Miniature paintings are one of the many things that make an Indian proud of his country’s rich cultural heritage. Miniature paintings originated long back in the history of India. Indian Paintings can be broadly classified as the murals and miniatures. Murals are huge works executed on the walls of solid […]
Following the success of Disney’s 1937 film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the Japanese domestic anime market faced severe pressure from foreign filmmakers. Early pioneers such as Yasuji Murata and Noburo Ofuji, whilst masters of cut out animation, found it difficult to compete against the quality of foreign imported […]
American painter Jackson Pollock was a pioneer of ‘Abstract Expressionism.’ He painted his groundbreaking work, “Number 1 (Lavender Mist),” in 1950, on a huge canvas of 7’3″ x 9’10”, using an innovative style of ‘Drip’ painting. “Number 1 (Lavender Mist)” is a mesmerizing explosion of colors, such as light blue, […]
History has made famous that magic moment when beautiful young nymph Cleopatra first met Caesar. As young Queen of Egypt she had herself unrolled from that carpet. Old warrior Caesar was enchanted. He spent the afternoon with her on her glorious barge, and while he had planned to take her […]
With the rise of antibiotic resistant diseases, such as Hepatitis C, the blame is being placed on unsafe tools used for body piercing and tattoos. Those who work in the industry are mainly unregulated with no health checks conducted or, if they are, they are so random that one can […]
Good morning, there’s a pecan on my desk. An oblong, roundish object about the size of a pigeon’s egg. It is very hard and dark brown, with areas of scraped bark that look like the craters on the moon or an aerial view of the River Nile in winter. It […]