Plato | The Culture Concept Circle

Ancient Societies, Arts & Culture Conversations, Cultural Development, Featured, Social HistoryDecember 7, 2018

Democracy – At the Essence of Who We Are; Courage, Kindness

Western philosophy finds a basis in the ideas of three geniuses of antiquity, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle who helped to found the system we live by, democracy

Ancient Societies, Architecture, Art, Built Environment, Creativity, Cultural Development, Design History & Decorative Arts, Featured, Gardens & Landscaping, Humanities, Literature, Music, Paintings & Sculpture, Poetry and Prose, Social History, The Culture Concept, TravelJuly 24, 2014

Plato and Philosophy – Renaissance Gardens and Earthly Love

By Carolyn McDowall

Renaissance designers grasped the idea of a garden everyone would be happy enjoying life and love in together as in Arcadia pastoral home of the Ancient Greeks

Ancient Societies, Art, Creativity, Cultural Development, Design Styles, Featured, Historic Costume, Humanities, Learn About Art, Paintings & Sculpture, Portraiture, Social History, The Culture Concept, Visual Arts, What is SeriesMarch 30, 2013

Art of Portraiture – From Ancient Egypt to Medieval England

By Carolyn McDowall

What is the test of a great portrait – is it about the power of the artist to enter the sitter’s emotions and convey their feelings so we might experience empathy?

Quick Snippets of CultureNovember 4, 2011

Pursuit of Happiness

By Carolyn McDowall

From the 5th to the 15th centuries in Europe monastic orders and Christian mysticism flourished. Italy’s painter and architect Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Raphael) (1483-1520), in a work known as the School of Athens (1508-1511) depicted the two worlds of Christianity and paganism facing each other as equals. The ‘pagan…