Εμφάνιση αναρτήσεων με ετικέτα Art. Εμφάνιση όλων των αναρτήσεων
Εμφάνιση αναρτήσεων με ετικέτα Art. Εμφάνιση όλων των αναρτήσεων

Πέμπτη 15 Σεπτεμβρίου 2016

Imagine what will be a heritage of mankind in future. Make a list to explain your point of view.



Undoubtedly we live in an age in which human excels building structures having available the latest methods and technology developed within. Many times comes the nature of weather phenomena to remind the futility of his efforts to master. But there are monuments testify that the ancient civilizations were able to make their mark with a huge heritage attractions. The following seven attractions are undoubtedly proof global European heritage. And in my opinion they will remain for the next twenty years.

METEORA


Meteora is a cluster of huge dark sandstone cliffs which rise out of Kalambaka, near the first hills of Pindos and Chassia. The monasteries of Meteora, which are built on top of some rocks, is now the second most important monastic group in Greece after Mount Athos. Of the thirty who have been historically, currently operating only seven, which, since 1988, included in the list of UNESCO world heritage monuments. The average altitude is 313 meters. Studies show that the rocks were formed about 60 million years ago during the Paleogene Period. The weathering, erosion and earthquakes then gave them their present shape. The wild and inaccessible landscape was a convenient place for hermits Christians who settled in the area to date is not exactly known. The name Meteora attributed to the founder of the monastery Great Meteoron, Aghios Athanasios the Meteorite, which he called "Meteor" Platis Lithos which premiered in 1344. Generally the monastic life Meteora noted decline in the years of decline and fall of the Byzantine Empire and the ensuing Ottoman conquest of Thessaly in 1393. However, from the late 15th century and especially the 16th century Meteora know their greatest prosperity, and founded new monasteries, Catholic and monastic buildings, which are adorned with unique art paintings. In the 1920s they carved stairways and tunnels in the rocks making the odd accessible from the nearby plateau, so the traditional method of communication and supply the monasteries with ladders, ropes, pulleys and baskets, gradually abandoned.



Δευτέρα 18 Απριλίου 2016

Art in Greece - today

Street Art developed in public spaces and includes a variety of forms and techniques. The wheat pasting, sticker bombing, stencil graffiti, outdoor screenings and installations, the use of mixed techniques, counterfeit road signs contained in what we call in a word today, street art.  
Graffiti is certainly the great representative of Street Art. The word Graffiti, appeared as a guest in the 19th century and comes from the Italian word “graffiato” (scratched). First it was used by archaeologists as Raffaele Garucci in the discovery of inscriptions and figures on the ruins of the catacombs of Rome and Pompeii, trying to separate this phenomenon from other forms of art. Graffiti is associated in some cases with the social and political conditions of the period. A good example would be that in 1960 during the “revolution” of students in America with the slogan “Ôhe Will have their Say”, the walls of the country's comments were filled with poetry and political messages. In the Graffiti had acquired new techniques and had flooded the New York subway. The “tagging” (signature) is spreading rapidly with the strong influence of the Hip Hop culture and markers are replaced by efficient spray playing with volumes and colors and creating the illusion of depth. Then graffiti was officially banned and cities were almost automatically turned into a battleground between rebellious “young revolutionaries” and authorities. In 1972, the student of sociology Martinez Hugo founded the Graffiti Association United in an effort the graffiti to be acknowledged as an art form but although the organization attempted to expose in galleries, the art world was indifferent. Some years later however some gallery in New York decided to exhibit works and some collectors and museums bought a very small number. In the 1980s the graffiti evolved, using colorful letters, displaying fantasy characters or characters from comics, like imaginary landscapes by adopting a different style from each artist, thus declaring a cultural and artistic ambition