December 16, 2015

Human Expressions of Water: Art

Human beings have expressed their integral relationship with water in a number of forms.

The earliest human civilizations grew and thrived around sources of water.

Man has built and expressed his relationship with this element in a number of ways - through art, engineering and culture.

 Hovhannes Aivazovsky, a 19th century Russian painter is considered one of the greatest seascape artists is history. "The Ninth Wave" featured below is widely considered to be his best work.

The Ninth Wave By Hovhannes Aivazovsky (1817 - 1900) (Russian)
(Painter, Details of artist on Google Art Project) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons


 

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