Image source: Internet Byzantine art is the name for the artistic products of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, as well as the nations and states that inherited culturally from the empire. Though the empire itself emerged from Rome’s decline and lasted until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, many Eastern Orthodox states in Eastern Europe, […]
Today’s homework is to watch the first video (Roman Art History from Goodbye-Art Academy). I may ask some homework questions in the next class. Roman art refers to the visual arts made in Ancient Rome and in the territories of the Roman Empire. Roman art includes architecture, painting, and sculpture. While the traditional view of […]
So-called Venus Braschi by Praxiteles, type of the Knidian Aphrodite, Munich Glyptothek Considered to be the origins of modern civilization, the Greeks built an empire rich in culture and knowledge, as well as stunning art achievement. The arts of ancient Greece have exercised an enormous influence on the culture of many countries all over the […]
Photo Credit: Ping Xu Poster Design by Ping Xu Truman’s Study Abroad team (faculty and students) visited the pit-1 of Museum of Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses on May 29, 2013. The Terracotta Warriors made in the Qin Dynasty (221–206 BC), were discovered by chance in 1974, and have since become an icon of Chinese […]
Image Source: Internet http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/the-egyptian-pyramids For more than 2,000 years, Egypt was one of the richest and most civilized lands in the ancient world. Much of what we know about this great civilization has been learned from its art and architecture. In particular, the ruins of tombs and temples have provided a valuable record of Egyptian […]
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England (Image Source: Internet) Probably the world most famous individual example of megalithic art, the Neolithic stone monument Stonehenge is located in Wiltshire, England, about 2 miles (3 km) west of Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. As one of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world, Stonehenge is […]
Project-1A: Basic HTML Page-1 – 10 points (Jan 15 – 22 / one week. Please check the project brief for details) Project-1B: Basic HTML Page-2 – 10 points (Jan 15 – 22 / one week. Please check the project brief for details) Project-1C: HTML5 & CSS3 – 60 points (Jan 22 – Feb 10) HTML […]
Brackets is a modern and open source text editor that understands web design. Adobe Edge Code is a lightweight code editor for web developers and designers working with HTML, CSS & JavaScript. Built to work with browsers, it speeds up development time by displaying changes to the code directly on screen. Adobe was discontinuing development […]
Stone Age Art illustrates early human creativity through small portable objects, cave paintings, and early sculpture and architecture. The Stone Age lasted from 30,000 BC to about 3,000 BC, and is named after the main technological tool developed at that time. It ended with the advent of the Bronze Age and Iron Age. The Stone […]
Art-203 / Intro to the Visual Arts (3 Credit Hours) Instructor: Ping Xu Class Meets: MWF / 8:30 am – 9:20 am (Section I) Class Meets: MWF / 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm (Section II) Date Range: Jan 12 – May 8, 2014 Classroom: OP-2210 Office: OP-1231 Mobile: 234-5558 E-mail: pxstudio@gmail.com or pingxu@truman.edu Office Hours: […]
