Painting – Mannerism and Baroque.
Simple and full of limiting canons, the Renaissance in the early 16th century began to gradually transform into a more free and fuller style, originally Mannerism (1510-1590), and at the end of this century …
Painting – Renaissance
Painting – Renaissance.
The Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centuries is a period in the history of culture called “revival”. The era between 1350-1510 brought revolutionary changes to painting.
Secular art appeared, portrait, landscape not related to religious representations. The Renaissance introduced freer colors, revived the other …
Medieval gothic painting
Medieval gothic painting.
Gothic in painting dates back to the years 400 – 1350.
Gothic painting is characterized by a specific painting technique. The paintings were created mainly on a board using originally tempera, followed by oil paints. The fresco technique was also common. primary …
German Lorca - Brazilian precursor of reportage photography
German Lorca - Brazilian precursor of reportage photography
German Lorca is a pioneer of reportage photography in Brazil. For over 60 years immortalized the history of São Paulo. His black and white photographs, maintained in a poetic mood, they show the prose of the city life from years ago, at times like this
…Rainbow Family Village in Taiwan
Rainbow Family Village in Taiwan
Paintings of former soldier Huang Yung-Fu turned a former military town into a colorful land called Rainbow Village, which is one of the main attractions of the Thai city Taichung
Taichung is a city located in western Taiwan. In its suburbs …
Josie Portillo - LA based illustrator
Josie Portillo - LA based illustrator
Josie Portillo is an illustrator originally from and living in Los Angeles. It is not permanently associated with any magazine, or a publishing house. Works on request. W 2009 r. graduated from the Art Center College of Design in LA, …
Coloring
Political coloring pages.
W 1962 In the year, cartoonist Mort Drucker collaborated with humorist Paul Laikin on the creation books John F. Kennedy , a satirical introduction to Kennedy, his family and administration, told from the point of view of his daughter Caroline . The book sold in …
MANNERS, TRADITIONS, SLOVAKIA FOLKLORE
MANNERS, TRADITIONS, SLOVAKIA FOLKLORE
The Slovak folk calendar is full of customs and rituals that go back to the ancient Slavic magic. Most of them have absorbed Christianity. Because we come from the same circle of Christian culture, most of Slovak customs are known to us, they are, however …
Slovak literature
Slovak literature
The oldest linguistic monuments in Slovakia come from the Great Moravian times. Byzantine missionaries Cyril and Methodius, invited to the lands of Western Slavs by prince Rościsław in 853 r., they created the first Slavic letter and translated the Gospel into the Old Church Slavonic language, who was standing …
Theater in Slovakia
Theater in Slovakia
The earliest Slavic performances in today's Slovakia, related to religious rituals, supposedly took place during the times of the Great Moravian Reich, survived in folk traditions and infiltrated into Christian rituals. Their prevalence is evidenced by the fact, that the synod of Esztergom in XII …