Category: Art History
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How do you feel about CBGB turning into an art gallery? Transcript If you are, at all, an original punk afficianado, or just give a shit about punk history, or even the history of New York City, you will have heard of CBGB. Amazing acts, like The Ramones, Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols, Blondie, like all…
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Was Nefertiti’s tomb just found?! A noted Egyptologist believes so! Transcript If you’ve watched any sort of documentaries about Ancient Egypt within the last 5, 10, maybe 20 years, you would have seen Zahi Hawass. He claims to have solved the mystery of where Nefertiti’s tomb is. So, according to Hawass, he and his team…
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In my previous post and video, I outlined the 3 major architectural styles of Miami Beach. This post is a mini deep dive into Art Deco. So, South Beach is known for its amazing collection of Art Deco architecture. Most of these buildings were slated to be torn down throughout the 1970s & 1980s, but…
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In my previous post and video, I outlined the 3 major architectural styles of Miami Beach. This video is a little bit more of a deep dive into MiMo. So, first, what is MiMo? MiMo is an acronym for Miami Modernism. It’s a style of architecture from the Post WWII era (1945-1960s) that originated in…
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Hey everybody, Amara here! In my previous post and video, I outlined the 3 major architectural styles of Miami Beach. This post is a little bit more of a deep dive into Mediterranean Revival. While South Beach is known for its amazing Art Deco architecture, it’s also known for having some really beautiful Mediterranean Revival…
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Did you know that there’s a building in Chicago that’s covered in 24k gold? Yes, dahling, it’s true! The Carbide & Carbon building was created by the Burnham Brothers in 1929. And, yes, before you ask, their dad was famed Chicago architect, Daniel Burnham. Imitation gold leaf was originally considered for this 37-story Art Deco…
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Did you know that Salvador Dalí made a cookbook? Dalí claimed that he wanted to be a cook when he was 6 years old. He fulfilled that dream in 1973 with the publication of “Les Dîners de Gala,” a surrealist cookbook that feels more like a work of art than a cookbook. I’ll be recreating…
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This is part 3 of “How to Look at Art.” In this post, I’m gonna teach you how to do interpretative analysis. So, you’ve gazed at the artwork for a long time (maybe a scary amount of long time), you’ve read a couple books and done some research, you know the gist of the artwork,…
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This is Part 2 of my “How to Look at Art” series. I’m introducing you to the second part of how to look at art, contextual analysis. So, what is a contextual analysis? This is the part of the process where you’re going to have to do a little bit of research to try to…
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This is part 1 of “How to Look at Art.” In the field of art history, there is a generally agreed upon system of “looking” at art. In this post, I’m introducing you to the first part: formal analysis. So, what is a formal analysis? A formal analysis normally consists of looking at the physical…
