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Indian culture is among the oldest in the world, dating back thousands of years. The Indians, and their many belief systems, have always strived to capture the details of their […]
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Continue ReadingThe Unseen: History’s Overlooked Female Artists
Some of the finest artists the world has ever seen have simply been overlooked, and subsequently forgotten because they were women.
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The question of what it might feel like to meet someone from ancient Egypt or Rome face to face could almost be answered by looking at the Fayum mummy portraits. […]
Continue ReadingLeonardo da Vinci’s 5 Best Works
Leonardo da Vinci is often called the greatest painter and inventor of all time, and much of his work has survived to this day. Some of his paintings became so […]
Continue ReadingThe Most Famous Artists from Ancient Greece
Art has been used by humans as a form of expression for hundreds of thousands of years and art itself is even older than language. Before we could speak, we […]
Continue ReadingHow Modern Art Might Change in The Future
Art has always been a central part of the human experience, with some of the most famous people in history being artists in some form or another. Not much has […]
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