Kamna Kirti
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Art enthusiast. I engage with art at a deep level. I also share insights about entrepreneurship, founders & nascent technologies.
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"Vagina". There, I said it.
What makes art controversial? This is a tough question. Often what demarcates controversial art from non-controversial art is individual perception and subjectivity. When an artwork divides audiences, sparks reactions, and upsets general culture and expectations, it tends to be a controversial piece of art.
By Kamna Kirtiabout a year ago in Humans
The Most Botched Art Restorations In History
Art restoration is an important activity to preserve historical heritage, culture, and legacy for our future generations. There is no particular technique and fit-formula to restore an art form but trained art historians, chemists, and material scientists use extensive knowledge to assess art and use methods to minimally alter the original form.
By Kamna Kirtiabout a year ago in FYI
This is Why the Vatican Censored Michelangelo's David
Have you been to Notre Dame? A medieval cathedral in Paris, completed mostly in the 13th century. At the front entrance to Notre Dame, there is a depiction of 'the fall of man'. The dramatic moment at the garden of Eden where Eve eats the forbidden fruit and shares the fruit with Adam. Ashamed of their nakedness, both are expelled from the Garden of Eden.
By Kamna Kirtiabout a year ago in FYI
This Gay Artist Challenged Sexuality Norms Long Before We Could Imagine
Can you imagine a gay visual artist in 1950s America who embraced gender fluidity long before the term was even coined? Imagine how difficult it would be to aesthetically portray homoeroticism long before when being gay was not only risky but also illegal.
By Kamna Kirtiabout a year ago in Pride
Why a Romantic Artist Turned Pessimistic and Painted Eerily Disturbing Artworks
Francisco Goya was a legendary Spanish artist who was accorded the title of the first 'modern artist'. His initial career was marked with Rococo-style paintings portraying drama, peasantry, and exuberance. But between 1819–1823, he illustrated a series of dark and disturbing paintings that were discovered 50 years later from his country house in the outskirts of Madrid.
By Kamna Kirtiabout a year ago in FYI
This Classroom Experiment Explains How Hitler Rose to Power & No One Protested
"Why did the Nazis rise to power in Germany and why were the Germans ignorant about the Holocaust and concentration camps? Why didn't anyone protest the fascism?", a student asked his history teacher.
By Kamna Kirtiabout a year ago in The Swamp
How Tolstoy Battled His Depression
As Leo Tolstoy turned 50, he started experiencing an existential crisis and sank into a state of depression and melancholy. Despite being one of the wealthiest and most admired men in Russia, deep inside, he felt miserable. By this time, Tolstoy had already established his literary abilities and wrote two masterpieces War and Peace (1865–68) and Anna Karenina (1874–76). But he rejected his literary success and labeled his latter novel as "an abomination that no longer exists for me."
By Kamna Kirtiabout a year ago in Geeks
Deciphering a 250-Year-Old Mysterious Cipher
In the fall of 1998, Dr. Christiane Schaefer, professor at the department of linguistics and philology, was moving from Germany to Uppsala University. During her farewell, one of her colleagues gave her an old green-colored book as a parting gift.
By Kamna Kirtiabout a year ago in FYI
