Cavemen better at drawing animals in motion than modern artists - study
CAVEMEN were better at drawing four-legged animals in motion in their art than modern artists, a study has said. Most four-legged animals have a similar sequence in which they move each...
View ArticleSSAB issues 5-year Swedish bonds
STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: SSAB yesterday issued 5-year bonds on the Swedish capital market with a total value of SEK 1,000 million. The issuance was carried out in two...
View ArticleCavemen 'better at drawing animals than modern artists'
Tweet London, Dec. 6 (ANI): Prehistoric artists were better at portraying the walk of four-legged animals in their art than modern man, a new research has revealed. Most quadrupeds have a similar...
View ArticleIsrael, Germany reaffirm ties
Berlin - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clashed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday over new Jewish settlements but both were at pains to stress their unshakable ties. On a...
View ArticleSusan Rice's Record Inspires Some but Worries Others
We strongly disagree with Anne Bayefsky and Michael B. Mukasey's "The Trouble With Susan Rice" (op-ed, Nov. 29), which questions Ambassador Susan Rice's "moral fitness" and criticizes her record at...
View ArticleSussex church sells medieval Italian paintings for £1m
Four medieval paintings that were donated to an East Sussex church 160 years ago have fetched nearly £1m at auction in London. The paintings by Italian artist Niccolo di Pietro Gerini, were sold to...
View ArticlePaul Gauguin's art nestles in the Art Institute of Chicago (Video)
The Art Institute of Chicago has many works of art by Paul Gauguin. These artworks are in the European Painting and Sculpture section. I counted 10 pieces in the Art Institute’s collection. Paul...
View ArticleChatsworth House Raphael drawing record £29.7m sale
A record price for art on paper has been set with the £29.7m sale of a drawing by Italian painter Raphael. The black chalk drawing, called Head Of A Young Apostle, was auctioned by Sotheby's, London...
View ArticleOrigin of the Romani people pinned down — it's India
Europe's largest minority group, the Romani, migrated from northwest India 1,500 years ago, new genetic study finds. The Romani, also known as the Roma, were originally dubbed " gypsies " in the 16th...
View ArticleChinese Nobel literature winner: censorship a must
The 2012 Nobel Literature Prizewinner, Mo Yan of China, right, traditionally signs his chair at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Thursday Dec. 6, 2012. The chair signing is one of the traditions during...
View ArticleMan hurls paint cans at Poland's black Madonna
WARSAW (Reuters) - A man hurled cans of paint at Poland's most sacred icon on Sunday in an attack that failed to damage the Black Madonna of Jasna Gora but shocked many in the staunchly Catholic...
View Article100 Creatives 2012: Jeremy P. Kelley, Kid's Pop Artist
Artist Jeremy P. Kelley admits he made a tiny mistake in choosing his company's name, Liam's Room Art. He named the endeavor after his son Liam, since his was the first room Kelly ever decorated with...
View ArticleSwedish government rejects W.Sahara recognition
STOCKHOLM - The Swedish government said Thursday it would refuse to recognise the independence of Western Sahara, a day after lawmakers asked it to do so. "The Swedish government rejects a recognition...
View ArticleThe best of Indian artworks
Artoholic's gallery is organising an exhibition of the works of artists MF Husain, FN Souza, SH Raza, Manjit Bawa, Akbar Padamsee and many other greats of the Indian art scene. Most of the works on...
View ArticleBooks of the Year 2012: Art
When faced with the enigma of contemporary art, fewer street cries are more familiar than: "my kid could have done better than that!" Susie Hodge tackles that charge in Why Your Five Year Old Could...
View ArticleHolocaust book wins top educational award
Survivor stories lie at heart of 'unforgettable' book about Czech victims of the Nazis Inmates of Terezin Concentration Camp in Czechoslovakia, around 1943 Photograph: CORBIS A book about the...
View ArticleCavemen outdo modern artists at drawing animals
Paleolithic people living more than 10,000 years ago had a better artistic eye than modern painters and sculptures — at least when it came to watching how horses and other four-legged animals move. A...
View ArticleWhimsical new exhibit at Riverdale gallery evokes nostalgia while aiming to...
The whimsical exhibit “A Toy Story and Other Delights” at the Elisa Contemporary Art gallery in Riverdale celebrates childhood in more ways than one. “It’s a fun show,” said gallery owner Lisa Cooper....
View Article'Iron Curtain': How it crushed
In the topsy-turvy world of postwar Eastern European politics, the fact that the Polish YMCA had no obvious political agenda made Communist officials even more suspicious of its intentions. In 1947,...
View ArticleYourNews: Maryville College professor's work selected for exhibit in airport
Artwork by Maryville College Professor of Art Carl Gombert has been selected for “Arts in the Airport: 75 Years of Making Memories in Aviation,” a juried exhibition at McGhee Tyson Airport. Gombert’s...
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