“Painted at least 51,200 years ago, this narrative composition, which depicts human-like figures interacting with a pig, is now the earliest known surviving example of representational art and ...

When we observe a representational painting ... but also to actions used by the artist to create works of art. For example, when looking at the painting on the right our brain can imagine the ...

Researchers studying people's brain activity when looking at abstract art have revealed why we interpret blobs of paint on canvas so differently.

In 1972, with assistance from an art teacher, 11 men formed a cooperative ... sacred practices and ritual objects were often depicted in a representational style. That was dangerous: certain ...

Two Italian artists spent some time at the court of Mandalay, but it seems more probable that Western art made its first ... are experimenting with less representational forms.

It is that our own lives are complicated and messy and painfully overwhelming, and we are looking for art that helps us to explain and ultimately work through our inner anguish. An example may ...

Soft, plastic cable ties means the lamp is safe to touch. Art Nouveau style – inspired by nature. Wisteria plants – organic appearance. Linear – outlines created by lead make the stained ...