Frederik Ruysch: The Artist of Death

Luuc Kooijmans explores the work of Dutch anatomist Frederik Ruysch, known for his remarkable ‘still life’ displays which blurred the boundary between scientific preservation and vanitas art. Detail from Jan van Neck’s Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Frederick Ruysch (1683), showing Ruysch in the centre with an infant cadaver – Source. When visiting Frederik Ruysch in…

The Calling

Beautiful and hypnotic, this slow tempo acoustic guitar melody will touch you deep inside.

A New Definition of Puppet Dance

When the art of lighting meets a dancing soul…

Chihuly Garden and Glass

The installation inside of the Glasshouse is an expansive 100-foot long sculpture and is one of Chihuly’s largest suspended sculptures.

Graffiti

Graffiti writing is often seen as having become intertwined with hip hop culture and the myriad international styles derived from New York City Subway graffiti.

Performance Art

The widely discussed difference, how concepts of visual arts and concepts of performing arts are utilized, can determine the meanings of a performance art presentation.

Chinese Painting 國畫

Chinese painting and calligraphy distinguish themselves from other cultures’ arts by emphasis on motion and change with dynamic life.

Sculpture

Sculpture has been central in religious devotion in many cultures, and until recent centuries large sculptures, too expensive for private individuals to create, were usually an expression of religion or politics.

Calligraphy

A contemporary calligraphic practice can be defined as, “the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious, and skillful manner”

Handicraft

Handicraft industries are those that produces things with hands to meet the needs of the people in their locality. Machines are not used.

Watercolor Painting

Watercolor painting is extremely old, dating perhaps to the cave paintings of paleolithic Europe, and has been used for manuscript illustration since at least Egyptian times but especially in the European Middle Ages.

Glass Art

As a decorative and functional medium, glass was extensively developed in Egypt and Assyria. Invented by the Phoenicians, was brought to the fore by the Romans.