Art and activism have often gone hand and hand. Art as a vehicle for free speech has allowed artists to comment on society, politics, and culture through visual media. Making art can bring awareness to modern issues, but it is … Continue reading Art, Activism, and the AIDS Crisis Originally Published in Print November 2019
The Bauhaus school was founded by Walter Gropius in 1919. First set up in Weimar, Germany, the school was known as the Staatliches Bauhaus. Between 1919-1933, the official end of the school, it found its home in Weimar, Dessau, and … Continue reading Your Guide to 100 Years of Bauhaus Originally Published in Print November 2019
How does art horrify us? Blood and gore may be gross, or a strange figure in the shadows may be creepy, and still visual mediums do … Continue reading Horror in Edvard Munch’s The Scream and Beyond Origianally Published in Print November 2019
Art has the power to represent social issues in different societies. Artists from all around the world have tried to raise the public consciousness through a vast spectrum of arts: such as George Orwell, British novelist, journalist and critic; Jorge … Continue reading Palestinian Art and Social Reality How can art convey important social messages for us today?
Words by Larissa Brigatti The Mona Lisa (1503–1506) or La Gioconda by Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci is the most famous Renaissance painting in the … Continue reading Mona Lisa