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Body piercings

Author: ghost_1
Body piercing refers to the practice of using a needle to pierce the body, generally for the purposes of wearing jewelry, and piercing refers as well to the pierced part of the body, and sometimes to the jewelry worn. Body piercing can also refer to the practice of play piercings, in which parts of the body are pierced for ritual or sexual purposes, or even bloodletting, which was practiced, for example, by the ancient Mayans as well as...

Sexy Tribal Tattoo Designs

Celtic Tatoos And Celtic Tatoo Designs

Author: Forbes Jarvis
The history of the Celts goes back for thousands of years. The Celtic people were recognized far and wide for their first-class skills in jewelry, artwork, arms and even metalworking. Regarded as ferocious battlers by the Romans, they were warriors from top to bottom. Throughout Ireland and the coastline of England you can see top-notch examples of Celtic artwork and Celtic crosses.

Over time, modern Celtics developed and established symbols for themselves along the way. Celtic people in Northern America are known to display Celtic symbols to ...

Best graffiti artists in the world (party , 4.10.2007 NYC )

Is Graffiti Art?

By Steve Dolan
You can travel almost anywhere in the world, and you will probably see graffiti. Although graffiti art is usually more common in big cities, the reality is that it can occur in almost any community, big or small.
The problem with graffiti art is the question of whether it's really art, or just plain vandalism. This isn't always an easy question to answer, simply because there are so many different types of graffiti. Some is simply a monochrome collection of letters, known as a tag, with little artistic merit. Because it's quick to produce and small, it is one of the most widespread and prevalent forms of graffiti.
Although tagging is the most common type of graffiti, there are...

Street Performers-New York

The Best of Black Light Theatre - Black Light Theatre of Jiri Srnec (HD)

Funny street musicians with giant puppet

Brilliant and Moving Puppet Theatre

Black Light Theater Image in Prag

Art History Holidays In Italy

Author: Kieron Sellens
Birthplace of the Renaissance and for centuries the centre of Western Civilisation, Italy has made an immense contribution to Europe's historical and cultural heritage. Holiday makers with an interest in art or culture therefore enjoy a wealth of opportunities to explore some of the world's most incredible masterpieces of art and architecture.

Anyone with a passion for art will love an art history holiday in Italy, but art buffs interested in the Renaissance and Baroque periods in particular are in for a treat with the country's many masterpieces by Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Donatello, Botticelli, Fra Angelico, Tintoretto, ...

The architectural wonders of Barcelona

Author: amalby
Loving Barcelona for its architecture

Barcelona is a city that millions of tourists visit and many are attracted by its architecture. The city has a little bit of everything from the old quarter mansions built in Gothic style with imposing churches to Modernista style, futuristic buildings that defied the architectural rules of the period. Some are beautifully weird; others remind us of past moments in the history of Spain but all of them warrant your attention, because there is something to learn from ...

How To Paint With Acrylics

How to Paint - Beginner Lesson

By Coco Vizoli
How to paint...it can be a difficult process but it's a process by which people express their emotions, feelings etc. The range of emotions can start from pure happiness to unnerving anger. But everyone has had an introduction to painting. You could have been introduced to it in elementary school by your favorite teacher, middle school by that annoying middle aged teacher or even high school by that one teacher that influenced your future career options. And if this hasn't happened in your early years, you could have taken a class through the community. Nevertheless, you have been introduced to some kind of painting course through your life.
Now first decide what you want to...

Architecture, the Timeless Gem

Author: Ashley Daniels
Unlike many other practical professions, architecture is an ancient discipline responsible for the design of structures and buildings whose roots can be traced back to thousands of years B.C.

Architectural history can take you through the evolution of those structures that served as a landmark to remote civilizations, such as the Phoenicians and the legendary Tower of Babel, or the Egyptians and their incredible mortuary architecture, reflected in pyramids, tombs, and many other ancient buildings along the Nile River.

In fact, the first big architectural design recorded in history was ...

Travel Italy - Highlights of Italian Art and Architecture

By Michelle Linden
Every year millions of visitors trek through Italy in search of ancient culture, great food, art, architecture, and more. The allure is immediate even to those who have never been.
There is more art and architecture to see in Italy than one person could possibly
experience in a lifetime. Rome, Florence, and Venice alone offer an unending array
of design excursions. Highlighted here are some of the must see designs of both
ancient and modern Italy. Talk a trip, bring a sketch book, and see ...

Who Wrote The Most Famous Love Poem

Author: Jay Gilbert
The Most Famous Love Poem
Love poems have been written for centuries to inspire lovers and create romance. When you give your special someone a love poem, you can express your feelings through eloquent words in a memorable way. Many famous love poems are written by classical poets, such as Lord Byron, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Shakespeare. But...

Chariots Of Fire (live at the Mythodea Concert) - Vangelis

Ithaca by C.P.Cavafy (with Sean Connery & Vangelis)

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

Poetry in Contemporary Society

By Moira G Gallaga
In this ever-changing 21st century, with all its rapid technological advances, we tend to take in information in short blasts. We read emails and text messages quickly, surf the web, often in haste, flitting from page to page via links. We also tend to read fewer newspapers, magazines and longer articles of substance.
We're a society of channel surfers, with hundreds upon hundreds of diverse specialty channels beamed into our living rooms via cable and satellite. We watch a little of this, a little of that, all the while having our thought processes interrupted by often inane commercials designed to convince us to buy something we may or may not need.
When it comes to outright reading and critical thinking for any extended period of time, we seem to...

Chinese Poetry

Author: Ken
As defined by Watson (1986), poetry is a creative understanding of knowledge uttered through meaning sound and musical language choices in order to evoke an emotional reaction. Since times immemorial, poetry has been credited for its application of rhythm and meter in the passing and expression of knowledge. Poetry has undergone numerous milestones and drastic reinvention which has brought it to its present status (Watson, 1986). Specifically, china has in the past and present been positioned in the global platform due to the numerous developments in its poetry. Over the years, china poetry has also been undergoing significant changes and transformation from the traditional Chinese poetry to globally recognized poetry. This paper will profoundly discuss Chinese past and present poetry (Watson, 1986).
In the past, Chinese poetry was divided into a number of subgenres which...

A Brief History of Victorian Erotic Photography

Author: ij_forde@yahoo.co.uk
The exposure of the body through images of the nude was one of the most controversial issues in Victorian art.

Nudes were presented not only in painting and sculpture, but also popular illustration, and photography, fuelling intense debates about the relationship between art and public morals.

Pictures of nude women prior to 1835 generally consisted of paintings and drawings which were displayed in all respectability on the walls of art galleries and in country houses.

When the new technology of photography appeared around 1835 it was quickly taken up by artists, eager for new ways to illustrate the undraped feminine form.In the moral climate of the 19th century the only officially sanctioned photography of the body was...

The 3 Best Photography Books For Beginners

By Andreas Lilleboe
Although the most efficient way to become a good photographer is to just go out and take tons on tons of pictures, it doesn't hurt picking up a few photography books for beginners either. The key here is that you take what you read in these books and try it out afterwards. That's how you become a pro in less time than you could imagine. There are so many books in photography, that it can be difficult to tell which ones are any good.
What I've tried to do in this article is to point out 3 best "must-read" photography books for beginners, based on reviews, forum advices and...

Ancient Greek Music: Sappho's Wedding Hymn (Epithalamion)

The Pythagorean Musical Modes, the Four Temperaments and their Planetary Counterparts

Author: Cepheus
This article is number four in a series of short articles explaining the use of ancient musical modes to aid mental balance and inner harmony. The first article covered the subject in general; the second covered the Phlegmatic humour; and the third, dealt with the Choleric temperament. The present article deals with balancing the Sanguine.

I also cover the ancient Greek astrological conception of ...

The Art Of Today

Author: David Tatham
We hear many stories of artists living fanciful lives, enjoying all the pleasures and pains that life can throw at them. But what of the hardworking serious artists in their everyday lives.
From an early age, most professional artists would enjoy, and have an aptitude for painting and drawing. It is a very small percentage people that become household names across the planet. Time and place is always an important factor for success, but the greatest ingredient is ...

China: Fabulous Asian Sculpture and Art

Author: Wesley
When Marco Polo returned to Europe after living in China for 24 years, he brought with him stories and small samples of Chinese sculptures, ceramics, enamels, furniture and art. By the middle of the 18th century, Europeans were trading and craving for Asian products, Chinese art, designs, furniture, chinaware and sculpture figurines.
The Chinese Chou period (1122-221 BC) brought about the prominence of bronze casting. But, even before this, Chinese master craftsmen were producing art beyond its peak with fine stone, ivory, jade and bronze sculptures.
Fabulous ceremonial vessels and sculptures used by the nobility for funerary art and ancestor worship are ...

World of Music

Author: Naqi Khan
For those of us located in the Western portion of the world, we often think of all things Eastern as being very similar to each other. However, when you are talking about Indian and Pakistani music, movies, and music videos, nothing could be farther from the truth.

One glaring example of this difference is the music videos made in India and Pakistan from their popular film soundtracks. While both types of music play a big part in...

Different Kinds of Modern Dance

By Michel Maling
There are many different types of modern dance. As a modern dancing teacher I often get asked 'what exactly is modern dancing?' It is a difficult question to explain, as modern dance is broken up into so many different styles and forms, but I will discuss the most popular forms as per my own dance classes.
When most people think of modern dance, they picture cabaret dancers or the type of dancers that you see aboard cruise liners or in musical shows. This is modern, but...

Ancient Greek Theatre

By Mike S Shaw
The three main genres of theatre; comedy, tragedy and satyr also emerged in Athens, paving the way for theatre to come. Western theatre originated from this fascinating city and top London shows still incorporate the theatrical ideas of Greek Theatre.
A fabulous art form, many still flock to London to enjoy theatre breaks which includes tickets to one of the many fantastic London shows on offer. The ever-increasing range of technological devises mean that theatre is quite different from what it used to be, however, many of the fundamental ideas connected to theatre are the same.
So, the next time you enjoy a theatre break, ...

Live Theatre

Author: jahangeer
LIVE THEATRE
The history of theatre charts the development of theatre over 2,500 years.
Now the question arises who started Live Theatre, the answer of this question has lots of ambiguities. it is almost impossible to find an answer of the question asked above because some of the data in books or over the internet leads that people of Greek were responsible to it but some signals towards Egyptian, both of these countries (Greek & Egypt) has ancient history.
Unlike over all the world history of theatre in Canada is not that old. Canadian theatre was born of amateurs, but then later on professional actors began to arrive from Europe to Canada. By then a traditions of performing entertainments and theatricals had been established in ...

Defining Postmodern Theatre

Author: meLê yamomo
I'd like to begin by differentiating postmodern theatre from its preceding periodizing categorization, the 'classical' and the 'modern' drama. Classical drama is characterized by the value placed in the plot and its adherence to Aristotle's laws of dramatic unities. In the nineteenth century we also observed how Hegelian philosophy filtered into modern drama with the movement of 'man'/character at the forefront of dramaturgy in the character dramas of Ibsen, Strindberg and Chekov. We also see how Aristotle's mimesis is taken to the heights in the period of naturalism as influenced by the Darwinian science in the stagings of modern theatre. Raymond Williams observes...

Top 10 Quotes and Explanations from Alice in Wonderland

Author: Tuula Olin
Alice in Wonderland is a tale from Lewis Carroll who wrote it in 1864. The story has been such a huge success ever since and many movies and plays have been made based on it. This fairytale continues to have a great fan base. Its popularity is only increasing with big Hollywood directors and stars making yet another adaptation of the story. This time it will be directed by Tim Burton and Johnny Depp will be the outrageous character called the Mad Hatter.
The conversations between the incredible characters, which include people, animals and playing cards, are eccentric and funny. Some of their phrases have become extremely famous, some of them are ...

How to belly dance

Author: Yasir Wazir
Definition:

Belly dance can simply be defined as "a solo dance performed by a woman with hip and abdominal movements."

General information:

Many believe that belly dancing is an oldest form of dances taking origin from India to the Middle-East countries. It is a type of dance usually performed, when a woman is being prepared for her marriage. It is usually danced barefooted.

Belly dance can be called as a Western term being used for a traditional Arab dance form. In Arabic language, it is known as "raqs sharqi," (oriental dance), or "raqs baladi," meaning dance of country. In Greece, it is called as "tsiftetelli." Raqs baladi is performed by ...

Famous British Authors - Ten Best-Loved

By Keith Valentine
Which famous British authors made it to The Big Read? A survey conducted in 2003 by the BBC to reveal the UK's best-loved book? What novels are they famous for? And which of their books were in the Top 200 list?
There are a few things to consider, though, if you want to enjoy reading the novels written by the best-loved, famous British authors. First, determine where your interests lie. You may be interested in contemporary novelists, or perhaps you are more intrigued by classic writers? Works of English literature originating prior to World War II is considered by most to be classical in nature, whereas novels written during or after that...

Top 10 Violin Concertos of All Time

Author: Dr. Sander I. Marcus
If you're looking for objectivity, you won't find it here. I'm a psychologist by profession and an amateur violinist. So the following list and the explanations are purely subjective, not the opinion of a professional musician or musical scholar, and will probably change by the time I finish writing this. Nevertheless, as of today, here are the top 10 violin concertos of all time ...

Acrylic: A Revolution in Art, Design and Jewelry

By Eliane Kristensen
Acrylic sometimes called plexiglass refers to a hard transparent plastic material. Originally used for industrial purposes as a lightweight alternative to glass, it is now not only found in most spheres of daily life, but it has also opened new exciting avenues in jewelry, design and art.
The discovery and production of acrylic acid in 1843, was followed by other developments, particularly the discovery of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), more commonly called acrylic. Patented in Germany in 1933, Plexiglas is a well known brand name. Other brand names - such as Lucite and Perspex - are used interchangeably with the term acrylic.
Commercial production of acrylic dates back 1936. It opened new possibilities and was used on...

Ancient Greek Statues

Author: HollyHellerman
I have usually loved ancient art, but especially ancient Greek statues and vases. As an American, living in a time where excess will be the chief aesthetic, it can be inspiring to see an art that revels in proportion rather than extremes. Ancient Greek statues often try to portray themes of beauty inside the body, but they don't do it by overstating every thing. An ancient Greek statue of a man won't be pumped up to enormous proportions. A depiction of a goddess figure won't have ridiculous curves that would be out of place in any location but Los Angeles. They strive to create things look right - lovely in a very simple, human way.

Ancient Greece Art – Cycladic Sculptures in the Greek Islands

Author: Twomacs
Cycladic sculptures are thousands of years old and yet look eerily modern. A face with no facial features, except the nose, is not exactly how we think of ancient Greek art. Cycladic art came to prominence during the twentieth century. Unfortunately that started a period of looting, which destroyed the possibility of putting the sculptures in any kind of location or archeological context. To this day we know very little about Cycladic art. A measure of its growing importance is ...

Artistic Community in Tofino - British Columbia, Canada

Inuit art the modern art and its tradition

Author: Michael Smith
These art Inuit tradition is developed in the year 1948. James A. Houston hitch hiked to the north side of his country. He made some painting of Inuit art and gives it to the people who gave respect to him and his culture and after that, Eskimo artworks gets spread among the people. Many Missionaries, traders are now traveling to the north. So, Slowly people give their intension on art Inuit and soon they are appreciated and Inuit people ...

Indian Contemporary Art

Author: Indian Art
The Indian contemporary art has indeed able to showcase the complexities that India has lived with and continues to brave still today. Here, it is worth asking what constitutes Indian contemporary art for it to represent an India as truly as possible and also, what constitutes the India, for its people to produce the art that truly represent the India that they live in. These questions would certainly able to explain what the Indian art up to certain level, if not entirely. In fact, the very effort the profile the whole gamut of Indian art is fraught with uncertainties. But to understand the art of a certain country, we first need to ...

Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci

Author: Mark Traston
Mona Lisa is perhaps the most popular painting in the world. It is the most frequently discussed work of art and a leading model of the various artistic techniques. The great Italian artist and inventor, Leonardo da Vinci, painted Mona Lisa. The painting has been the subject of extensive debates worldwide. Such discussions have widened even more the tremendous popularity of Mona Lisa. A lot of other artists have attempted to unlock many of the mysteries that surround the painting but up to now their efforts fail. Consequently they resort to theoretical interpretations. There are however widely accepted and interesting facts and theories about...

Visit Paris - The Louvre Video Tour Guide

What are the Top 10 Art Museums in the World

Author: The Sider Group
Human beings have created countless artworks throughout history. While some of these artworks are no longer in existence, many have survived and ended up in prestigious art museums. Art museums are an important part of any society, because they provide an opportunity for modern people to understand the cultures and philosophies of people from the past. There are presently numerous art museums around the world, and their collections of artworks vary greatly. While some museums focus on the artworks of old masters, others may display contemporary or regional artworks. If you want to see the finest artworks ever...

Abstract Art – What Is It Actually?

Author: Port Art
Abstract art could be referred to as a creative method of expressing a painter's view of the world along with its objects. In contrast to the traditional art form, abstract art emphasizes on ideas or imagination, which they express on canvas.
At times, an artist gives his thoughts and imaginations, a physical manifestation. These are then painted on the canvas in the form of abstract art. Such type of art must depict the capability of connecting and stimulating other people in some definite ways. It is just then, when its true purpose gets served. By using simple or complex shapes, colors and forms, it becomes possible for the artist...