Listen the analysis of the artwork by the voice of Sofia Hatzoglou: [audio mp3="https://vaitsis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Here-comes-the-small-step.mp3"][/audio] On July 20th, 1969, the Apollo 11 space mission landed a man on the moon for the first time. Neil Armstrong’s phrase, “a small step for man, a giant leap for mankind”, remains...
Listen the analysis of the artwork by the voice of Sofia Hatzoglou: [audio mp3="https://vaitsis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Music-as-medicine-.mp3"][/audio] One thing that makes our world indisputably better is music. From ancient times to the present, all around the world, in every human civilization, music consistently appears as a form of expression, recreation...
Listen the analysis of the artwork by the voice of Sofia Hatzoglou: [audio mp3="https://vaitsis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/And-the-unbearable-brutality-of-the-being-is.mp3"][/audio] The industrial revolution and war both contributed to the expansion of conflict between social groups, and also conflict between man and nature. This piece speaks about the conflict between man and nature, focusing...
Listen the analysis of the artwork by the voice of Sofia Hatzoglou: [audio mp3="https://vaitsis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/The-world-bleeds-.mp3"][/audio] There have always been, and there will always be, wars. But the 20th century saw two world wars, with immense casualties. If only wars could end, and we could retain only to the...
Listen the analysis of the artwork by the voice of Sofia Hatzoglou: [audio mp3="https://vaitsis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/But-windmills-turn-into-industries-.mp3"][/audio] The industrial revolution begins in the second half of the 18th century, with Great Britain at its forefront. Thanks to this development, today we enjoy many different goods that would have been completely...
Listen the analysis of the artwork by the voice of Sofia Hatzoglou: [audio mp3="https://vaitsis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Don-Quixote-an-emerging-dream-.mp3"][/audio] Don Quixote is a piece that represents the Renaissance period, about which one could speak endlessly… It was chosen to highlight the importance of literature in people’s lives, how reading literature helps cultivate...
Listen the analysis of the artwork by the voice of Sofia Hatzoglou: [audio mp3="https://vaitsis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Black-Death-.mp3"][/audio] Towards the end of the Middle Ages there appeared the Black Death, also known as the Black Plague. This piece is a reference to health and how it can affect humankind. The Black...
Listen the analysis of the artwork by the voice of Sofia Hatzoglou: [audio mp3="https://vaitsis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/The-persecution-of-the-new.mp3"][/audio] The Middle Ages is also the era of witch hunts, a practice to which this piece refers. The artist uses it to more broadly address the phenomenon of illiberality. The fear of everything...
Listen the analysis of the artwork by the voice of Sofia Hatzoglou: [audio mp3="https://vaitsis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Pause-the-Middle-Ages-1-1.mp3"][/audio] The Middle Ages, or Dark Ages as they are called by many, is a period in human (and primarily European) history which, compared to previous periods and to the Renaissance that followed, has...
Several great individuals shared their wisdom and helped us move forward. One of them was Archimedes of Syracuse, one of humankind’s greatest scientists. One of his most important discoveries was the wedge, which is incorporated in the Noesis logo and is also reflected in the...