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‘Art has been used to reinforce the power of political rulers and states since the ancient Egyptians, though the relationship between power and Art has not always been smooth, writes […]
Afterimage: A Fight between Art and State Read More »
What do we do if a portrait dies for us, and we get immortality? What do we do if a picture taints and ageing for us, and our life will
Dorian Gray: When a Painting Succumbs for Us, Extending Eternity Read More »
Leave the controversy aside and take ‘The Danish Girl (2015), a fantastic movie on the merit of Art and Life and an artist’s portrayal. After the release and widespread acclamation
The Danish Girl: Portrait of Transition, Picturing a Visual Myth Read More »
A portrait always comes from two people’s interactions. One is sitting someplace, and the artist is portraying the subject who sits in front of it. A picture results from an
Portrait of a Lady, or a Secret Painting of Lesbian Relationship Read More »
Do Art influence moviemakers? There are a lot of movies about Artists and their life, but fewer in number on paintings or artworks. Artworks are not a matter for filmmakers,
Bruegel’s Painting, Entwined In ‘The Mill And The Cross Read More »
What happens after the invention of Photography? In the age of smartphones, everybody is a shutterbug, and millions of images are produced and distributed daily on the web. Today the
How Photography Influenced, Changed and Modernised Art Read More »
Cubism as an Art school developed at the beginning of the 20th century, after the experimental art practice of artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in the 1907-08 period.
Cubism: Portraying (Un)Reality, Questioning the Form and Space Read More »
19 Aug’23, ON THIS DAY Why is The progressive art movement influential because they intend to break the rule and style of Indian art. In a word, they modernised Indian
H A Gade: A Man Who Brings Modernism to Indian Art Read More »
“The painter’s art, as I see it, is about making poetic images visible.” René Magritte Who invent surrealistic Art is a challenging question in art history. Most artists have
René Magritte: Rebel in Surrealism, Prophet in Art, Mystic in Poetic Images Read More »
Are you in a Love Relationship? Why are you in a relationship, and why are we expressing the Love and beauty of our relationship in Art and poetry? Why
Visual Beauty of Love in Kangra Miniature; How Poetry Changed Indian Paintings Read More »