Capturing Creativity
People have always painted birds. They are visible on everything from cave walls to golden goblets, but they are often stoic and lifeless. John James Audubon brought bird paintings to life with his accuracy and context. Unfortunately, in order to
Isn’t it amazing that we can still enjoy artwork from 700 years ago? Giotto di Bondone Pronounced zhee-o-toh 1266-1337 Italian Giotto is known as the first artistic genius of the Italian Renaissance to break away from the elongated and stoic Byzantine artistic
I make a lot of assumptions. It isn’t one of my greatest personal qualities, and I’m working to fight my own bias, but it is my reality. Take, for example, modern artists. I always assume that they live flamboyant lives
Gustav Klimt 1862 – 1918 Austrian Metallic hues, areas of detail, distinctive backgrounds, and symbolism are all key stylistic components of Gustav Klimt’s work. His paintings and murals provoked opposition in his day, but are widely popular now, and they have
Dale Chihuly (1941-present) developed passion for working with glass while he was studying to be an interior designer. He was required to take a weaving course and, as a class project, created an innovative tapestry incorporating glass. Soon afterward he “discovered”
I’ve been asked several times to share our art-history projects here, but I haven’t yet quite figured out how I want them to be organized. Rather than put it off any more I decided to just begin dumping information, and