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In yet another release by Ben Swetmore, we take a great look into the past, as we view centuries old artworks, consisting of paintings, figurines, decorative pieces, textiles, and other forms of human artistic expression throughout time. We begin of course by featuring the earliest known form of human art, cave-paintings, stretching all the way back to C. 71,000 BC, tens of thousands of years before recorded history. What was life like back then? We'll never know everything, but these early artworks usually seem to express episodes within the painters life, usually hunting scenes. We continue from there all the way until the end of the Middle Ages, exploring many paintings of everyday li ...

John Schmitt founded Trivium School, the first in what became known as the classical education movement. Having interiorized the classical inheritance, he established a school that embodied what he himself had made his own. A teacher who presented the high ideal of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth, Schmitt would tell his students they are princes and princesses; heirs of the best that has been thought or said or made. He never tired of saying that beauty is in the thing in front of us—if only we had eyes to see. Schmitt had eyes to see. He understood that men must not only know the truth and do the good, but learn to delight in the beautiful, and to judge and make beautiful things. This is ...

Artists don’t retire; they work until they drop. Aging will affect how you work and how much you produce successfully. Equally important, most serious artists accumulate artwork that is not sold. How do you preserve your work and what will happen to your work after you die? The truth is that most of the art made by the majority of artists will end up in the attic, basement, dumpster or flea market. Spouses and children can’t successfully handle a lifetime of artwork. If you care about your later years and giving your art the respect it deserves, this book will show you how to upgrade and adjust your studio methods, how to get ahead of the curve for your later years, and offer alt ...

This 70 page book is the result of months of research and countless expeditions to Uncharted Dangerous Locales.... Do you dare step into the Undiscovered Lands that occupy the brain and thoughts of artist Ken Ruzic? This Year's collection of 2017 drawings has 10 more entries than the last edition with each page an invitation to color or decorate the walls of your Hut. Where else can you get 33 exquisite drawings packed into an 8x10 inch easy to stash book? Here is your Invitation to hike around tropical jungles,stumbled upon hidden brooks,encounter Cannibal kings and Ancestor Spirits....and even participate in a Melee! Suitable for adventurers of all ages... www.kinnyruzic.com