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POPSEarliest piece of erotic art uncovered “How far this ‘symbolic explosion’ associated with the origins and dispersal of our species reflects a major, mutation-driven reorganisation in the cognitive capacities of the human brain — perhaps associated with a similar leap forward in the complexity of language, remains a fascinating and contentious issue.”
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POPSA bridge and not a goal "The Brücke approach to art lacked the structural clarity of Cubism or maybe any structure at all. But what it lacked in form it more than made up for in freedom and attitude. " Beautiful art.
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POPSParis artists' models strike for pay and pride "As if to underline the importance of the models, a show called "Figures of the body, an anatomy lesson at the Beaux Arts" has just opened at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts," the top fine arts school. "
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POPSIs the Sagrada Familia being banalised in the name of tourism? Another example: "Michelangelo, another great religious architect, designed the dome of St Peter's but died before he could erect it. His designs were adapted by later architects. Does this make St Peter's a botched job, a betrayal? No. We experience it for what it is - a great collective religious work in which the individual contributions of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael, Sangallo and Bernini are visible, yet at the same time subsumed in the common purpose. Significantly, Michelangelo for once set aside his habitual rivalries at St Peter's and incorporated into his own contribution designs by his enemy Bramante. This was the place to work together, not against one another." When you see it, it is really the work of a genius...
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POPSRock art He seems Indiana Jones :) but with an academic angle...
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