Western Art

Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) came from a family of a church school principal in Amersfoort, Holland. He began painting at the age of 14, became a local high school art teacher at the age of 20, and began working in academic and realism, then drew from Impressionism, Symbolism and Post-Impressionism. It was not until 1911, after seeing the early Cubist works…

Malevich pioneered geometric painting, and the works that have survived are still surprising for their simplicity all these years later. He is considered the great pioneer of abstract painting in the twentieth century. With his enigmatic works, he sketched out another bright star for the 20th century art world, heralding the dawn of various art movements, from Dadaism to the…

Many people are confused and angry about modern artworks: "Why are there so many unexplained random shapes in modern artworks? Wasn't it just a random scribble by the artist? What is the artistic value of this? Even a child can draw like this, right? Is it because the artist is famous, and a few strokes of paint is a work…

Egypt’s mythic world, rich with creative imagery, was deeply informed by the natural world that surrounded them. The divine landscape and the stories about the beings that inhabited it continued to evolve through Egyptian history. Over time, these myths wove an elaborate tapestry of meaning and significance, often presenting layered, seemingly contradictory viewpoints that existed simultaneously without apparent conflict. Similarly,…

It is not known exactly where and when Egyptian writing first began, but it was already well-advanced two centuries before the start of the First Dynasty that suggests a date for its invention in Egypt around 3,000 B.C.E. The most well-known script used for writing the Egyptian language was in the form of a series of small signs, or hieroglyphs.…

Nefertari (also spelled as Nefertari or Nefertiti) was the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Ramesses II of the 19th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, who lived approximately from 1290 to 1254 BC. Her name means "beautiful companion," "the most beautiful woman," or "the best of women," and she is generally considered to have been Ramesses II's favorite queen. In the history…

The Narmer Palette is a stone plaque with shallow reliefs discovered by James Quibell and Green in 1898 at the Horus Temple in Hierakonpolis (Nejen). It is currently housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Obverse The image depicts King Narmer wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt, indicating that Upper Egypt was more superior to Lower Egypt. He is…

The Golden Wood Statue of Queen Tiye is one of the treasures of ancient Egyptian art, a wooden half-figure statue depicting Tiye, the queen of Pharaoh Amenhotep III of the 18th Dynasty in ancient Egypt. The statue is about 50 cm high and 20 cm wide, made from a single piece of wood and covered with a layer of gold…

Ancient Egyptian art must be viewed through the lens of ancient Egyptians to be understood. Many Egyptian images are somewhat static, often formalized, strangely abstract, and frequently blocky in nature, sometimes leading to unfavorable comparisons with the later, more "naturalistic" arts of Greece or the Renaissance. However, Egyptian art had a radically different purpose than these later cultures. While we…

The tall glass is the easiest and best wine tasting tool. A good tall cup generally has 250ml capacity. Do not use a small cup to taste high -grade wine. This is not only to say that the amount of drinking is that its taste is not fully performed, and it is not happy. Of course, you cannot abuse excessively…