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Why is the Blue Rider blue?

The Blue Rider. Why was he blue? Could he have been green or purple?  Not really. "Der Blaue Reiter" (German - The Blue Rider) was a group of Munich artists. It was formed in 1911. The two most important members of the group were Kandinsky and Franz Marc. And how was the name invented? Well,...
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Rodin and Shaw

Auguste Rodin, the great French sculptor sculpted a portrait of George Bernard Shaw in 1906 (cast in 1926). We have read about Shaw's account of sitting for his portrait. But who was he? V. V. from class 8/b has done some research and found the following facts about Shaw:      ...
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The running dog

The running dog. Look at it for a while, it will make sense. But you have to find it somewhere first. I found this term by accident and I liked it immediately. What can this be? It is a classical ornament often used in a frieze, similar to the wave ornament. It is also called a vitruvian schroll....
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The mystery of art terms

Some art terms are interesting. You hear them and cannot figure out their meaning at first. That is exactly what happened to me. When I came across the term "kit kat" (or Kit Cat), of course I thought of the chocolate bar. But I looked it up and found out that as an art term it does not have much...
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September birthdays

Louis Sullivan, Theodore Géricault, Caravaggio, Francois Boucher. Do you know who they were? Do you know what they have in common? Louis Sullivan was an American architect. He believed that form should follow function, so he used simple designs and ignored historical ornaments. He made a key...
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