Musical & artistic education
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Many of us think of being creative as something which you either are or you aren't. This gives the false impression that many creative people don't have to do any work and everything they do is easy. While there is great variation in terms of dedication and work ethic, the general rule is completely false....
Reggaeton is a form of dance music that became popular in Latin America in the early 1990s and spread to North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia in the early 2000s. The reggaeton genre remains one of the most influential in the music industry today, supported by rapidly increasing YouTube views, Billboard...
Both Chiaroscuro and Tenebrism are famous kinds of Italian art painting. Both of them are created using a huge variety of dark and light color mixtures. In addition to being very popularly used by Italian artists, a number of Spanish and Dutch artists have also used these art forms in their art works....
When studying History of Art, one cannot ignore some of the most primitive forms of art. We are talking about the first representations of pictures that were created during the Stone Age which used the most rudimentary of tools, styles and formats. Although we may just look at Stone Age art as cave paintings,...
Understanding the characteristics of baroque art can be as intimidating as the artwork itself. Artists working in this period were known for their embellishments, ornament and drama, designed to inspire awe in those receiving the work. The Baroque period's grandiose nature often granted it mockery in...
The Renaissance period emerged in Italy in the late 14th century and reached its zenith in the late 15th century. This was a period when Europe underwent an astonishing renewal in the fields of fine art, such as painting, architecture, sculpture and drawing. Artists like Sandro Botticelli and Leonardo da...
As the name suggests, Andy Warhol’s Campbell's Soup is not a soup variety, but an art piece. It is a collection of 32 different 20x16 inches canvases, each of which is a painting of a can of Campbells soup in different colors. At first sight, you will not feel anything special about them, and all of...
Banksy is a graffiti artist based in England. He is best-known for his political and satirical style artwork featured on walls and bridges throughout the world. Banksy's artwork grew out of the Bristol Underground Scene, and since then he has slowly become famous for his art throughout the world. Due to the fact...
Andy Warhol is one of the most important artists of the XXth century, and the main figure of the Pop Art movement in the sixties and seventies. Without his work, many of the artists from Pop Art would never have been so popular and artists like Jeff Koons, Murakami or Damien Hirst would have never found...
The violin and the viola are two instruments from the same family. Both are string instruments that have a similar size and appearance. For this resemblance, their differentiation can be a little complicated if you are not used with the special features of each of them. If you're curious and want to...
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It can be difficult for those that aren't well versed in music to understand the main differences between a band and an orchestra. Both play music, are led by a director and perform in concerts. However, the differences between a band and an orchestra have nothing to do with these things. Find out what...
Throughout history, art has been intrinsically linked to human life, serving as a mean of expression and as a universal language in which beauty and aesthetics prevail. It was in Ancient Greece where the division emerged between the high arts, created to be appreciated with the eyes and ears, and lesser...
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