Among the artists-creators who have turned to musical-theatrical or musical-cinematographic interpretation of Alexander Pushkin’s The Queen Spades and thereby risked enter into a dialogue, even polemics with Piotr Tchaikovsky’s immortal opera, Sergei Prokofiev presents striking example. His artistic tandem cinema producer Mikhail Romm was formed in 1936, however, film for various reasons out be...

shah ismail established a dynasty in iran on the premises of nationality and religion. to establish national unity in iran, he announced shia as the official religion. his goal was to strengthen iranian national bonds. the presence of uzbeks in the east and ottomans in the west made it necessary that iranian people reinforce their feeling of patriotism and love for they homeland. shah ismail be...

On the occasion of the 300th anniversary (on April 15, 2007) of Euler’s birth, an attempt is made to bring Euler’s genius to the attention of a broad segment of the educated public. The three stations of his life—Basel, St. Petersburg, and Berlin—are sketched and the principal works identified in more or less chronological order. To convey a flavor of his work and its impact on modern science, ...

this paper is an attempt to explain the form and components of iranian female painters artworks in the 70s and80s hijri. it seeks to assess women’s paintings of two decades ago in comparison with current iranian artworks. undoubtedly, the growth in the number of those who produce artworks motivates the researcher to study women’s produced paintings to identify iran’s current art field. to achie...

“O this date [in 1618] Abu’l Hasan the artist, who had been awarded the title Nadir al-Zaman [Wonder of the Age], presented a painting he had made .... Since it was worthy of praise, he was shown limitless favor. Without exaggeration, his work is perfect, and his depiction is a masterpiece of the age.” These were the words of Emperor Jahangir of the Mughal Dynasty of India. “Abu’l Hasan’s fathe...

This paper is motivated by a book in which artists and illustrators from all over the world offer their personal interpretations of the declaration of human rights in pictures [1]. It was enthusiastic for a young reader to see an illustration of an artist that he already knows from his books . The characters were different, the topic was irrelevant, but still it was easy to identify the illustr...

Jackson Pollock introduced a revolutionary artistic style of dripping paint on a horizontal canvas. Here we study Pollock’s unique artistic style by using computational methods for characterizing the low-level numerical differences between original Pollock drip paintings and drip paintings of other painters who attempted to mimic his signature drip painting style. Four thousands and twenty four...