Skip to main content

Sacred Art (Drawing and Meaning)

This class is based on the idea of Sacred Art. Idea and concept came from The Text African Zion: The Sacred Art of Ethiopia which is the the art of highland Christian Ethiopia - with its icon paintings on wood, metal processional crosses, gold coins, and manuscripts - is largely unknown in the West. This book presents a survey of this art from the 4th to the 18th centuries, and addresses the function of art within Ethiopian society.












Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Drawing in Steps

Expressive Art for Seniors Mondays 3-5pm Sunshine ADC Draw what you see. Start with simple objects (like the classic bowl of fruit) or common objects and progress to more complicated subjects — an intricately shaped table, for instance, or people's faces. The better you get at drawing real-life objects, the better you'll eventually be at putting ideas on paper. reference:    

Expressive Canvas Painting

Expressive therapy , also known as the expressive therapies , expressive arts therapy or creative arts therapy , is the use of the creative arts as a form of therapy . Unlike traditional art expression, the process of creation is emphasized rather than the final product. Expressive therapy is predicated on the assumption that people can heal through use of imagination and the various forms of creative expression.  

Coffee Talk

Coffee Talk with Sunshine ADC Seniors     Health Benefits of Coffee If you think that you cannot get through the day without those cups of coffee, you are in good company. This drink has been one of the most popular beverages in Europe and North America for over three hundred years. It contains to be a favorite drink in Yemen where the coffee plant flourishes in its native environment. Experience shows that a few cups of coffee help the worker avoid dozing off if they need to stay a little later in the office. Coffee also assists students preparing for exams at some unearthly hour. This is probably the most obvious benefit of coffee drinking, but there are many other gains. Everyone is familiar with the way a cup or two of coffee stimulates our energy with its caffeine content. It is invaluable to anyone in a stressful situation who struggles to complete a task when natural energy has drained. However, in common with so many other substances you can have too much ...