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Sharks in art
Aug 14, 2022
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6 minutes read
Sharks have dominated the waters of the sea for hundreds of thousands of years before man, who, once having ploughed them, has oftentimes described these animals, both in artistic and literary works, even presenting them as dangerous and fearsome predators...
Art History
Route 66: the legend told by art
May 15, 2022
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7 minutes read
Artworks by Artmajeur's artists, created through multiple viewpoints and techniques, such as oil on canvas, digital photomontage and photography, take us on a tour of some of Route 66's most iconic places, such as the Cadillac Ranch installation in Amarillo (Texas), the Palo duro canyon (Texas), the town of Seligman (Arizona), the Wigwam Motel (Arizona), the Mojave desert (California) and the Santa Monica pier (California)...
Art History
Children in art
Jul 17, 2022
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7 minutes read
Since the dawn of civilisation, children have represented an extremely popular artistic subject, capable of expressing joy, love and candour, within figurative narratives aimed at illustrating not only the attitudes and psychological characteristics of the little protagonists, but also the customs and traditions of their families, as well as the different approaches to the world of childhood that have characterised the different eras...
Art History
Dance in art history
Dec 13, 2021
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7 minutes read
Dance, an intense and passionate art form, has been very probably present in all human cultures, in fact, among the first works of art that portray it we find the paintings of ancient Egypt. The representation of this topic has also characterized the most popular artistic currents between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, so that great masters such as, Degas, Renoir, Munch, Toulouse Lautrec, and Matisse have depicted it...
Art History
What is kinetic art?
May 11, 2022
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7 minutes read
Kinetic Art, or Programmed Art, was born after World War II in concomitance with the decline of geometric abstraction. It is an artistic current whose purpose is to illustrate the study of the mechanisms of vision, aspiring to a rendering in pictorial and plastic terms of dynamism, optical phenomena and light...
Art History
History of Czech Art
Nov 25, 2023
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7 minutes read
 By Czech art history, we mean the entire complex of visual arts that were conceived and subsequently took shape and life in both the Czech Republic itself and in the various states that were part of it in previous centuries, serving as a home to memorable artists who, in the most famous examples, will be explored later.
Art History
The history of Spanish art
Aug 7, 2022
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7 minutes read
Over the centuries Spain has given birth to some of the world's greatest architects, painters, sculptors and photographers. This richness is due, both to the autonomous Spanish creative flair and to the influence exerted on the Iberian Peninsula by the most important European figurative currents...
Art History
The rise of Latin American art.
Jun 19, 2022
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7 minutes read
The contemporary reality, marked strongly by the growth of the population of "Latinos" in the United States, has resulted in a significant increase in attention, and interest, in Latin American music genres, literature, and art. Indeed, South American artistic traditions have become increasingly well-known and accessible, as they are oftentimes promoted and enhanced by cultural institutions and art museums around the world...

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