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The arts refers to the theory, human application and physical expression of creativity found in human cultures and societies through skills and imagination in order to produce objects, environments and experiences. Major constituents of the arts include visual arts (including architecture, ceramics, drawing, filmmaking, painting, photography, and sculpting), literary arts (including fiction, drama, poetry, and prose), performing arts (including dance, music, and theatre), and culinary arts (including cooking, chocolate making and winemaking).
Some art forms combine a visual element with performance (e.g. cinematography), or artwork with the written word (e.g. comics). From prehistoric cave paintings to modern-day films, art serves as a vessel for storytelling and conveying humankind's relationship with the environment.
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The Hohenzollern Bridge crossing the Rhine in Cologne, Germany, with the Cologne Cathedral in the background. The bridge is a tied-arch railway bridge, as well as a pedestrian bridge. Originally built in 1911, it survived numerous Allied bombings in World War II, only to be destroyed by German engineers as the war drew to a close. Reconstruction began soon after and the bridge was opened to pedestrian traffic in 1948 then completely opened in 1959. (Full article...)
Did you know...
- ... that the Chase Promenade (pictured) hosted a month long Museum of Modern Ice exhibit of abstract art on a 95 by 12 feet (29.0 by 3.7 m) wall of ice called Paintings Below Zero?
- ... that Christopher Smart's Hymns for the Amusement of Children were finished by the author while in debtors prison and that he died before he ever received notice that the work was a success?
- ... that critical reception to Hogarth's Sigismunda mourning over the Heart of Guiscardo was so harsh the artist was forced to remove the painting from exhibition?
In this month
- 6 September 1907 – Sully Prudhomme, French poet, essayist, and winner of the first Nobel Prize in Literature, died in Châtenay-Malabry
- 14 September 1927 – Isadora Duncan (pictured), a pioneer of the creation of modern dance, died in an automobile accident in France
- 19 September 1936 – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, who brought about renaissance in classical Indian music died at the age of 76
- 21 September 1876 – The abstract and cubist painter and sculptor Julio González was born in Barcelona
- 30 September 1791 – Mozart's opera The Magic Flute receives its world premiere at the Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna
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- June 30: Open source game developer Perttu Ahola talks about Minetest with Wikinews
- October 7: Influential rock drummer Ginger Baker dies at age 80
- October 7: Mockumentary Mister America has world premiere
- September 18: Arrests made in theft of gold toilet in England
- September 2: Fan Expo Canada 2019 offers celebrities, cosplay, panels
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