Unbridled Introducing the AnArt4Life Tag: Unbridled In our TagCloud we have a tag called "Unbridled" which applies to posts that go a little beyond conventions and the "expected". Check one or two of these posts out today if you have time.
Abstract Abstract Figuration by Thomas Riesner It's exciting when we get to meet a new artist - especially when this person is creating in a style very different to what we are used to appreciating. German artist Thomas Riesner brings a fresh, challening and unbridled perspective to images using abstract figuration.
Art Mysteries Art Crimes: The Stealing of Mona Lisa Mona Lisa is in the news again and although she has been around since the early 1500s she didn't get any attention at all until she was stolen in 1911. Today you can read what happened and how Picasso nearly got the blame for the theft!
Urban Landscape Darrell Urban Black Meet Darrell Urban Black who works in mixed media and with non toxic glue to create 3D effects on a variety of surfaces. He calls the optical artistic illusion he creates "Definism". There is much to explore and learn from this artist.
Unbridled The first known art heist 1473 saw the first known theft of a painting. Involved were: Hans Memling, a Flemish artist of German birth, a director of the Medici Bank, a Danzig pirate and councillor, and a war between England and the Hanseatic towns of Gdańsk (Poland) and Lübeck (Germany)!
Art Mysteries Looted Art Art Crimes start way back in history with the long established practice of "looting treasures" by the victor of a conflict. Did you know those magnificent bronze horses that once adorned St Marks Basilica, Venice were looted from Constantinople? Image credit: en.wikipedia.org
Unbridled Unwrapping Egyptian Mummies I was fascinated by this painting - Examination of a Mummy by Paul Dominique Philippoteaux. I could see a mummy was being unravelled, but who were the beautifully dressed ladies on the left taking a keen interest in the proceedings? Image Credit: Public Domain/ArtMight
Unbridled Unbridled Clouds magnificent and sometimes terrifying cloud formations from Unbridled Storms.
Unbridled Self Destructing Paintings Don't Destroy Your Paintings! That is unless you're Banksy! But none of us would self destruct a painting after it sold, and especially after it sold for $1.4 million! That’s what happened last Friday at Sotheby’s after someone purchased a painting done by graffiti artist Banksy
