Art beyond canvas - why they painted what they painted

In this episode I am talking about the longest lasting civilization of Egypt. They made stone reliefs and statues in the cold underground chambers of the Pyramids. But was it a testimony of their creative urge or mundane need of earning a living? Can those qualify as art at all?

This episode is about a fleeting journey of art through fifteen millenniums. Even if the cavemen in the east and the west painted the same images of hunting during the ice-age, yet with the passage of time, artists from the two ends of the world parted ways diametrically, only to meet again in the 20th century! How and why?

Who painted that mustache on the face of the beautiful Mona Lisa, and why? It was a turning point in the journey of Art. But that is about a hundred years ago. This podcast explores the question about the driving force behind art. What propelled art's adventure through thousands of years, blind passion or a need for earning a living?

It is about the turning points in the history of art. The narrative aims to bring art closer to the heart and demystify the myth that art is too complex and abstract for non-artists. Mysterious and curious ways of the world of art are described in this series. The unusual and controversial lives of the legends have been analyzed to explain why they painted what they painted.