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Neolithic Art is art created in the New Stone Age or the Neolithic Era, which lasted from around 8,000 BCE to 2,000 BCE. Prehistoric Art is usually divided into two types: rock art and portable artworks like sculptures. The Neolithic Era saw a comeback of sculptures after a relatively quiet period in the preceding Mesolithic … Read more
Mesolithic Art is art created in the Middle Stone Age, which lasted from approximately 10,000 BCE to 8,000 BCE. Prehistoric Art is usually divided into two types: rock art and portable artworks like sculptures. Mesolithic rock art is dominated by depictions of humans, unlike the preceding Paleolithic era where cave paintings mostly depicted animals. There … Read more
Paleolithic Art refers to cave art and portable artworks created in the Old Stone Age or the Paleolithic Era. The period roughly corresponds with the Pleistocene or the last Ice Age. Cave art of the period primarily consists of animals in profile view and geometric forms. Sculptures are also dominated by depictions of animals. The … Read more
Prehistoric art is a term used to refer to art made in the distant past, roughly corresponding with the stone age which lasted from 3.3 million years ago to around 2,000 BCE. It is divided into two main categories: rock art, or the art created on rock surface; and portable art, which includes sculptures, beads, … Read more
Walt Whitman is considered one of the greatest poets in the English language. His most known works are from his epic collection of poetry Leaves of Grass which was first published in 1855 and was republished several times over the next four decades. The last publication consisted of over 400 poems. Here are 10 of … Read more
Ode is a poetic form that can be generalized as a formal address to someone or something. There are three typical types of odes: Pindaric, Horatian, and Irregular. Pindaric odes follow the form and style of ancient Greek poet Pindar. They contain a three part form (strophe, antistrophe and epode). Horatian odes follow conventions of … Read more
Emily Dickinson is considered among the greatest poets in English literature. She is known for her unusual use of form and syntax; and for being “The poet of paradox”. Dickinson was a prolific writer and created nearly 1800 poems but only a handful of them were published during her lifetime. Here are 10 of the … Read more
Active in the twentieth century, Edward Estlin Cummings was an American poet who remains one of the most famous figures in English poetry. His poems on love and nature, and his erotic poetry are perhaps his most popular works, especially among youngsters. The poetry of Cummings is radical for its unconventional punctuation and phrasing. Also, … Read more
Active in the twentieth century, James Mercer Langston Hughes (1902 – 1967) was an African American writer most renowned for his poetry and for being the leading figure of the movement known as the Harlem Renaissance. Hughes was one of the early innovators of the genre of poetry known as Jazz Poetry, which demonstrates jazz … Read more
Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849) was an American writer who is one of the most influential and popular figures of American literature. His poetry is famous for its dark romanticism and he often used the theme of the death of a young, beautiful woman. Poe’s poems appear throughout popular culture and lines from them … Read more