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  • Art History  / Featured  / Inspiration

    Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Supper, a Survivor Through the Ages


    Instead of looking for superficial esoteric meaning at the surface, or 'hidden' mysteries, maybe we should recognize the miracles in the very real truth and beauty of the work and let that inspire us. Maybe even to find our own place in the last supper, thus participating and continuing the story of revelation.
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    Interview with Iliya Mirochnik on Art and Russian Academic Drawing


    “I strive to tell personal stories and to allow the style and medium to work towards that goal, not the other way around.“
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Art History  / Inspiration
The Miraculous Beauty of the Book of Kells

March 16, 2021

Technology may very well have marched onwards, but when it comes to the human condition, it is clear we know no more and no less today than those who were able to create such miraculous and sophisticated works of art as long ago as the iron age.


Art History  / Inspiration  / NMA.art
Drawing Manuals and the Magic of the Master Copy

March 11, 2021

There’s something about learning to draw that fascinates us. Today, seeing a representational drawing done in real-time or even a time-lapse video of a drawing can almost seem like magic. We’re left astonished, wondering, “How did they do that?”


Inspiration  / Interviews
The Artist and the Gallerist: Interview with Laura Grenning

February 26, 2021

Laura Grenning is one of the leading Gallerists focusing on representational Art in the US. In this interview, she gives artists advice on approaching a gallery and maintaining a successful relationship with a gallerist.


Art History  / Inspiration
Valentine’s Day: Amour in Pigment and Stone

February 12, 2021

On this day, which celebrates love, Canvas explores the subject of artists' love in art and love of art.


Artist Profile  / Inspiration
Singer Songwriter Katy Mantyk’s Homage to Michelangelo

January 29, 2021

Mantyk, a self-taught musician originally from New Zealand, shared with Canvas her inspiration for this song, about crossing disciplines for inspiration, and her belief in the sacred and transformative potential of creating.


Art Events  / Art History  / Inspiration  / NMA.art
Master Monday: A New Live Stream Event with Joshua Jacobo

January 22, 2021

Joshua began the new weekly live stream event called "Master Monday" by analyzing Michelangelo's iconic drawing, a seated male nude twisting around.

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