Anna Pavlova – a legend of Russian ballet
No other name in ballet history seems to be surrounded by as many stories as the name of Anna Pavlova. She was born on February 12, 1881, in St. Petersburg. …
Category: Art
Kakuzo Okakura – Tea Book
Kakuzo Okakura, born in Yokohama in 1862, was a writer, art critic, historian, researcher and, above all, a man of broad education, about whom the painter John La Farge wrote: …
Bharatanatyam – a dance story of gods and people
If you are completely immersed in yourself, you will hear the sound of jewels from the feet of Lord Shiva. For the Most High dances his cosmic dance at the …
Raphael’s drawings – The eyes of the soul
Rafael, one of the three most famous artists of the Italian High Renaissance, was an extremely prolific painter. He left behind a hundred paintings and a large number of drawings. …
Medieval aesthetics
The title of this article comes from a book by Umberto Ecco, an Italian philosopher, essayist, professor of literature and writer, best known for the medieval detective novel The Name …
Every man is an artist
And you are an artist! Yesterday I brought out my rosewood recorder again. Of course I don’t play perfectly, my fingers are slow and my tongue is heavy. I list …
The great dreamer Edward Burne-Jones
The works of one of the last Pre-Raphaelites amaze not only with their rich variety, as they include painting, tapestry and stained glass, but also with their special, enigmatic beauty. …
Art and creation
Today, unfortunately, in most of society, aesthetic sensibility is reduced to something secondary and meaningless. This is present to such an extent that a materialistic man, restrained by his blindness, …
Art: Dance forms
Dance forms Ballet, Jazz dance, Contemporary dance, Social dances, Step, Folklore Modern social dances In the long tradition of dances, some folk dances – for various reasons – in a …
ART AND TYPES OF ART
Art is a specific human spiritual activity, which carries elements of sensibility, and includes the creative moment, the created work itself and its experience. Art is a beauty that outlives …