Allegory in Art history
In many videos I used the word allegory. But what does exactly mean and why allegories are so common in art?
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February 9, 2023
Zoomorphism explained
In one of my first videos I talked about Zoomorphism and many of you asked me to know more about this concept of and why it is so important in art
September 15, 2022
Greek Classical Orders: Doric – Ionic – Corinthian
When we hear talking about classical orders we usually think to something really ancient. Well that’s not wrong. However, we are going to discover that they are still used today on modern architecture. Let’s find out why
July 14, 2022
Renaissance vs Baroque Art
Today we are going to learn how to distinguish Renaissance works of art from Baroque. We are going to use three main concepts to understand the differences: emotion, composition and lighting
May 12, 2022
Angel vs Putto
Today we are going to discover the difference between angels and putti. Why are they so important?
April 30, 2021
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April 10, 2021
The meaning of Chiaroscuro
Hi everyone and welcome back to Exploring Art, this is Alessandro. Today we are going to learn more about a very important art concept and technique: chiaroscuro
April 5, 2021
BC vs BCE – AD vs CE explained!
Hi everyone and welcome back to Exploring Art with Alessandro! In this video I am going to answer to a question that many of you asked me: what's the meaning of the abbreviations BC, AD, BCE, CE...
January 26, 2021