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81Ancient Astronauts: Did Extraterrestrials Rule Us?
You may have read my previous article about Zecharia Sitchin’s theory that the ancient Sumerian culture had been in contact with extraterrestrials and were aware of the existence of the unknown planet known as Nibiru. The pseudo-scientific author...
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77Carousels and Kings
The carousel, as we know it today, is a rotating (fairground) attraction, consisting of horses, carriages and perhaps other animals. The artwork is usually very attractive and highly decorative. There are, generally, pretty lights glinting, and stirring music playing, as the horses, and their riders, travel round and around, up and down ~ sometimes at quite high speeds! Compared to many fairground attractions, it is usually considered to be a fairly sedate and gentle ride.
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68Treasures from Trash
After finding an old book of poems on my shelf I hadn't looked at for ten or fifteen years, decided to turn it into a treasure of poetic sentiments. It's all thanks to the the wonderful poet, Alfred Lord Tennyson
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88Jackson Pollock Dripped His Way to Modern Art Stardom
This article provides an in-depth biography of painter Jackson Pollock. Included in this story are numerous quotations as well as photos of some of Pollock's greatest paintings.
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77Oscar Wilde and "Nature's Imitation of Art"
Humans did not always find aesthetic pleasure in the grand scenes of nature. That capacity for admiration of nature began at least a hundred years after the development of 3-d perspective in art. The sequence of events is well capsulized by Oscar Wilde in "Nature's Imitation of Art," wherein he claims that the aestheetic enjoyment of the London Fog occurred only after the artists began to paint it on their canvases, thus exhibiting the beauty they found in it.
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777 of the Most Famous Heists in Art History
From the famous Mona Lisa to a priceless native art collection, we take a look at the boldest art heists of all time.
74Medieval Art History - Ancient Art Forms of The Middle Ages
Décor and architecture of the medieval period illustrates the avid interest and idealistic expression of the Christian faith at the period when political and economic sanity was non existent, a time when the common man had no hope, and almost nothing to live for, save for the hope of a better place in heaven.
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75the flowering of art: flower paintings or the flower as seen by the artist
vincent van gogh: sunflowers (1889) - arguably the most famous flower paintingRepresentation of the flower in paintings go back a long way - to the Minoan period (1580 BC). Excavations of villas in ancient Crete (Greece) revelead wall paintings,...
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70American Art Periods - 19th Century Styles of The Victorian Period
The Victorian era in America spanning the years 1840 to 1880, was a period when the styles of the Greek revival era was no longer considered adequate to reflect the wealth and strength and art consciousness of a rapidly growing country.
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74The History Of Art In Scotland: The Glasgow Boys
Emerging in Scotland in the late nineteenth century, the Glasgow Boys are amongst the most celebrated Scottish artists.
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