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Surreal Visions: An Interview with Justyna Koziczak
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We are excited to feature talented surrealist painter and ceramic maker Justyna Koziczak this month on Dark Art & Craft. Justyna's expansive surrealist landscapes and structures are vibrant yet dark explorations. Below you'll find our conversation with Justyna and several collaboration Art pieces with Dark Art & Craft. We hope you enjoy the interview and please visit the Artists' personal portfolio and recommendations below.
Dark Ages and Renaissance Art Masters
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During the dark ages - a historic period following the decline of the Roman Empire and before the European Renaissance Art began reflecting the various conflict, violence and disease related tribulations affecting civilization. As the Renaissance developed these unique Artistic traditions continued to flourish but with new dark direction.
Paolo Girardi an Apocalyptic Renaissance
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Paolo Girardi is a skilled Italian artist who creates richly-colored, apocalyptic, and macabre paintings. His work recalls a history of master painters: Ruoppolo, Hieronymus Bosch, Porpora, and, at times, even Pieter Bruegel's festering compositions.
William Blake The Ancient of Days
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William Blake was an English poet, Artist, and printmaker now known as a major figure of the Romantic age. During his life many of Blake's peers considered him mad, yet his creative often mythical Art was truly prophetic.
Jean Delville Light of The Occult
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Jean Delville was a symbolist painter, author, poet, hermetic philosopher, teacher and occultist from Belgium. Delville helped organized the Salons d'Art Idéaliste (the Belgian Idealist movement); a group whose goal was to continue the tradition of idealistic or spiritual Artworks. Delville traced this idea-based concept all the way back to the ancient Greek and Egyptian esoteric traditions.