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According to current knowledge, figurative art began to develop after Homo sapiens started spreading across Europe. However, the origins of figurative art are until today not completely understood and new information and discoveries might contradict this assumption. Continue reading “The ‘Lion Man’; Upper Palaeolithic Art from Germany”
by Charles Diehl
The church of St. Sophia in Constantinople is the masterpiece of Byzantine art, and it is at the same time one of those monuments where some of the most characteristic features of that art appear most clearly. Thus if one would understand the nature of the Christian art of the East and in what its originality consisted, one must go first of all to this essential building-to this “Great Church” as it was called throughout the East during the Middle Ages. Continue reading “The three ‘Golden Ages’ of Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) Art and its widespread influence over time”
A nation’s tastes and mentality are nowhere more clearly preserved than in its arts. These embody its loftiest ambitions and most telling achievements. Continue reading “Art in the Eastern Roman Empire”
In this post we present selected parts of the very interesting paper titled “Early art in the Urals: new research on the wooden sculpture from Shigir“, by Mikhail Zhilin et al. Continue reading “Prehistoric art in the Urals (Shigir); the oldest wooden monumental sculpture in the world”
This post is a summary of information on the discovery of Upper Palaeolithic art in the Ashpendou cave, Crete, Greece. Continue reading “Upper Palaeolithic cave art in Crete, Greece”
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding book (a collection of papers on the matter), edited by Hariclia Brecoulaki, Jack L. Davis & Sharon R. Stocker. Continue reading “Mycenaean Wall Painting in Context. New Discoveries, Old Finds Reconsidered”
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