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T H E A R T S P O R T A L
The arts refers to the theory, human application and physical expression of creativity found in human cultures and societies through skills and imagination in order to produce objects, environments and experiences. Major constituents of the arts include visual arts (including architecture, ceramics, drawing, filmmaking, painting, photography, and sculpting), literary arts (including fiction, drama, poetry, and prose), performing arts (including dance, music, and theatre), and culinary arts (including cooking, chocolate making and winemaking).
Some art forms combine a visual element with performance (e.g. cinematography), or artwork with the written word (e.g. comics). From prehistoric cave paintings to modern-day films, art serves as a vessel for storytelling and conveying humankind's relationship with the environment. (Full article...)
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Did you know...
- ... that dried teasel pods (pictured) were used to raise the nap on woolen fabrics?
- ... that Barbette, a female impersonator aerialist, served as inspiration to such artists as Jean Cocteau, Man Ray and Alfred Hitchcock?
- ... that French writer Honoré de Balzac's 1831 novel La Peau de chagrin was the last book read by Sigmund Freud before he committed suicide?
In this month
- 1 January 1818 – Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein is published anonymously in London
- 7 January 1927 – The Scottish Arts and Crafts architect Fred Rowntree (pictured) dies in London at the age of 66
- 13 January 1782 – Friedrich Schiller's play The Robbers, an important work in the German Sturm and Drang movement, premieres in Mannheim and is an overnight sensation
- 22 January 1956 – Camera Three, a Sunday morning television program devoted to the arts is launched by CBS
- 24 January 1925 – Maria Tallchief, the first Native American to become a prima ballerina, is born in Fairfax, Oklahoma
News
- October 8: Guitarist Eddie Van Halen dies, aged 65
- September 2: Tributes paid to recently deceased US actor Chadwick Boseman
- June 30: Open source game developer Perttu Ahola talks about Minetest with Wikinews
- October 7: Influential rock drummer Ginger Baker dies at age 80
- October 7: Mockumentary Mister America has world premiere
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Paul Kane was an Irish-Canadian painter who was famous for his paintings of First Nations peoples in the Canadian West and other Native Americans in the Oregon Country. Largely self-educated, Kane grew up in Toronto (then known as York) and trained himself by copying European masters on a study trip through Europe. He undertook two voyages through the wild Canadian northwest in 1845 and from 1846 to 1848. The first trip took him from Toronto to Sault Ste. Marie and back. Having secured the support of the Hudson's Bay Company, he set out on a second, a much longer voyage from Toronto across the Rocky Mountains to Fort Vancouver and Fort Victoria in the Oregon Country and back again. On both trips, Kane sketched and painted Native Americans and documented their lives. Upon his return to Toronto, he produced from these sketches more than one hundred oil paintings. Kane's work, particularly his field sketches, are still a valuable resource for ethnologists. The oil paintings he did in his studio are considered a part of the Canadian heritage, although he often embellished these considerably, departing from the accuracy of his field sketches in favour of more dramatic scenes. (Full article...)
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