"Lifestyle of Chickens" by Donna Shortt, an Indianapolis artist who will be featured in the Southside Art League's newest exhibition, "Passionate About Pastel." The show will run through Sept. 30.
Case Antiques describes the piece as “pastel on wove paper bust-length portrait of a bearded man with vibrant blue eyes and piercing stare.” “The penetrating stare and psychological intensity of this ...
Hilma af Klint, "The Primordial Chaos," No. 7, 1906-07 The Hilma af Klint Foundation, Stockholm Hilma af Klint, "The Ten Largest, No. 4, Youth," 1907 The Hilma af Klint Foundation, Stockholm Hilma af ...
The primary authors of this post are Dirk B. Walther (University of Toronto) and Claudia Damiano (KU Leuven) Have you ever stood before an abstract painting, feeling a surge of emotion but struggling ...
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Pastels—part crayon, part colored pencil, part paint—are not only a great artistic favorite for their intuitive ease of use, but also for their gorgeous look. Even if you’re not an artist, you’re ...
Researchers studying people's brain activity when looking at abstract art have revealed why we interpret blobs of paint on canvas so differently. When you look at an abstract painting, study it in a ...