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.…
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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…
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…
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 size, a scale…
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…
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…
Chiaroscuro, an Italian word for “clear–dark”, is a term in art for a contrast between light and dark. The term is usually applied to bold contrasts affecting a whole composition,…
Concerning art, when is the medium more valuable than the message? In this case, the medium (bronze) seems to have gained much more value lately than the visions or messages…
Launched in 1935 by Eastman Kodak, Kodachrome would soon become a very successful product for its maker. Kodachrome is a type of film that is called “color reversal film,” which…
Since the cave days pictograms have been used by civilization to simply represent and communicate ideas, objects, activities and locations by means of an illustration. Today, pictograms are highly graphical…
Boys, on career day, remember you saw this. And, girls, on your wedding day, remember you saw this ….
Afterimages are experienced when a prolonged or intense visual stimulus ceases. Because afterimages result from fatigue in portions of the retina, the visual afterimage seems to move with the eye,…
The Bauhaus (the full name Bauhaus means “state building house”) was the most famous school of architecture and design of the 20th century. Founded by Walter Gropius at Weimar, Germany,…
Prophet And Loss is a very unique and creative cartoon by Jonathan Bairstow from the MTV series Liquid Television. The music is by Steve Naive & The Love Band. The video…
When someone mentions the Wall of Sound, what comes to mind is usually the signature sound of Phil Spector that he created by using dense layers of sound with large…
The chain of being, or the great chain of being, is a Neoplatonic metaphor for the hierarchical nature, function, and organization of the universe. The concept, created by Plotinus (205?-270),…
George Maciunas was a founding member and the central coordinator of Fluxus, an international community of artists, architects, composers, and designers. He made several short films called FluxFilms. Here are a couple…
The term simultaneous contrast refers to the manner in which the colors of two different objects affect each other. The effect is more noticeable when shared between objects of complementary…
Fritz Willis (1907-1979) was born in Oklahoma and grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a formally trained artist who became known for his pin-up girl illustrations, magazine illustrations and…
A magic marker, or permanent marker, consists of a container tube and a core of an absorbent material. This filling serves as a carrier for the ink. Until the early 1990s,…
