How tall buildings tame the wind? The 426 metre tower features double floor cut-outs at 12 storey intervals throughout its height, allowing wind to pass through, as well as around its extremely thin structure. How are skyscrapers designed? Skyscrapers are created using a steel skeleton structure. Giant girder grids are formed by riveting metal beams […]
What does African art symbolize?
What does African art symbolize? Many African cultures emphasize the importance of ancestors as intermediaries between the living, the gods, and the supreme creator, and art is seen as a way to contact these spirits of ancestors. Art may also be used to depict gods, and is valued for its functional purposes. How did art […]
Why did Frida Kahlo only paint self portraits?
Why did Frida Kahlo only paint self portraits? ‘I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best. Within a year of her accident, Frida had painted her first mature painting, Self-Portrait in a Velvet Dress. Painting became a way to communicate her pain – both physical and […]
Why is the technique and media used important?
Why is the technique and media used important? Why is the technique and media used important? Technique is the way in which an artist creates a work of art, using the media he/she decides to use. The technique and media the artist uses will change the finished results, and the messages and/or feelings it conveys […]
What was the primary technique of archaic vase painting and what style did it derive from?
What was the primary technique of archaic vase painting and what style did it derive from? Vase painters articulated individual forms by incising the slip or by adding white and purple enhancements (mixtures of pigment and clay). In contrast, the decorative motifs on red-figure vases remained the color of the clay; the background, filled in […]
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Which of the countries did the Vikings invade during the Middle Ages?
Which of the countries did the Vikings invade during the Middle Ages? The Vikings who invaded western and eastern Europe were mainly pagans from the same area as present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. They also settled in the Faroe Islands, Ireland, Iceland, peripheral Scotland (Caithness, the Hebrides and the Northern Isles), Greenland, and Canada. How […]
What are the various sources of sublime according to Longinus?
What are the various sources of sublime according to Longinus? Longinus finds five principal sources of the sublime, the first two of which are largely the gifts of nature the remaining three the gifts of art (1) grandeur of thought, (2) capacity for strong emotion, (3) appropriate use of Figures, (4) Nobility of diction, and […]
How do you describe balance in art?
How do you describe balance in art? Balance in Art refers to the use of artistic elements such as line, texture, color, and form in the creation of artworks in a way that renders visual stability. It is through a reconciliation of opposing forces that equilibrium or balance of elements is achieved in art. How […]