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September 2, 2025

Learn How To Draw Freehand Landscapes in This Online Art Course

Perspective can be an intimidating drawing skill to learn. In fact, perspective drawing as we conceive of it today originated during the Renaissance. While other artists had dabbled in perspective prior to the 15th century, Filippo Brunelleschi is often credited as the artist who formalized the approach in his paintings.

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Landscape Photography

September 1, 2025

Photographer Spent Final Moments Saving the Film He Shot During the 1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption

On the evening of May 17, 1980, Robert Landsburg set up camp near Mount St. Helens in southwestern Washington.

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Design

September 1, 2025

This Whimsical Merry-Go-Round Is a Work of Art Gliding With Childlike Wonder

The merry-go-round as we know it was invented some 200 years ago, and since then, these rides have delighted generations...

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Renaissance Art

September 1, 2025

The Renaissance Painting That Brings the Greatest Thinkers Together Across Centuries

If you have an interest in history, philosophy, or art, the names Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Raphael, and Michelangelo may sound familiar. But beyond the topical connections some of these figures might have with others, how are they all related? The answer is simple while simultaneously layered, and it starts with a fresco titled The School of Athens.

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Health

September 1, 2025

Japanese Art of Shinrin-Yoku, or “Forest Bathing,” Is Beneficial for Us All

In the 1980s, Japan was facing a significant crisis in the workplace.

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Painting

September 1, 2025

Artist Celebrates Pueblo Architecture in Minimalist, Color-Blocked Paintings

There’s plenty to see in New Mexico, whether it be sprawling desert vistas or dramatic mountain ranges.

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Architecture

September 1, 2025

Monumental Treehouse Turns a Tree Into “Fruiting Fungi” Sprouting From the Forest Floor

Treehouses aren’t just for kids—they’re whimsical spaces that allow people of all ages to connect with nature. Intrigued by the idea of creating structures supported by living organisms, designer Dustin Feider founded 02 Treehouse in 2007. Today, he and his team of more than 25 designers, engineers, and craftspeople continue to push the boundaries of what a treehouse can be, creating fantasy spaces that we could only dream of.

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Museums

August 31, 2025

Subterranean Natural History Museum Is Draped With Landscaped Ribbons That Blend Into the Forest

Whether designing a baseball stadium, ballet theater, or museum, BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) always has something up its sleeve.

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Architecture

August 30, 2025

Victims of 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Crash Honored With Contemplative Memorial Park

On March 10, 2019, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 (ET-302) took off from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, en route to Nairobi, Kenya.

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Street Art

August 29, 2025

Artist Honors Volunteers That Provide Free Meals for Sick People With Giant Mural in LA [Interview]

The non-profit Project Angel Food has devoted itself to feeding people experiencing serious illness around Los Angeles. Since its creation in 1989, they’ve delivered 20 million free medically tailored meals to date, serving 7,157 clients in the last year.

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