Author: The Artist Editorial

The Renaissance was an important period of European history, considered a time of blossoming art, architecture, politics, science and literature thought and creativity. These seven popular and famous renaissance paintings represent a culture of patronage and interest in new technologies, meant that the beauty of older styles of painting was combined with contemporary themes, to create incredible new art. “Renaissance” literally means “rebirth” and this was indeed a time where human artistry and intellectual pursuits experienced great revival and progress. Here are 7 of the most famous paintings of the period Bacchus and Ariadne This painting produced between 1522 and 1523…

Imagine you are looking at a surface that has been splashed with color. Perhaps it is paper, or an artist’s palette, or a wall. There is blue there, and green, and gray and yellow and red, in varying shades and quantities. Color psychology has an underlying and subtle towards our perceptions to a reaction. Now: how do you feel? — Perhaps your first reaction might be a pleasure. People, like looking at colors, and seeing many beautiful shades jumbled together, is usually something we would find ourselves enjoying. [quote_regular name=”” icon_quote=”no”] 2018 Design Trends reflect an interesting note — Pantone…

Art and design – both involve compositions, using physical and visual means. Both share a base of knowledge and skill. Both involve applying imagination and creativity to the concepts they address. And yet they are not the same – obviously, you might think, of course, they are not the same. Difference between art and design is a continuing debate – So, Is there a difference? As both fields have developed over the years, people have tried to separate the two. This is more difficult than one might think. Design is no longer following cut and dried rules, and art is…

Iran has been in the limelight for various reasons, some of them being nuclear deal conflicts and cultural invasions. The advent of internet and technology has allowed the world to communicate and discover unseen and untold faces of other countries. Apart from the globalization and traditional factors that affect Iran, there are other contradictory factors that make Iran a beautiful country. Iran has one of the richest art heritages in the world and is home to a number of art traditions and skills including painting, pottery, calligraphy, architecture, weaving, metalworking and sculpture. Iranian art, or Persian art, behold the most…

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude. Humans are creatures of habit and routine. We often miss seeing the average, everyday things that surround us. When we do think outside of our routines, we often think about things we aspire to have and not the things that we do have. Gratitude implies a subtle awareness and appreciation of our precious existence. When we appreciate the things that art points out to us we are kinder to ourselves and to others. It is small, but those daily errands of daily life help us to reflect the quality…

Venus de Milo is the second-most popular woman in Paris’ Louvre museum. Beautiful woman, bare from the waist up, draperies cling to her body, her hips and legs are covered – believed to represent Aphrodite, who the Ancient Romans referred to as Venus. The statue’s story is a delight in itself since its origins are still the subject of pure speculation – it was quite literally pulled from the ground only a few hundred years ago. A Most Unusual Discovery The statue was discovered in 1820, during the height of the Neoclassical movement. Antiquities were all the rage during this…

Art is a form of creative human expression, a way of enriching the human experience. We use the art for our entertainment, cultural appreciation, aesthetics, personal improvement, and even social change – and most importantly use Art as Therapy. Whether or not we are aware of it, we allow art to affect our lives one way or another. In the famous book Art as Therapy by Alain De Botton, the author has outlined seven functions of art and explains how art helps us grow and evolve in our understanding of ourselves, each other, and the world we live in. Taking your time…

The main objective of Modern art was to set aside the traditions of the past and put more emphasis on experimentation with new perspective of seeing the world. People often get confused with the word ‘modern’, as a term to describe something new and fashionable, but rather it refers to the artworks produced during the 1890-1960 era. Christina’s World by Andrew Wyeth Henri Matisse, The Piano Lesson The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh The Red Studio by Henri Matisse The Lovers by René Magritte 6. Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein, 7. The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau 8. Willem de Kooning, Woman…

“I am constantly disguising and adding information, masking figuration, and opening and closing spaces in the canvas until the composition behaves in a way that challenges the paintings hanging on the wall next to it” – Vance says The paintings reflect an intense arrangement of colors, concepts and patterns which makes it very entertaining Picture Courtsey : http://davidkordanskygallery.com/artist/lesley-vance/

Street art isn’t limited to the street itself. It grows up and around walls, on the sides of buses and subway cars, the trunks of trees, and even on traffic signs and lights. Any kind of outdoor public medium can be morphed to express a message through the artist’s vision. When we think of graffiti, the words slanderous, defiling and rubbish may come to mind.  A lot of street art has an obvious, or sometimes very subtle, anti-establishment hint in it. Street Art from the Islamic Republic of Iran is by no means different, it has become part of city’s landscape,…