Author: alienshooter

Great Works Activate at a district or wonder with an available Great Work slot. Historical Context In the beginning there was the wave. The towering blue-and-white tsunami in the foreground of the…

Great Works Activate at a district or wonder with an available Great Work slot. Historical Context Even as a civilization collapses and dynasties crumble, great artists still produce great art albeit, often…

Great Works Activate at a district or wonder with an available Great Work slot. Historical Context Since Hieronymus Bosch started daubing paint on boards, his Medieval visions of heaven and hell have…

Great Works Activate at a district or wonder with an available Great Work slot. Historical Context Gustav Klimt was born in July 1862 AD on the outskirts of Vienna in the long…

Great Works Activate at a district or wonder with an available Great Work slot. Historical Context El Greco once wrote, “I paint because the spirits whisper madly inside my head.” Born Domenikos…

Great Works Activate at a district or wonder with an available Great Work slot. Historical Context Born around 1844 AD of an Afro-Haitian father and mostly-Ojibwa mother, not much is known about…

Great Works Activate at a district or wonder with an available Great Work slot. Historical Context Donato di Niccolo di Betta Bardi was born in Florence around 1386 AD and died there…

Great Works Activate at a district or wonder with an available Great Work slot. Historical Context Impressionist paintings are known for their use of color and distinct brushstrokes that lend a sense…

Great Works Activate at a district or wonder with an available Great Work slot. Historical Context Her work and life were summed up by the German Johann von Goethe, an acquaintance, thus:…

Great Works Activate at a district or wonder with an available Great Work slot. Historical Context For hundreds of years the women of the Punjab kept the traditional arts alive… embroidering their…