The lyre was invented by the Sumerians of ancient Iraq around 3200 BCE. Its design was developed from the harp by replacing the single bow shape with two upright arms joined by a crossbar, and the ...

By Zoë Hopkins Once she was cast out of the United States. Today, her art and activism are front and center at an exhilarating Brooklyn Museum retrospective. By Siddhartha Mitter A planned ...

Our art database makes it easy to track the changing prices of over 792,000 artists, giving you real insight into how much artworks should cost. No. As the appraisal process is done exclusively online ...

Linda Selvin Executive Director, Appraisers Association of America Artnet is an essential tool for both art market professionals and art lovers at large. Every day, I consult its Price Database. Simon ...

A storyteller played music on a small harp or a lyre to accompany their stories and ... However, the skill of Anglo-Saxon art, metal-work and manuscripts does not suggest a ‘dark age’ at ...

Please note that the file is large and may take several minutes to download. Download Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning. UNG follows the section 508 ...

No matter how powerful generative AI becomes, writer Ted Chiang says it will never create true art. Chiang is one of the most admired science-fiction authors writing today, best known for the ...

The College of Art and Design is RIT’s creative hub where art, design, and technology intersect. From centuries-old and contemporary methods of producing fine art to the latest in digital media, we ...

These commuters don't need a powerful e-bike with lots of range — they just need a little extra oomph for the occasional hill, say CLIP co-founders Som Ray and Clement de Alcala. For many ...

Traumatized people who have difficulty explaining their feelings in words often work with an art therapist, who can help them express and process their emotions in a visual way. Art therapy is a ...

Used in classical Athens, the Chelys-Lyra is a lyre consisting of a tortoise-shell sound compartment ... It was played by both men and women, although it is most often depicted in art being played by ...

The Smithsonian’s museums display objects from our collections that span the breadth of art and design from the ancient to the modern-day, from the whimsical to the practical. Along with our ...