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The game of space was and still is a crucial aspect of visual arts. The aim of this study is to examine how the arrangement of hues, rhythms and angles of various polygons can create an impression of depth and movement on a flat surface. The so-called Penrose tiling and Ulam's spiral are mathematical models that have been applied for the painting experiment. There is a vast amount of evidence gathered over the ages that shows art is strictly interrelated with science. It refers both to music, literature, architect...

The paper aims to explore the potential role of contemporary art as a catalyst for social transformation and civic engagement. The research focuses on the visual arts and their power to change social attitudes in contemporary society. On the basis of theoretical, transdisciplinary approaches and analysis of artwork the paper investigates emerging forms of art and how they address pressing social issues and concerns that would otherwise remain unfamiliar. Artwork that reveals social phenomena and trends lying hidde...

The article is devoted to the analysis of the creativity of the modern Mongolian artist Zorigt Uyanga. The author pays special attention to the means of artistic expressiveness used by the artist in the series “Women of Mongolia”. The paper provides art-critical research of cultural and historical background which forms the basis of the series. It reveals a special interest of the artist to the role and semantic of costume (or its absence) and traditional female hairdo. Mentioned points and their modification in g...