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Artsy Sister Talks About Still Life
I did a new video blog. The topic was still life. It is quite the underappreciated type of painting. It has an interesting history, nonetheless. Still Life are paintings of inanimate objects. This includes flowers, fruits, objects, bones and jewelry. The first still life where painting by the Egyptians in tombs. The fruits where painting with “magic paint”. They were supposed to feed the dead in the afterlife. The Greeks saw these paintings. Not understanding their purpose, they proceeded to use food items as room decorations. The romans added skulls to their still life, as a type of momento mori. ...
15 Things You Should Know About Michelangelo
I made an Youtube Video about 15 things you should know about Michelangelo. He was a painter, sculptor, poet and architect. There were not a lot of European artist that could do all 4 well. His full name was Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. He would write it as Michel Angelo. He wanted folks to focus on the Angel part of his name. He lived till the ripe of age of 88. He was also an old miser. When they did an inventory of his stock, he had two unfinished sculptures and 8000 gold coins under his bed. He didn’t...
5 Painters that You should Know as far as Fabric is Concerned
I wanted to show you 5 painters that you do not know about. They are academic painters. They get ignored since they worked during the time of the impressionism. They stood out due to their beautiful rendering of fabrics. I made a video blog ranting about the beautiful dresses. I suppose it is not a topic that a lot of folks find interesting. Even so, I wanted to bore you with it. I hope that it makes you smile. In this blog, I have 5 examples of each of their paintings. Their names are James Tissot, Edmund Blair Leighton, Auguste...
Cats in Western Art
I did a video blog about cats in Western art. I start with the Ancient Greeks. They were super blasé about cats. They became associated with magic after coming in contact with the Ancient Egyptians. When Catholicism took over, they threw under the bus anything having to do with paganism. This also included cats. The pope Gregory IX created a bull talking bad about cats. He particularly despised black cats. He claimed that they were an incarnation of the devil. During the Renaissance period, Cat loving nobles began to fight back. They proudly ordered portraits that featured them with their...
10 Self Portraits and What They Say
I did a new video blog about self-portraits. You can check out in my Artsy Sister Youtube channel. Please give a like and subscribe. The first painting shows Goya and his doctor. He made this painting as a thank you for his doctor. The man had saved his life. We know of this doctor thanks to this painting. The second painting features Frida with cropped hair. There is a lyric to a song on top. It means that you stopped loving me when my hair got short. Frida painted this after her divorce. She is sporting a gender-neutral outfit. She...