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The Beatles Are Back!

The Beatles Are Back!

On September 9th, 2009, The Beatles will release their re-mastered catalog of songs and Beatles-Themed “Rock Band”.  To commemorate the occassion, USA Today will feature a commemorative pullout in Friday’s print edition.  The paper featured seven design ideas and allowed the public to vote for their favorite.  Susan Parker won the... »

Types of Visual Art Forms: General Questions

Q. What are genres? The term “genres” is a fancy name for “types/subjects of paintings”. The main genres are: history painting, portraiture, everyday scenes (confusingly called genre-paintings),... »

Art Basics: Paintings

Q. What is Figurative Painting? This term is commonly used to describe a general category of paintings in which the human form is a dominant feature. The... »

Art Basics:Drawings

Types of Visual Art Forms: Drawing Q. What are the main types of drawing media? Which artists were best at sketching? In ancient Greece, artists used a metal... »

Art Basics: Types of Visual Art Forms

Q. What are the main styles of architecture? Early civilizations – like Egyptian, Sumerian, Minoan, Greek, Roman and Byzantine – had their own unique styles of architecture.... »

Art Basics: Types of Art

Q. What is “modern art”? There is no exact meaning or definition of the term “Modern Art.” Traditionally, it denotes the period between approximately 1860 and the... »

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