The Annunciation : Leonardo's Rare Finished Artwork...
By Sal Khan February 06, 2021
Starting of Art Connoisseurship in Eighteenth Century Europe...
By Sal Khan February 07, 2021
The changes and continuities in patronage of the visual arts during the Northern Renaissance before and after the Reformation...
Christies : The Rising of the Youngster
The Industrial Revolution made England richer than anytime. It made England one of the wealthiest nations in Europe. By 1750, English population worked in industry was earning more than from people working in farming.[1] A philosopher, Jeremy Bentham first invented a new word ‘capitalist’ which was popular soon.[2] This ‘capital’ was a background for the auction house Christie’s and Sotheby’s. Christie, the largest auction house today, had sailed its business as an enterprise in 1766 in London. Christie is appreciating connoisseurship of art...
The Mystery of Cythera
Jean-Antoine Watteau’s Cythera paintings are still a burning debate among the art historians, because of its lack of specific interpretation about the journey to Cythera, or return from the island. Watteau painted his first Cythera in 1709-10, but the second and third Cythera is the most debated. Watteau painted The Embarkation for Cythera(Figure 2) in 1717, which was a reception piece (now in Louvre) for the French Academy. The third one, Pilgrimage to Cythera (Figure 3) painted in 1718-20, an elaborated version of the second one. These paint...
Botticelli and The Birth of Venus
Probably the most most elusive painting of Botticelli is the Birth of Venus (Figure 8). In this painting, Venus is just born from the genitals of Uranus and the sea.[1] Though Venus is full nude here she is in her full modesty. The red roses and the giant open shell is a symbol of Venus. The spring goddess is waiting to the shore to dress the nude Venus. The orange trees like Primavera behind them but fruitless, meaning Venus is still immature and not ready to take part in the world. Both of the paintings are not only symbols of aesthetic beauty By ...
The best way to rename an image file
When we capture a photo we get an image. No matter whether it is a Nikon or Canon camera or other Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) or even a very normal digital box camera, all of them are capable to capture a digital image. But in this article we will have a look about a digital photograph on behalf of a search engine. We think about an image file name which is very much search engine friendly. So, what is a search engine friendly name? When we took a photo the name of the digital file/raw file like 32017007.JPG. Is it very much friendly for anyone to...
Importance of Image Optimization
Why do we need image optimization? what is the importance of image and video optimization? You might be think about search engine friendly images and videos. Is it possible to get an image ranked by google or bing or any other search engines? So if you are a photographer or an artist, you want to display your valuable artwork online. But there are tons of other photos and/or arts exist online based on your theme. How can you rank your image on top of the search engines so that anybody can find it on the top of a search result of google or bing? Here co...
