Art is the creation of beautiful or thought-provoking works. Art went through a tremendous amount of development in ancient Greece from the archaic to the Hellenistic eras. Much of the development was due to the political and philosophical views of the time. Each era gave way for the changes in the ...

Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy that is influenced by the concepts of value and beauty as they connect to the arts. Philosophers throughout time, such as Plato, have presented solid ideas about what artists should create and what people should like. In the world of today people have become more...

Literature and art have led a close and mutually influential relationship through the ages. Literary works have influenced a predominant majority of artists from the great to the lesser and common. Michelangelo is considered by many as the greatest artist of the Renaissance and one who was also grea...

Artists in this century have a long and rich, and problematic heritage on which to draw. As an artist I have been influenced by others before me and by the world around me. The technology that has been introduced into art is both a problem and a challenge for artists as it changes the meanin...

Contributions of Roman Civilization From the beginning of time both art and religion have played essential roles in human civilization. I intend to explore a part of mankind's special relationship with religion, some of the magnificent art that has been created in the name of God. I will try t...

Mathematics, argues H.E. Huntley in his book, The Divine Proportion (1970) can be beautiful. This is not a radical notion in and of itself. After all is not the discipline of mathematics all about imposing the neatness, simplicity, and proportion of numbers onto seemingly random sequences? All of th...

Art was one of the earliest manifestations of culture; this is because it fulfills humankind's need to interpret everything around them including their world and spiritual beliefs. Paleolithic art can be found to date back over thirty thousand years. The first discovery of this type of art ...