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Sport in ancient Greek art. Birth of the Olympic Games in the Stadium at Olympia. Stadion of Nemea. Akrotiri Boxer Fresco from Thera. Athletics were an important part of the cultural life of Ancient Greeks. Depictions of boxing and bull-leaping can be found back to the Bronze Age. Buildings were created for the sole use of athletics including ...
LJ Rader launched ArtButMakeItSports in December 2019 after he began posting pictures of works of art with sports-inspired captions on his personal Instagram account. [1] A sports professional raised in Westchester County, New York, who has worked as a writer, reporter, and analyst, Rader's only formal art education was an art history course he took at Vanderbilt University, but he routinely ...
The ancient Olympic Games (Ancient Greek: τὰ Ὀλύμπια, ta Olympia[ 1 ]), or the ancient Olympics, were a series of athletic competitions among representatives of city-states and one of the Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece. They were held at the Panhellenic religious sanctuary of Olympia, in honor of Zeus, and the Greeks gave them a ...
Bart Forbes. Bart Forbes (born July 3, 1939 in Altus, Oklahoma) is an American painter and illustrator. He has worked for most of the popular magazines, amongst them Time, Sports Illustrated, Ladies' Home Journal, McCall's and Golf Digest, as well as a broad selection of corporate clients. His works include postage stamps [1] for the US Postal ...
Art competitions formed part of the modern Olympic Games during its early years, from 1912 to 1948. The competitions were part of the original intention of the Olympic Movement's founder, Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin. Medals were awarded for works of art inspired by sport, divided into five categories: architecture, literature, music ...
Dan Duffy (artist) Dan Duffy is an American calligram artist in Flourtown, Pennsylvania, USA. [1] He founded, owns, and operates Art of Words, a small business that designs and sells calligram prints depicting famous athletes, sports venues, city skylines, and other subjects. [2]
Sports portal. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sports in art. This category is for articles about artwork showing sport. For images of such artwork see Commons and Category:Images from sports .
Athletes is a 1977 series of silkscreen portraits by American artist Andy Warhol.Commissioned by Richard Weisman, the series consists of ten multi-colored portraits of the most celebrated athletes of the time: Muhammad Ali, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Chris Evert, Rod Gilbert, O.J. Simpson, Pelé, Tom Seaver, Willie Shoemaker, Dorothy Hamill, and Jack Nicklaus.