"Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere" Chinese proverb
This is the Virtual Guide’s collection of links to the infornmation about Belarusian art, artists from Belarus and their works on the web.
The National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus (the State Art Gallery from 1939 till 1957, the State Art Museum from 1957 till
1993) – the largest collection of the Belarusian and foreign art within the country – is located in the centre of Minsk, at Lenin Street, 20. More than twenty seven thousand works of art – creating twenty miscellaneous collections and comprising two main representative ones: the one of national art and the other of monuments of art of the countries and nations of the world – can be found on exposition, at the branches of the Museum and its depositories.
Are you ARTSY?
On this site you’ll find a lot of information about artists, museums, galleries and many more.
This is a great resource for art collecting and education.
Along with Art History 101 articles in chronological order, this category contains help and advice for Art History students; FAQs; a
glossary of art terms; resources for collectors, job hunters, scholars, educators and parents; art appreciation; and reference and reading material.
Art
Art in some form or another has existed as long as man. It is a part of our daily lives and is present in cultures across the world. Most people have an appreciation for art. They enjoy observing it or creating it, they may even support it financially or by volunteering.
Merriam Webster describes art as ‘something that is created with imagination and skill and that is beautiful or that expresses important ideas or feelings’. But I can’t share this opinion, I don’t consider it to be full. From my perspective, art is something created with imagination and skill meant to arouse an emotional response with its audience.
For many, art is meant to instill a myriad of emotions in the beholder, such as beauty, awe, surprise, sadness, anger, and even disgust. Some artworks generate feelings rather quickly, while others depend on elaborate thought and knowledge. Actually, our response to art always depends on what we know—which includes factual knowledge about the world, cultural knowledge, knowledge gained from personal experiences, and even knowledge about the art process itself.
Life is short, art is long
Our world has become a very visual one – we have art all around us. Understanding art is understanding our world! A good first step is to try to understand what we mean by art. The arts include visual arts, literary arts and the performing arts, like music, theatre, and film, among others.
