Sponsored by St. Petersburg College, original art work is on display at the Tarpon Springs Campus library April 29 to May 17 and is open to the public.
Let's paint the town. (In dreamy watercolors, preferably.)
Abstract art can be a doozy. We'd be lying if we said we've never approached a daunting canvas buzzing with indiscernible colors, shapes and stripes and,...
Artistic pursuits aren't just fun — scientific research shows that they're actually strengthening your brain.
Step inside any art museum, say MoMA or the Wadsworth, and the regions of your brain associated with pleasure, memory, emotion, and vision immediately light up upon viewing a painting, according to…
There's more to being a doctor than diagnosing symptoms. And that's where art comes in.
For two millennia, great artists set the standard for beauty. Now those standards are gone. Modern art is a competition between the ugly and the twisted; the...
"what histories are natural & what artifacts art? / how do we decide the borders of a country / or an era or a solar system? when did we decide / our planet meant only this collection of green?"
“I’ve always had more of an interest in art than academics.”
A study's colorful language may mask useful insight into how we create meaning.
Older collectors often want to keep their art forever, which is good for an artist's long-term career. Younger collectors are more commercially driven, and that can have ripple effects.
IS there a book, work of art, film, piece of music or building that has really changed your life, or brought you up short and stopped you in your…
Collectors of fine art are advised not to think of their collections as investments, but collectors cannot ignore the value of their art portfolio, nor should they fail to consider what will happen to the artwork when they are not around to appreciate it. And as the art portfolio grows...
How artists are thinking about the future of virtual reality.
We have become used to looking at art from a stance of detachment. In order to be objective, we create a “mental space” between ourselves and the objects of our investigation, separating internal and external worlds. This detachment dates back to the early modern period, when researchers in a wide variety of fields tried to describe material objects as “things in themselves”—things, that is, without the…
Great is what this art is, yet it raises doubts about whether any art, however “great,” can be considered exempt from moral scrutiny.
Practical an aesthetic tips for making the most of a piece of art.