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  2. History of art - Wikipedia

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    Roman art lovers collected ancient Greek originals, Roman replicas of Greek art, or newly created paintings and sculptures fashioned in a variety of Greek styles, thus preserving for posterity works of art otherwise lost. Wall and panel paintings, sculptures and mosaics decorated public spaces and private homes.

  3. Art history - Wikipedia

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    Venus de Milo, at the Louvre. Art history is, briefly, the history of art—or the study of a specific type of objects created in the past. [1]Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today, art history examines broader aspects of visual culture, including the various visual and conceptual outcomes ...

  4. History of painting - Wikipedia

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    Wassily Kandinsky a Russian painter, printmaker and art theorist, one of the most famous 20th-century artists is generally considered the first important painter of modern abstract art. As an early Modernist, in search of new modes of visual expression, and spiritual expression, he theorized as did contemporary occultists and theosophists ...

  5. Timeline for invention in the arts - Wikipedia

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    1917 – the Readymade was invented and exhibited by Marcel Duchamp with his work "The Fountain", an upturned urinal signed by the artist. The Readymade expanded the definition of art and of an artist. [4] 1917 – De Stijl, a kind of art based on pure geometry, was invented by Theo van Doesburg.

  6. Art - Wikipedia

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    The first undisputed sculptures and similar art pieces, like the Venus of Hohle Fels, are the numerous objects found at the Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura UNESCO World Heritage Site, where the oldest non-stationary works of human art yet discovered were found, in the form of carved animal and humanoid figurines, in addition to the ...

  7. Ancient art - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Greek art includes much pottery and sculpture, as well as architecture. Greek sculpture is known for the contrapposto standing of the figures. The art of Ancient Greece is usually divided stylistically into three periods: the Archaic, the Classical, and the Hellenistic.

  8. Inside Art Basel Miami Beach: 22 photos show some of ... - AOL

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    I attended Art Basel Miami Beach for the first time from December 6 to 8. During the weekend, I viewed several exhibitions, spoke to artists, and went to a party and concert.

  9. Prehistoric art - Wikipedia

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    Engraved shells created by Homo erectus dating as far back as 500,000 years ago [3] have been found, although experts disagree on whether these engravings can be properly classified as 'art'. [4] From the Upper Paleolithic through to the Mesolithic , cave paintings and portable art such as figurines and beads predominated, with decorative ...