Not To Scale
The ArtistScale – the ratio of the length in a drawing to the length of the real thing. Sometimes the role of the artist is not to depict what is real…
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The Royal Works
The Office of Works was established in the English Royal household in 1378 to oversee the building of the royal castles and residences. This piece of art is not about…
Please Read On ...Point-Line-Plane
The point–line–plane postulate is a collection of assumptions (axioms) that can be used in a set of postulates for geometry in two (plane geometry), three (solid geometry) or more dimensions.…
Please Read On ...Red
Red is the color at the longer-wavelengths end of the spectrum of visible light next to orange, at the opposite end from violet. It has historically been associated with sacrifice,…
Please Read On ...The Symbolist Poets
A parallel revolt against the traditional modes of expression took place in poetry under the leadership of the Symbolists, who strove for direct poetic experience unspoiled by intellectual elements. They…
Please Read On ...From The Renaissance To The Baroque
The stylistic changes that mark the shift from the Renaissance to the Baroque are very dramatic. The Baroque era spanned a turbulent century and a half. Roughly, the Baroque era…
Please Read On ...Some Thoughts On Balance
10:09:52 “Objects are immediately seen as having a certain size as well as having a location in space. No object is seen as being unique or isolated. A scale of…
Please Read On ...All Art Is Abstract To Some Degree
Abstract art is generally taken to mean painting and sculpture by artists for whom the manner and the means are the subject rather than the representation of any object. All…
Please Read On ...Form Follows Function?
Form follows function is a principle of design often associated with modern architecture and modern industrial design of the 20th century. This design principle states that the shape of a…
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