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During our visit to the museum of fine arts in Richmond, Virginia on April 17th, I had the opportunity to observe an ancient pot on exhibition. This particular pot is an amphora with black figure decoration, characterized by its round shape and approximate height of 16 inches. Crafted from terracotta clay, it is believed to…

Philosophically speaking, there is no such thing as computer generated art. Even in its most automated state, the process of creating art depends on human artistic judgments. Even if the art is created by running filters over a photograph, the original photo was composed and captured by humans and the artistic decisions about how to…

A Biography on Klimt From around 1900 until his death in 1918, Gustav Klimt dominated the art scene in the capital empire of Austro-Hungary. He was born on July 14, 1962 in Baumgarten, near Vienna. Gustav Klimt was the second of seven children of a meticulous but poor engraver and carver. His brother Ernest, who…

Showtime’s new age murder drama, Dexter (2006- to present), is more than what the cover art will have you to believe it is, or is it? Dexter is a television show about the life of a murderer. Dexter, the main character, is no ordinary killer though. He is a community hero! He kills murderers; only…

            Said to be one of the most important 20th century documents on culture, Clement Greenberg actually developed a distate for this essay. Especially with bizarre statements like, “only under socialism could the taste of the masses be raised,” one can see that there was an echo of 1930s Marxism foreshadowing his work. His learned…

Beginning in the summer of 1869 Gustave Courbet produced a series of paintings depicting stormy seas during his stay at Etretat on the Normandy coast. The Wave (La Vague c. 1872) exhibited in the National Gallery of Victoria is one such painting that features the central motif of a cresting wave. While many viewed the…

            Ansel Adams was a member of the Western school of photography, which included others such as Edward Weston and Imogen Cunningham and as a group were nature-oriented, nature encompassing everything from a desert landscape to closeup floral forms, to studies in humans.  Adams was a member of the Western school that brought together an…

The image of the nude is dateless. cardinal and cosmopolitan. It has the ability to motivate intense involvement. longing and even repulsive force in the spectator. We frequently find that images of the bare reflect upon society’s attitudes towards beauty and gender issues. These issues are strongly highlighted in Jenny Saville’s nakedly confrontational ‘Propped’ ….

Punk rock, cartoon-like and text heavy are some common descriptors of cotemporary artist Raymond Pettibon’s work. His work throughout the last twenty five years is a compilation of image and text that has been influenced by previous artists and influences many newer artists as well. The artist known as Raymond Pettibon was born Raymond Ginn…

Fast Facts Raul Gonzales forwarded an anonymous letter by “Concerned Employees of the Supreme Court” to Justice Fernan. Theletter was addressed to Gonzales referring to charges for disbarment brought by Miguel Cuenco against Justice Fernan andasking “to do something about this.” The action against Fernan was filed in the Tanodbayan. Tanodbayan – special prosecutor like…