Some Information About Renaissance Art
The Renaissance is widely considered by many to have been a historic age, this period of time came after the Middle Ages but before the Reformation in historic hindsight, but the Italian Renaissance of the 15th century is connected with the absorption of knowledge by Western influences.
Especially the various realms of mathematics from the origins of Hindu India, the importance of living well in the present through humanism, and the explosion of knowledge brought about by the invention of printing that allowed many to understand the world around them.
As for the art of the time, the Renaissance boasted many of the most important artists to have been culled from the public consciousness; such as
Leonardo da Vinci, Donatello, and Michelangelo, and has come to represent a golden era of time in which many people found themselves enlightened as to the state of world affairs and their own internal issues as well. Much of the art to come out of the Renaissance has been described as being the turning point for a large amount changes in the way things worked, and much of this is due to the previously mentioned artists and their now priceless
works.
The Renaissance has seemed to donate quite a bit to our culture as it now stands, even though a new age of Renaissance has yet to be really hinted at, and much has collected throughout the years to show the validity within this age of progression in all avenues of interest. It is the Renaissance that
has propelled the many ages to follow into their current state, with much praise being accrued to the many pioneers which pushed this age to a close,
but their impact is felt in the architecture and artwork of our time through the striking ways in which they moved everything forward by leaps and
bounds.
Much to come from the years within the Renaissance, whether it would be philosophically or in the aesthetics that claim to hold sway in the multitude of artistic pursuits to have arisen, but from there it has only been elaborated upon. Creating an established amount of history from which to draw upon, and it is these things which man claims to call art which seems to have truly revolutionized the world in which we live and strive every day.
There are many things out there today that we have come acknowledge as fitting into the categories encompassing the realm of art, these areas in particular range the gamut from paintings and sketches to sculpture and architecture, but all these things have the common central idea of expressing an artists interpretations of the world both within and without.
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Is Graffiti An Urban Art Form?
You can travel almost anywhere in the world, and you will probably see graffiti. Although graffiti art is usually more common in big cities, the reality is that it can occur in almost any community, big or small.
The problem with graffiti art is the question of whether it’s really art, or just plain vandalism. This isn’t always an easy question to answer, simply because there are so many different types of graffiti. Some is simply a monochrome collection of letters, known as a tag, with little artistic merit. Because it’s quick to produce and small, it is one of the most widespread and prevalent forms of graffiti.
Although tagging is the most common type of graffiti, there are bigger, more accomplished examples that appear on larger spaces, such as walls. These are often multicolored and complex in design, and so start to push the boundary of whether they should really be defined as graffiti art.
If it wasn’t for the fact that most graffiti is placed on private property without the owner’s permission, then it might be more recognized as a legitimate form of art. Most graffiti art, however, is only an annoyance to the property owner, who is more likely to paint over it or remove it than applaud its artistic merit.
Many solutions have been put into practice around the world, with varying degrees of success. Paints have been developed that basically cause graffiti paint to dissolve when applied, or else make it quick and easy to remove. Community groups and government departments coordinate graffiti removal teams.
In some places you can’t buy spray paint unless you’re over 18. Cans of spray paint are locked away in display cases. In a nearby area the local council employs someone to go around and repaint any fences defaced by graffiti. A friend of mine has had his fence repainted 7 times at least, and it took him a while to find out why it was happening! Certainly the amount of graffiti in my local area has dropped substantially in the last year or two, so it appears these methods are working to a great extent.
But is removing the graffiti doing a disservice to the artistic community? Maybe if some of the people behind the graffiti art were taken in hand and trained, they could use their artistic skills in more productive ways. It hardly makes sense to encourage these artists to deface public property, and so commit a crime. But perhaps there are other ways to cooperate with the graffiti artists rather than just opposing them. Graffiti artists can create sanctioned murals for private property owners and get paid for it.
Maybe we need to start at a very basic level, and find a way to encourage the creation of graffiti art on paper or canvas, rather than walls. After all, who would remember Monet or Picasso if they’d created their masterpieces on walls, only to have them painted over the next day? Finding a solution to such a complex situation is never going to be easy, but as more graffiti art is being recognized in galleries around the world, we do need to try.
Steve Dolan loves art in various forms and mediums. Find out more about graffiti as an art form at http://www.graffitithis.com and if you have art that needs framing visit http://www.pictureframesweb.com.
Renowned Russian Artist Releases 40 Beloved Paintings
For the past two decades, Victor Lysakov’s modern expressionistic art could only be found at international exhibitions, in private collections or inside his own painting studio in Moscow, Russia. The renowned artist holds a vault containing hundreds of masterpieces. For the first time ever, 40 of these prolific pieces have been released to the American public.
For art enthusiasts living in or traveling to California, a side trip to the first exclusive Lysakov gallery in Pacific Grove is a worthwhile detour. For those outside California, never fear – your local fine art gallery may soon display Lysakov’s art on their walls. A distinct group of hand-selected galleries nationwide have been offered the Lysakov Distributor opportunity; your neighborhood gallery might be one of them.
Named one of “The Best European Artists,” Lysakov has participated in several prestigious exhibitions and auctions in Russia, Poland, Germany, Sweden, Austria, France and Italy. Using oil or acrylic on canvas, Lysakov prefers brilliant, unmistakable hues – his color palette is very distinct. Each painting is its own unique creation and exudes a certain depth. New or seasoned, trusting or suspicious, frightened or fearless, the artist challenges you to grow bored with his paintings.
The local mayor, savvy art collectors and local design firms have unanimously agreed that Lysakov’s art rivals paintings found in upscale metropolitan art galleries in San Francisco and New York. In what the company considers a groundbreaking revolution in modern art, Lysakov’s work is not entirely subjective. A captivating story accompanies each image, giving the viewer riveting insight on the artist’s muse.
At first glance, the modern expressionistic work of Victor Lysakov might invoke an unexpected reaction – curiosity, mystery and even fear. But after closer inspection, the eccentric becomes extraordinary and the weird, wonderful. Lysakov challenges the viewer to conquer their fear – paintings should not be scary. “They merely depict life,” he says. “Sometimes the scariest things in life are the most trivial ones.”
He began experimenting first with watercolor, but now paints almost exclusively with oil or acrylic on canvas. Though never classically trained, Lysakov studied Rembrandt’s and Bryullov’s techniques. A self-taught artist, he read books incessantly, and spent hours upon hours in museums.
Born in Siberia in 1952, Lysakov discovered his artistic talent at a young age. “It was when I was six years old that I realized, for the first time, that the most natural and the most fitting way for me to carry on a conversation with the world was through the visual language.”
In early adulthood, Lysakov veered off the creative path and focused on a more traditional education – engineering. In 1975, he earned his MS in Physical Chemistry from Moscow State Institute of Steel and Alloys. In the decade following, he established a successful career in various military machine building plants. At one time, he was even accountable for over 700 employees under his command. In 1984, he attained his Ph. D. in Technical Sciences from Lomonosov State Institute of Fine Chemical Technology in Moscow.
Lysakov’s paintings range in image size from a humble 14×14 to a majestic 58×50. All are offered at an extremely low edition size of 395 Signed and Numbered (S/N) and 30 Artist Proofs (A/P) giclee canvas prints.
Giclee (pronounced zhee-clay) is a French term roughly meaning “spray or squirt” which refers to the digital printing process. During printing, millions of microscopic droplets of ink per second are applied to the print media. A giclee is a high-end fine art print often recognized as the next best thing to owning the original.
Artists at all levels and in a wide variety of media are creating prints using giclee technology. Buyers, attracted by the high quality and dynamic reproduction of giclees, have triggered a giclee explosion; while the fine art print market increases by about three percent annually, the giclee market is growing at more than 60 percent annually. In a $2.8 billion print market dominated by lithographs and serigraphs, giclees now total $160 million annually – and growing. According to CAP Ventures, digital fine art is expected to reach a retail value of $600 million by 2007.
Lysakov Art Company, Inc. is located at 305 Forest Avenue in charming Pacific Grove, California, in the heart of one of the nation’s art capitals: the Monterey Peninsula. On-site, the 4000 square foot facility houses the corporate offices, publishing headquarters and the first-ever exclusive Victor Lysakov Gallery.
Heather Neal is the VP of Sales and Marketing for Lysakov Art Company, Inc., the exclusive publisher for renowned Russian artist Victor Lysakov. For more information please visit: http://www.lysakovartcompany.com.
A Passion Swells Within My Soul
A passion swells within my soul. A deep feeling creeps over my emotions, sending chills of uncertainty over my life.
I want to reach you, find your heart and touch it. I am afraid.
I keep fighting the way I feel. Hoping it will go away. Knowing you do not feel the way I do. Knowing you will never change.
I want to reach you, find your heart and touch it. I am afraid.
My hand reaches out for yours. I need you to hold me. You are like a mother is to her child. A song is to a bird. You are my song.
I want to reach you, find your heart and touch it…I am afraid.
It’s surprising how when you accept people for what they are and who they are,
They become exactly what you had hoped they would be.
The sun sets softly against a summer sky;
The warmth of its’ glow rest gently on my brow.
The sweet scent of daffodils caress my sense;
Bringing memories of pleasant times and distant places.
The lingering sound of waves crashing relentlessly against granite rock;
Shatters a silence that echoes within me.
A billowy cloud nestles quietly against a blood stained sky;
Causing shivers of bewilderment to run through those who chance to observe its’ beauty.
A single silhouette casts a shadow, signaling that night is drawing near.
As the sun sets over the horizon, my thought are drawn to you;
Thoughts of special times in different places.
Capturing moments that are forever locked in my heart.
There to call up whenever I want to put a smile on my face and warmth in my heart.
I look forward to seeing you at the end of the day.
Thank you for being such a special person in my life.
A warm glow mingles in my soul;
Gently caressing my heart
I feel the powerful presence of a being over me.
I glance up and you are there.
I Feel the strength of you in me;
Easing the frailty of my life.
Eyes pierce the core of my deepest emotions;
I feel their touch wounding me slightly.
A hand on my silent flesh, burns, leaving it’s mark behind.
Icy words freeze my passion.
Strong sweet smells linger in the distance.
Somewhere in this world there’s got to be;
A little place just for me.
A little place where I can cook;
A little cranny or a nook.
But somewhere in this world there’s got to be.
A simple place just for me.
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Take a Piece of America Home
The great American landscape is the inspiration for Renee Nemerov’s paintings-the rich green West Virginia mountains with its waterfalls, the pristine beaches of Lake Michigan, the Southwest’s brilliant blue skies and rugged rock formations, the lush California coastline and breathtaking Pacific ocean views, the winding Rio Grande-interpreted with vivid, exploding color and her own original styles in abstract or expressionist form.
Primarily an abstract and impressionist landscape painter, but also a skilled sculptor and portrait painter, Renee is noted for her use of imaginative concepts, intense, rich variegated colors and fluid lines used to convey the emotional essence of a subject.
She is the daughter of businessman turned artist David Nemerov, famous for his huge, wall-sized, floral oil paintings, the sister of controversial, avant garde photographer Diane Arbus, and of Howard Nemerov, one of the first Poet Laureates of the United States. She had the opportunity to study and learn from such great artists as the reknowned Mexican painter Rufino Tamayo, San Francisco expressionist Robert Friemark, Jean Liberte at the Art Students League, Camillo Egas at the New School, both in New York City, and the Swiss Impressionist, Hanseggar.
As a result of a two-man show of their artwork at the Palm Beach Institute, Renee and her late husband Roy Sparkia were commissioned by Laurence Wein, then one of the building’s owners, to create the eight 5′ wide x 7′ high illuminated panels in the Empire State Building lobby. They depict the traditional Seven Wonders of the World, the great pyramids of Egypt, the Pharos (lighthouse) of Alexandria, the hanging gardens of Babylon, the temple of Diana, the statue of Zeus, the mausoleum at Halicarnassus and the Colossus of Rhodes. The eighth wonder is the Empire State Building, at that time the tallest building in the world. These huge, crystal resin and stained glass panels were installed in the Empire State Building in 1963 and are still there attracting millions of viewers today.
Renee is a prolific artist, painting daily and believes that art should be made readily available and affordable for everybody. Through the Internet, she is now able to sell her artwork directly to the public-worldwide-rather than in a bricks and mortar gallery with its elite audience and typical 100 percent mark-up.
She has had major shows in New York City; Palm Beach and Miami, Florida; Traverse City and Saginaw, Michigan; Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Ventura, California. Her work was included in a U.S. State Department traveling show, which was part of the cultural exchange program with Russia. She is represented in the Lord Beaverbrook Museum in New Brunswick, Canada and the Nate Cummings Sara Lee collection in Chicago, among others, and her sculptures and paintings are internationally collected.
“I like to paint on deep gallery wrap canvas with painted sides,” Renee says, “so that they seem almost three dimensional, and can be hung without a frame. I think it makes for a clean contemporary look.
I love strong bold color, and different challenging compositions, and I strive to use them to capture emotion and movement in their purest form, and to stretch the viewer’s imagination into new areas of response. I am constantly surprised by the richness and variety of the American landscape with its dramatic vistas and feel I will never tire of painting them.”
Vivid colors, imaginative concepts are trademarks of Renee Nemerov’s exciting landscapes. View them at: http://www.contemporaryartstudio.com