The dominant ideas of a society in any given historical period are clearly reflected by their art and artists and so, any artwork from a historical period clearly […]
Shape and Vision: How Perception defines Objective Reality
Vision is one of the most unique and intriguing things about human beings. The vision humans have today has taken many centuries to develop and refine. Through vision […]
Beneath Floes and Propp’s Morphology of the Folktale
Vladimir Propp’s chapter ‘The Functions of Dramatis Personae’ describe the role the characters within a story play from a morphological perspective. The model Propp presents is divided into […]
Art and Artist : Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol’s artwork Race Riot (1963) is a collage of real-life pictures of race riots that took place in America. The artwork is done monotone which could be […]
‘Sacred Commodities: The circulation of Medieval Relics’ by Patrick Geary
The main thesis of the article ‘Sacred Commodities: The circulation of Medieval Relics’ by Patrick Geary is the emergence and creation of particular types of saint relics and […]
The God of Love : Eros
Hesiod presents two versions of the God of love, Eros. In the first depiction, Eros is shown as a powerful force of creation. In this avatar Eros acts […]
Augusta McMahon’s ‘Space, Sound, and Light: Toward a Sensory Experience of Ancient Monumental Architecture’
Augusta McMahon’s article ‘Space, Sound, and Light: Toward a Sensory Experience of Ancient Monumental Architecture’ discusses the aspects of movement created by a manipulation of the space, sound, […]