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Mycenaean stirrup jar from Ras Shamra Syria, 1400–1300 BC. An artifact [a] or artefact (British English) is a general term for an item made or given shape by humans, such as a tool or a work of art, especially an object of archaeological interest. [1]
Högman or Hogman is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alexander Högman (1721–1802), Swedish master bricklayer; Berit Högman, Swedish politician and civil servant; Chris Hogman (born Christofer Högman), Swedish artist; Karl Johan Högman (1850–1893), Finnish eductor and politician, M.P.
Hans Hofmann, Pompeii, oil on canvas, 84.25” x 52.25", 1959. Hofmann's art is generally distinguished by its rigorous concern with pictorial structure and unity, development of spatial illusion through the "push and pull" of color, shape and placement, and use of bold, often primary color for expressive means. [4]
Traditional Balinese painting depicting cockfighting. Indonesian painting has a very long tradition and history in Indonesian art, though because of the climatic conditions very few early examples survive, Indonesia is home to some of the oldest paintings in the world.
Dancing Girl is a prehistoric bronze sculpture made in lost-wax casting about c. 2300 –1751 BC in the Indus Valley civilisation city of Mohenjo-daro (in modern-day Pakistan), [1] which was one of the earliest cities.
The applied arts are all the arts that apply design and decoration to everyday and essentially practical objects in order to make them aesthetically pleasing. [1] The term is used in distinction to the fine arts, which are those that produce objects with no practical use, whose only purpose is to be beautiful or stimulate the intellect in some way.
In the perspective of the history of art, [11] artistic works have existed for almost as long as humankind: from early prehistoric art to contemporary art; however, some theorists think that the typical concept of "artistic works" does not fit well outside modern Western societies. [12]
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 ...