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3 weeks ago | 
blog.artsper.com | Jelena Martinovic |Elena Martinique
The year 2019 marks the 500-year anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci.
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3 weeks ago | 
blog.artsper.com | Jelena Martinovic |Elena Martinique
Depicting a young Parisian working boy, Garçon à la pipe from 1905 is probably among the most famous canvases from Picasso‘s Rose period. For his model, the artist used an adolescent known as “p’tit Louis,” who was frequently to be found at the Bateau Lavoir along with, in Picasso’s own words, other “local types, actors, ladies, gentlemen, delinquents….”In preparatory studies, the artist painted his subject in a variety of positions before painting the final one.
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3 weeks ago | 
blog.artsper.com | Jelena Martinovic |Elena Martinique
Featured image: Tribute in LightIt was September 11, 2001 when the terrorist attacks were carried out in the tragic events that resulted in 2,996 deaths affected every American in some way or another and sent the country into massive panic. Many artists decided to respond to the attacks, capturing in these 9/11 art pieces the variety of responses they have both felt and witnessed in the aftermath of the attacks.
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1 month ago | 
blog.artsper.com | Jelena Martinovic |Elena Martinique
During his tragically short but prolific artistic career, Keith Haring‘s artwork has left a deep mark in the world of contemporary art inspiring generations of future artists. After arriving in New York in 1978, Haring immersed himself in its downtown culture and quickly became a fixture on the artistic scenes.
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1 month ago | 
blog.artsper.com | Jelena Martinovic |Elena Martinique
Featured image: October 1st, Manhattan. Due to the mysterious allure of his persona and the political dimension of his art, Banksy remains in the spotlight constantly. In 2013, Banksy arrived in New York for a month-long residency which hosted an entire show on the streets of the city. During a NYC residency titled Better Out Than In, the elusive artist unveiled at least one work per day, documenting it on both a dedicated website and an Instagram account for authenticity.
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1 month ago | 
blog.artsper.com | Jelena Martinovic |Elena Martinique
The 20th-century design was greatly dominated by the modernist philosophy and ideas. That was up until a new approach to design took a stance against everything modernism stood for – it was the so-called Anti-design movement that emerged in Italy during the 1960s. In terms of architecture, it is often referred as the Radical Design period. As a loose collection of ideas that emerged in the early 20th century, Modernism responded to sweeping changes in technology and society.
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1 month ago | 
blog.artsper.com | Jelena Martinovic |Elena Martinique
It is often said that a photograph is worth a thousand words. Famous photographs created throughout the history of the medium have managed to preserve iconic historical moments for generations to come. These photographers managed to freeze a moment in time, bringing a single vision to the larger world, triggering our emotions and influencing our worldviews. By capturing what matters, some of these images have managed to change the course of history.
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1 month ago | 
blog.artsper.com | Jelena Martinovic |Elena Martinique
A pan-European style that lasted between the mid-12th Century and the 16th Century, Gothic art and architecture was actually developed to bring sunshine into people’s lives, and especially into their churches. Growing out of the Romanesque architectural style, a medieval aesthetic characterized by arches, vaulted ceilings, and small stained glass windows, it represented giant steps away from the previous, relatively basic building systems that had prevailed.
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1 month ago | 
blog.artsper.com | Jelena Martinovic |Elena Martinique
An Italian Renaissance painter, Giuseppe Arcimboldo is known for his intricate still life paintings which combined inanimate or found objects into kaleidoscopic “composite heads”. A 16th-century Mannerist, he tended to show close relationships between human and nature, but also his own appreciation of nature.
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1 month ago | 
blog.artsper.com | Jelena Martinovic |Elena Martinique
Founder of the Impressionism art movement in the 19th century, Claude Monet is known for returning to a particular subject over and over again, fascinated by how one scene could change so drastically under different lights. In these series of works, the artist captured the changing colors of the same subject matter at different times of the day, under various weather conditions, in changing seasons and under different lights.
