masaccio or Paolo Uccello, you get to know about most of the recognized artists from renaissance in his considered as “the first art-history book” titled as “The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects.” He was born in Arezzo, Tuscany in 1511. At the age of 16, he was sent to Florence for his humanist education where Michelangelo came in his contact and left a measurable impact on Vasari’s mind and later on the impact was perceivable in Vasari’s painting and architectural works. When he became pupil of […]

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In the first part of Jargons of the Art-world, we learned about 10 technical terms of the art-world. This second list counts ten more technical terms of art-world. 1. Ubiquitous Gaze In old horror movies, there would be at least one scene in which a portrait of a suspicious woman in a dark room with a little light focusing its eyes is there. The scene is supposed to create horror. I have never felt horror in those scenes but at least this art term Ubiquitous Gaze made me realize why directors often shows paintings as an element of horror. Because, in those portraits, the eyes of the woman (or man) seems to be following us. Regardless to weather we are in room, the eyes always follows […]

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There are many unfamiliar words in the world of painting, to which you might come across in an essay or read in a book. The words could baffle a regular art-lover, if not provided the real meaning. Here, under the title of Jargons of the Art-world, we have gathered a list of such jargons of the art-world just to understand those words better for the next time you visit an art-museum. 1. Cartoons Cartoons are basically the references for the big paintings, drawings and frescoes undertook by the artists of the renaissance period. Before executing the final draft, first they would draw or painting the full painting on a small scale i.e. on paper with paint, charcoal, etc. Thus, these scale-correct miniatures would help the […]

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The renaissance, the era of the refreshment of the art, the time of rejuvenation in all of the art forms, the time when the world saw very drastic changes, happenings, upheavals and the transformation of the conventional ethics and orthodoxies into the modern, new art-forms and techniques. In fact, the renaissance period is the core foundation of our today’s conventional ethics in arts. The renaissance period lasted for 300 years and many techniques were found. These new-founded and revolutionary techniques like the first time use of perspective in art, new found colors (ultramarine for example) took the arts to a whole new level. If we look at the arts before the renaissance, they would look more immature and unrealistic. The art works from renaissance and […]

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“If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings and films and me, and there I am. There’s nothing behind it.” He said this in an interview. But, you have to dunk your head into the artist’s life to know him better. He was nicknamed as “Pope of Pop”, ‘bellwether of the art market’, in modern times he is one of those artist whose art is being sold like hot cakes of a famous bakery. They are buying his art like crazy for millions of dollars. Recently, in an auction in 2009, it is reported that Eight Elvises has become his most expensive painting of all time with a tag of $ 100 million! The Unprecedented Style […]

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The very long period of medieval era last from around AD 400 to AD 1400 and many profound artists emerged from the period, having more knowledge and techniques than the predecessors. Thus, the collective knowledge of the time peaked to its saturation point in 1400. After which the new era of renaissance began taking only the important techniques from the medieval time. The three medieval artists called Limbourg brothers were born in 1385. That means, they had the privilege to learn from the over a thousand years of cultivation of the arts. So, we can say that they were one of the remarkable artists of the time. Though, having the knowledge and learning from it are totally different things. But, in Limbourg brothers’ case, they […]

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There was another artist called Benvenuto Cellini on which we have written a full article describing the unbelievable incidents of his life. He was very much interested in supernatural and necromancy affairs. Here, we have stumbled upon another renaissance period artist who was much interested in supernatural things like witches and witch-crafts. Yet, he didn’t performed any supernatural or paranormal activities like Benvenuto Cellini, but his interest in those things surely amplified in some of his works, which were not commissioned to him but were made for his own pleasure. Artistic Journey Parmigianino, meaning “the little one from Parma”, was an Italian painter born on 11th January, 1503. His parents died just in two years of his birth due the plague, after which he was […]

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