Art and running
For some time I wanted to write something about my hobby, that is, about running on the art website. However I couldn`t find common point. Probably someone will say that nothing is easier: paint a runner, a picture from a marathon, a drawing of athlet`s facial grimace of suffering reaching the finish line. But that would be too easy. In addition, nothing will convey the dramaturgy of sporting competitions as well as a good photo or a film coverage. There are sport-related motifs in art history. For example in ancient art, especially Greek, sculptures and painting on ceramics. They can also be found later. Runners, Panathenaean amphora from 530-520 BC, collections of the British Museum. Art and sport were much closer to each other for some time. In ancient times and even in modern times, art competitions accompanied the Olympic Games. The winners received Olympic medals. After the Olympic Games in London in 1948, they were abandoned. It was found that contemporary art is not measura