by Alan Todd | Oct 12, 2024 | Art, Artist, Opinion
There has long been a belief that active or passive exposure to the Arts, and particularly the visual arts, as manifestations of human intellectual achievement, can shape the ideas, customs, social behaviour and culture of a particular people or society. In ancient...
by Alan Todd | Jan 12, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
The role of art and artists has altered over time. The ancient world is full of monuments to power, records of the doings of civilisations and individuals, and examples of the transmission and perpetuation of culture – the teachings and dogma of religions being...