Dancing Threads: Good Fun with Art/art

Monday, February 1, 2010

Good Fun with Art/art

I read two wonderful posts on the history of Art/art by Sandra Wyman on her blog, The Dyer's Hand, yesterday:

Saturday, 30 January 2010

"There really is no such thing as Art"

and

Wednesday, 9 January 2008

A Brief History of Western Art

"In the beginning there were things that needed to be made and makers who made them. . . ."
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Enjoy!

2 comments:

Sandra Wyman said...: Many thanks for the link, Cindi; February 3, 2010 at 6:15 PM
Cindi said...: Thanks for the essays, Sandra--they were too good not to share!; February 3, 2010 at 8:00 PM

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Dancing Threads

Monday, February 1, 2010

Good Fun with Art/art

Saturday, 30 January 2010

"There really is no such thing as Art"

Wednesday, 9 January 2008

A Brief History of Western Art

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