Carolingian Art and Architecture

In this post, I will be talking about some of the art and architecture during the Carolingian renaissance. Carolingian Art came from the Frankish Empire during Charlemagne’s reign, who was a Holy Roman emperor around that time period. He had a religious mission, which was to focus on the arts of certain important monasteries that

Beauty is Pain: The Art of Foot Binding

The idea of foot binding also known as lotus feet, is believed to have come from the Tang dynasty. After the Southern Tang emperor, Li Yu asked his favorite concubine to bind her foot in silk into a crescent and perform a ballet-like dance on a lotus. His other concubines attempted to bind their feet

The Olmecs: the forgotten civilization

We learned about the Olmecs briefly in our readings and videos, but not much is known about them. Who were the Olmecs? Where did they come from? The origins of the Olmecs are unknown, but they are thought to have appeared around the Gulf of Mexico. Researchers found two major Olmec cities, San Lorenzo and