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		<title>Google brings Masterpieces online &#8211; the google art project</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 03:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Chacko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The insatiable, and mostly inspiring, efforts of never-evil Google to contain all the world on a 14-inch screen took another giant leap forward with the unveiling of the Google Art Project. Working with 17 of the world&#8217;s leading galleries and museums – from MoMA in New York to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, from the Hermitage [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=understandingpaintings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10607573&amp;post=175&amp;subd=understandingpaintings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wake up in an artwork</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Chacko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gramercy park hotel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Le Sutra]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ART HOTELS Being a passionate art collector, art lover and art museum visitor, I always wanted to compile this list. Imagine waking up amidst masterpieces of well known contemporary and modern artists&#8230;. There are many art hotels around the world, but these selected hotels have  used their rooms as canvases or gallery spaces. Every room in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=understandingpaintings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10607573&amp;post=143&amp;subd=understandingpaintings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No.5, 1948 &#8211; Jackson Pollock &#8211; world&#8217;s most expensive painting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Chacko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No.5, 1948, painted by Jackson Pollock, is currently the world’s most expensive painting ever sold. It was priced at $140 million in 2006, when it changed hands from one collector to another. Here’s my attempt at explaining what the buyer could have seen in Jackson Pollock’s painting that could justify the price tag. Art Collectors [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=understandingpaintings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10607573&amp;post=135&amp;subd=understandingpaintings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Le Sutra &#8211; an art hotel explored</title>
		<link>http://understandingpaintings.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/le-sutra-an-art-hotel-explored/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Chacko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Baz Luhrmann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chakra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contemporary indian art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Ledger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indian art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Le Sutra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vincent Fantauzzo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For mind, body and soul AMINAH KHAN Explore Indian art and philosophy amid material comforts at Le Sutra: the Indian art hotel in Mumbai.   An oasis of calm: Embark on a spiritual journey through India at Le Sutra As you drift through the mystical world of Indian art and philosophy set amid the tranquil [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=understandingpaintings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10607573&amp;post=111&amp;subd=understandingpaintings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Essay on soceital progress and its influence on Art</title>
		<link>http://understandingpaintings.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/essay-on-soceital-progress-and-its-influence-on-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Chacko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[electronic art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial age]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[machine age and art]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[murari]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy Monsoon Canvas  It is interesting to observe how societal progress or change has affected artists and art through the ages. The industrial revolution in the mid 19th century was responsible for many innovations and inventions that influenced painting. One of the main influences was the improvement of quality and variety of paint itself. Artists [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=understandingpaintings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10607573&amp;post=93&amp;subd=understandingpaintings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Nude and Art</title>
		<link>http://understandingpaintings.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/the-nude-and-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Chacko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Laocoon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Grace, by Sunitha Anand Rao, courtesy Monsoon Canvas      What does nudity in art signify? Does it always allude to a sensual motive or do artists intend to convey something more? This article tries to delve into other principle reasons for the Nude in paintings.    To understand the significance of nudity in art, we need to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=understandingpaintings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10607573&amp;post=43&amp;subd=understandingpaintings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Mona Lisa – what’s the big deal?</title>
		<link>http://understandingpaintings.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/the-mona-lisa-%e2%80%93-what%e2%80%99s-the-big-deal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Chacko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dali]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Duchamp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Jaconda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leonardo Da Vinci]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mona Lisa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  A desultory conversation with my cousin, led us to the subject of art. He said, “What’s the big deal in the Mona Lisa? Why would anyone pay tons of money for it?” Well, I did manage to give him a prosaic answer, which didn’t convince me either. I must admit that the actual painting, at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=understandingpaintings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10607573&amp;post=20&amp;subd=understandingpaintings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Appreciating abstract art</title>
		<link>http://understandingpaintings.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/appreciating-abstract-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Chacko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[abstract appreciation kandinsky murari]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[modern art]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us do not know comprehend abstract art, heres an article that helps us to learn how to look at abstracts.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=understandingpaintings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10607573&amp;post=8&amp;subd=understandingpaintings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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