Turkey is known world-wide for its beautifully crafted rugs. Rug making in Turkey is an ancient art form that stretches all the way back to the 12th and 13th centuries. Women have led the rug-making industry, and for many in … Continue reading Turkish Rug Making: A Dying Art and Livelihood for Turkish Women
The body is a narrative device; it embeds our stories in our wounds and scars. Art explores this narration in various ways. Especially after the 1960s, self-exhibition started to form the basics of performance art. Rather than an object of … Continue reading Body Narratives and Performance Art in the Expression of Disability
In a previous article I expounded on stealing and artistic borrowing in music. Well, “expound” may be misleading. It was a meditation on the challenges of inspiration, the central question being “When does a piece of art become ours?” Here, … Continue reading The Art of the Steal in Western Literary History and Writing
Introduction Since the Human Species first gained consciousness and command over the world around us. We have loved the action of telling stories; it was the only thing to give us hope. Why did we need hope? It is because … Continue reading Latin Director’s and Their Cinematic Work: Guillermo Del Toro and Alfonso Cuaron
Frida Kahlo is known as one of the most popular female artists in the world. Though she lived a life of struggle, she was a passionate and strong individual. This life of pain and suffering inspired the majority of her … Continue reading Female Artist Frida Kahlo’s Story of Purpose, Passion, and Pain
Since the dawn of civilization, humans have developed numerous ways to successfully express emotions, convey messages, pass on knowledge, increase aesthetic appeal, entertain themselves and carry on traditions with the help of their creative abilities. One of the most clever … Continue reading Wayang: Traditional Shadow Puppet Theatre From Ancient Indonesia
Batik is a centuries-old technique of making intricate and meaningful patterns on fabrics using wax and dyes. This form of textile is found in many places around the globe, but it is a symbol of national and cultural identity in … Continue reading Tracing Origins and Decoding Cultural Values of Indonesian Batik Art
M. C. Escher, or Maurits Cornelis Escher, was a Dutch graphic artist and a printmaker whose art was not celebrated for most of his life, and the first time it was ever exhibited was in the year 1968, when he … Continue reading The Life and Works of Dutch Graphic Artist M.C. Escher
Ludwig van Beethoven wrote a set of letters directed towards a mysterious woman, whom he calls “immortal beloved” in July of 1812. This set of letters, viewed historically as one letter, was found in Beethoven’s home and is now located … Continue reading Beethoven and His Immortal Beloved: Hidden Romance in his Works