Cave diving is underwater diving in water-filled caves. It is an extreme sport and a way of exploring flooded caves for scientific investigation. Cave diving is the natural evolution of caving, where cavers and open-water divers overcome the challenges of water-filled passages by using specialist breathing apparatus to explore further and deeper than ever before. … Read more
Edvard Munch is a Norwegian painter and printmaker whose intensely evocative treatment of psychological themes built upon some of the main tenets of late 19th-century Symbolism and greatly influenced German Expressionism in the early 20th century. In a sense similar to his near-contemporary, Vincent van Gogh, Munch strove to record a kind of marriage between … Read more
Expressionism, artistic style in which the artist seeks to depict not objective reality but rather the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events arouse within a person. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas. Expressionist … Read more
Acrylic paint is a paint executed in the medium of synthetic acrylic resins. Acrylics dry rapidly, serve as a vehicle for any kind of pigment, and are capable of giving both the transparent brilliance of watercolour and the density of oil paint. Most acrylic paints are water-based, but become water-resistant when dry. Depending on how … Read more
Ice diving is one of the most adventurous scuba specialties. Learn the roles and responsibilities of support personnel, tenders and safety divers. See beauty few others ever experience. It is one of the most adventurous types of diving out there and is a great way to try something completely different. It is challenging, takes extra … Read more
Frida Kahlo, in full Frida Kahlo de Rivera, original name Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. She painted using vibrant colors in a style that was influenced by indigenous cultures of Mexico as well as … Read more
Surrealism, movement in visual art and literature, flourishing in Europe between World Wars I and II. Surrealists, inspired by Sigmund Freud’s theories of dreams and the unconscious—believed insanity was the breaking of the chains of logic, and they represented this idea in their art by creating imagery that was impossible in reality, juxtaposing unlikely forms … Read more
Canvas is an extremely durable plain-woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, shelters, as a support for oil painting and for other items for which sturdiness is required, as well as in such fashion objects as handbags, electronic device cases, and shoes. It is also popularly used by artists as a painting surface, … Read more
Water skiing is a planing over the surface of the water on broad skilike runners while being towed by a motorboat moving at least 24 km/hr (15 mph). The skier holds onto a handle on a rope attached to the rear of the boat and leans slightly backward. Water skis are made of wood, aluminum, … Read more