It’s easy to look back at the medieval period with gratitude that you’re not living in it. Who wants to spend their days doing menial farm work while munching on stone soup to survive? Why would you want to live in a time where one disease killed ⅓ of the entire population of Europe? Medieval …
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23 Breathtaking Photos That Look Like Paintings From the Baroque Era
Whether something constitutes a work of art or not is heavily dependent on perspective. As a not-so-wise man once said, there are cathedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see. Also, human creativity has been around for so long that it is inevitable that almost all creations reference something from an earlier period of …
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Woman Takes Action Against Friend Who Painted Her House Pink During Her Holiday, Creating a Stirring Confrontation
Your chosen family, not the one you are born into, is your group of friends. When selecting your social circle, a few things to think about include shared objectives, compatibility, and overall enjoyment of each other’s company. The story below is an account of a vindictive friend. For the purposes of this discussion, Amy and …
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Disney family sells hideous Disney-themed house for $237K, complete with tacky spray-painted walls featuring Aladdin and friends: ‘Ideal someone who enjoys painting and decorating’
There’s a great debate happening in the interior design world. Half of prospective homebuyers seem to want the same millennial gray schlock that plagues luxury apartment buildings everywhere. A counter-movement has sprung up in response to this pallid aesthetic. Many young people would rather live in an old, colorful house filled with relics of mid-century …
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‘Your friend is nuts’: Woman takes 6 years to complete painting commission, tries to charge $500 more than she originally quoted
Mixing business and friendship is not always a good idea. Because once you get money involved, it’s difficult to keep boundaries straight. Even splitting the bill among good friends usually sparks more than a little dose of anxiety. When I was working in retail, I didn’t even really like when my friends came to visit …
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An Art Gallery Full of Meme Masterpieces for the Self-Conscious Artist In Need of Support
This is your sign to stop messing with that art piece you have been working on for months, it’s done.
25+ Bewilderingly Bad Artists Who Should Put Their Paintbrushes Down
Art, as everyone is always saying, is subjective. Everyone has vastly different tastes and values. You could walk into a museum with your best buddy and walk away with entirely different opinions about which piece you liked best. Some folks despise abstract art and can find no meaning in an array of shapes and colors. …
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Aunt paints unrequited, tacky, and huge portrait of her nephew’s marriage proposal dinner, asks that he pays $1900 for it: ‘Her original asking price was $2.5K’
Nobody wants to be guilted into buying something expensive, ugly, and huge. It can be kind of awkward to walk around art fairs without intending to buy anything for this reason: you might see some cool paintings, but some of them are $5K and are so ugly they shouldn’t be hung anywhere. Luckily, most artists …
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27 Classical Art Memes For Adam and Eve’s Scrolling Through the Garden of Eden
Munch, munch, munch. The crisp apple crunches between your teeth, the forbidden juice dripping down your chin. The guilt you expect never arrives. Instead, a mischievous glint replaces it. Thanks to the serpent’s parting gift, a strange, glowing device, you’re now scrolling through a never-ending stream of… what did the serpent call them? Memes. Each …
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‘People my age act like youre a wizard if you have hobbies beyond Hulu’: Hobbyists share what hobbies people over 25 can do besides drinking and going to the gym
As you grow older, the hobbies that used to shape your life tend to fall away. This could be for money reasons (those oil paints aren’t going to pay for themselves), getting embarrassed (it’s not cute to be a 40-year-old open mic comedian in a Rust Belt city), or truly aging out of things (once …
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