This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the “Amen Break,” a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single from 1969. This sample was used extensively in early hiphop and sample-based music, and became the basis for drum-and-bass and jungle music — a six-second clip that spawned several entire subcultures. Nate … Read more
In the early eighteenth century, images moving on revolving drums and disks came as close to being a motion picture and these devices were called stroboscope and the phenakistoscope. The first known motion picture in the world is credited to Eadweard Muybridge who photographed a moving in fast motion. Surprisingly, the object was to discover … Read more
‘This Is Modern Art’ highlights the current trend in modern art and compares it with the works of legends such as Picasso, Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol, illustrating along the way how the meaning of art has transformed over the centuries and investigates whether is still restricted to being merely a thing of beauty. This … Read more
The Taj Mahal is one of the most grandeurs and impressive buildings ever built. After all, the Taj Mahal Palace is considered one of the seven wonders of the modern world. The story behind Taj Mahal is that the emperor Shan Jahan, who was a Mughal Emperor, built the palace to serve as a tomb for … Read more
Lexi Rianne, a 22-year-old whom recently graduated from York University’s Art Program utilizes art as a form of therapy. Ever since she was a little girl, she has started to pick up paints and drawing on paper. Lexi has known art her whole life. Whereas some of us were forced to try visual arts in … Read more
Mary Magdalene, sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine, was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to his crucifixion and its aftermath. When Jesus is crucified by the Romans, Mary is there to support him … Read more
Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch post-impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of which date from the last two years of his life. According to many estimates, … Read more
Portugal is one of the rare European countries that adopted the legacy of the Moors. They put it into stunning use over the centuries. And you can now see it out on the streets in the form of Azulejo. The term stands for hand-painted tiles and there are exquisite displays covering walls all over the … Read more
Thor is among the most popular superheroes today. An immortal extraterrestrial coming from the distant world of Asgard, he uses his magic hammer to fly, throw thunder, and blast his enemies into oblivion. He is a blond giant, played by Australian actor Chris Hemsworth (who is not a natural blond, by the way). He is … Read more
When you think of Islam as a religion, you rarely think of the cultural and art contributions. But this documentary explores exactly that. Taking look at the Islam’s rich and significant contribution to western art and culture, the presenter of the documentary sets out on an epic journey of discovery across the Muslim world. The … Read more