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Revision as of 18:55, February 17, 2014


An Index

The history of painting crosses time and crosses all cultures.


Internal links

Sandro Botticelli, Primavera.
An Arizona Sunset Near the Grand Canyon by Thomas Moran.
Byzantine mosaic depiction of Christ at the Church of Chora in Istanbul, Turkey.
Bonampak frescos, prehispanic mural, Mexico.

And as art critics and historians can testify, there are countless conflicting theories about the function, design, style-hierarchy and aesthetics of painting, so perhaps the safest thing is to say that as "visual artists", painters are engaged in the task of creating two-dimensional works of visual expression, in whatever manner appeals to them. [1]

See also

External links

Bhimbetka rock painting, India.


Le Pape Formose et Etienne VII ("Pope Formosus and Stephen VII"), by Jean-Paul Laurens (1870); Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France.