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4 days ago · History of art. The history of art focuses on objects made by humans for any number of spiritual, narrative, philosophical, symbolic, conceptual, documentary, decorative, and even functional and other purposes, but with a primary emphasis on its aesthetic visual form.
2 days ago · v. t. e. Poetry (a term derived from the Greek word poiesis, "making"), also called verse, [note 1] is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic [1] [2] [3] qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, a prosaic ostensible meaning.
4 days ago · Offers annotated bibliographies of the most important books and articles on specific topics in a growing range of subject areas. Particularly useful for anyone beginning research. - Try it for background information on movements in art, music, and writing (e.g. "French Impressionism" or "Romanticism")
3 days ago · The Lingnan School (岭南画派) made some borrowings from the language of Western art in their ink paintings. Gao Jianfu (1879–1951), one of the founders of Lingnan School, was an active participant in the revolutionary movement of Sun Yat-sen (1866–1925).
1 day ago · Maus, often published as Maus: A Survivor's Tale, is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Art Spiegelman, serialized from 1980 to 1991.It depicts Spiegelman interviewing his father about his experiences as a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor.
- Art Spiegelman
- 1991
- 1991
- 1980–1991
2 days ago · 1400 in art – The rock art at the Takiroa Rock Art Shelter; Birth of Bernat Martorell, Start of Quattrocento; 1390s. 1399 in art – Birth of Rogier van der Weyden, Completion of the Wilton Diptych (Artist unknown) 1398 in art – Birth of Konrad Witz; 1397 in art – Birth of Paolo Uccello; 1396 in art; 1395 in art – Birth of Fra Angelico ...
4 days ago · Etruscan ( / ɪˈtrʌskən / ih-TRUSK-ən) [3] was the language of the Etruscan civilization in the ancient region of Etruria, [a] in Etruria Padana [b] and Etruria Campana [c] in what is now Italy. Etruscan influenced Latin but was eventually completely superseded by it. The Etruscans left around 13,000 inscriptions that have been found so far ...
