Islam and art
Turkish culture and art are closely related to Islam, adopted by the Turkmen tribes from the beginning of the 10th century. It was then that they gradually began to arrive in Anatolia, trying to reach its western borders. …
Author: Krystian
Icon
Icon
Word icon comes from Greek eikon – "Image”, "image”. Originally in Byzantium, this term was used to describe religious images, both in blackboard painting, and wall. Contemporaries, talking about the icon, they mean first of all the first meaning. Icons have always depicted …
Byzantium
Byzantium
Byzantine art was formed from the Greco-Roman tradition and its combination with oriental elements. It is considered the culmination point of the development of early Christian art, a was born after Constantine moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium in 330 r. The greatest artistic activity …
Ancient Greeks and their heirs – Romans
Ancient Greeks and their heirs – Romans
Most of the ancient cities, visited by tourists in Turkey, the Greeks raised up, who are undoubtedly the first builders in the history of mankind, constantly striving to discover the eternal and right rules of form and proportion. Even if we visit cities …
The legacy of the Hittites and the poetite states
Turkey is a patchwork of many cultures of our world. Here we find traces of the Hittites, examples of Greek and Roman ancient architecture, buildings from the Byzantine period and extremely interesting Turkish monuments. In museums we will admire, among others. beautiful ancient carvings, Byzantine mosaics and magnificent Ottoman specimens …
THE BOYS FROM GLASGOW
THE BOYS FROM GLASGOW
The age-old rivalry between Glasgow and Edinburgh flared up again at the end of the 19th century., when the Scottish Royal Academy announced, that it will not accept works by West Coast artists. However, this prohibition did not last very long, and for …
Who was Stanisław Wyspiański
Who was Stanisław Wyspiański
Stanisław Wyspiański can be called a Renaissance Man - he was a writer, poet, playwrights, graphic artist and painter, he also designed furniture. I came into contact with Stanisław Wyspiański during high school, however, I did not like his work. I speak both …
What Jan Matejko was famous for
What Jan Matejko was famous for
Every Pole knows Jan Matejko. He is perhaps the most famous and talented Polish painter. He became famous as a painter of historical scenes such as Battle of Grunwald, Prussian Homage if Batory near Pskov. Jan Matejko is there …
Paul Signac – Curriculum vitae
PAUL SIGNAC (1863—1935)
Born in Paris. From an early age, he devoted himself to painting. He did not pursue academic studies. He was under a strong impressionist spell, especially Monet. He exhibited for the first time in May 1884 r. at the 1st Independent Salon. Tam knows Seurat, which he exhibits …
Divisionist invoice
DIVISIONAL INVOICE
1. Many people, insensitive to the effects of harmony, colors and lights, he saw in the technique of neo-impressionists only a way. This method, which ensures the achievement of the desired results thanks to the purity of the color elements, their proper dosing and perfect blending in the viewer's eye, does not have to …