by Tony Vanetik | Feb 23, 2017 | Art History, Blog
I don’t have a background in art. I’m not much of an artist myself. I don’t do much painting anymore, nor do I sculpt or draw. But just as you don’t have to play baseball to watch the Dodgers or play football to watch your local team, I love art despite not...
by Tony Vanetik | Jan 11, 2017 | Art History, Blog
As a lover of all things art-related, I’ve used these platforms as a means of cataloging my journey through the various periods of art history. Studying the past is one of the most efficient means of exploring the culture of those who created art before us. And it is...
by Tony Vanetik | Jan 1, 2017 | Art History, Blog
To better explore a culture, to better examine the past and to better understand the history and people that came before us, we can study art. In some form, art has existed essentially since the dawn of time. Like people and cultures, through, art has changed....
by Tony Vanetik | Oct 1, 2016 | Art History, Blog
Bringing yourself in touch with the art & culture of a time period can be achieved easily by narrowing your focus of concentration to a type of art or specific culture. Breaking down art history into its five distinct categories in a recent post, I’ve decided to...
by Tony Vanetik | Sep 1, 2016 | Blog
Bringing yourself in touch with the art & culture of a time period can be achieved easily by narrowing your focus of concentration to a type of art or specific culture. Breaking down art history into its five distinct categories in a recent post, I’ve decided to...
by Tony Vanetik | Jul 22, 2016 | Blog
Examining art as a piece of history can reflect innumerable things about a society . Looking into an entire era of art–whether it spans decades, centuries or more–can give a taste of the culture and beauty of a civilization as a whole. But truly bringing yourself in...
by Tony Vanetik | Jun 17, 2016 | Blog
To view this as a slideshow with photos, check Tony Vanetik’s slideshare. Art, when examined on a grand scale can be interesting. Looking into an entire era of art–whether it spans decades, centuries or more–can give a taste of the culture and beauty of...
by Tony Vanetik | Jun 1, 2016 | Art History, Blog
To view this blog as a slideshow, click here. Art, when examined on a grand scale can be interesting. Looking into an entire era of art–whether it spans decades, centuries or more–can give a taste of the culture and beauty of a civilization as a...
by Tony Vanetik | May 10, 2016 | Art History, Blog
Have you ever been to a museum and found yourself totally captivated by Greco-Roman sculptures? Out of a block of marble, a craftsman chiseled out the very human shapes of both gods and mortals. Millennia later, European artists would rediscover these ancient...
by Tony Vanetik | Mar 23, 2016 | Art History, Blog
There are millions of paintings that are created and displayed in galleries and museums across the globe every year. However, there are a select few of these paintings transcend time, impacting the history of art as we know it. These paintings are recognizable by...
