The dominant element in the field of the visual arts, color, is in fact visual perception which enables us to detect light waves and grasp certain differences between them.

The capacity to perceive the various colors results from the synthesis of the analysis performed by the eye's rods and cones. Determining the color of an object [Read more]

To take part in the pictorial revolution of the turn of the 20th Century, the followers of Cubist painting, the most famous of whom were Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and Francis Picabia, proposed an art in which objects are broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled in abstracted form, devoid any coherent sense of depth.

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Oil paint is a thick colorant, composed of powdered pigments and a binding agent, originally natural linseed, walnut, or poppy oil. Its drying time is rather long, an inconvenience greatly compensated for by its capacity to blend well and mix colors. It thus enables the artist to create gradations and contrasts of great quality.

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Considered one of the most illustrious painters of the 20th Century, Pablo Picasso was born in Spain but spent most of his life in France. Although he's generally associated with painting, he's undoubtedly one of the most polyvalent artists ever, equally producing scores of sculptures, collages, etc.

He painted his first canvases at the [Read more]

Painting is one the richest forms of art and a vibrant witness of the past, a way of leaving one's trace over the span of time. Its evolution over the course of the centuries is impossible to describe in just a few words, due to its sheer dimension, longevity, and diversity.

However, it is possible to assert that the term [Read more]

In art, perspective is a graphic technique that creates the feeling of distance, depth, and position of elements represented on a flat surface; and bestows on painted or drawn landscapes, characters, and objects a three-dimensional aspect.

If certain works seem to presume some knowledge of perspective in the ancient arts, it was [Read more]