This blog is a re-visit of the earlier blog on forbidden art. It is short as I am not blogging from my normal computer site. While re-exploring what is meant by forbidden art, it was necessary to ask the question of what is Art? A dictionary definition of art is the expression or application of…
Tag: visual art
The Muse in Pre-Modern Art
Let us consider the muse in pre-modern art. In previous blogs we have addressed; the succubi and incubus in art, the siren and piren, the mermaid and mermen and the prostitute in art. This blog continues that approach. The use of the muse in contemporary art will be considered in the next blog. A few…
fame finally comes to little-known Renaissance master Piero di Cosimo
by Stanley Meisler | LA Times | February 14, 2015 | featured image: Piero di Cosimo’s “The Discovery of Honey,” c. 1500, oil on panel When American millionaires bought paintings by Piero di Cosimo in the late 19th century, almost all the works were attributed to other Italian Renaissance artists. Piero, a painter of Florence during…
how learning artistic skills alters the brain
New research finds neural changes not only reflecting increased technical capacities, but also enhanced creativity. Article by Tom Jacobs | February 11, 2015 | Pacific Standard Mag Are artists born, or made? At the end of Woody Allen’s great comedy Bullets Over Broadway, the John Cusack character concludes that, in spite of his desire and effort,…
radiography of the matter. herman kolgen + the sound perception
{article by Enrico Pitozzi via Digicult, featured image Herman Kolgen – Inject (2010) – Photo by Herman Kolgen} Among the interesting figures of the artistic panorama, Herman Kolgen lives in Montreal (Quebec, Canada). Audiokinetic sculptor, he works starting from the relationship between sound and image creating, from their divergence, works presented as installations, performances, sound…
math-inspired works of art
Mathematicians enthralled with unending fractals and flux patterns have been known to call math beautiful — but, increasingly, they aren’t the only ones. For many artists, calculations and numerical analyses provide a rich source of ideas and methods for their creations. The annual Bridges conference showcases the connections between art and mathematics. The conference features, among…
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