Arthur M Hind believed that engraving was a more sophisticated technique than painting and sculpture
Arthur Mayger Hind (1880-1957) was a prominent British writer who focused on art and specifically the technique of engraving.
His most outstanding works were:
A short History of Engraving and Etching (1908)
An Introduction to a History of Woodcut (1935)
In them, he describes the technique of engraving, has a compilation of old engravings, and highlights it against other arts such as painting and sculpture because he points out that this artistic technique is much more sophisticated.
The concept behind The Rite of Spring, developed by Roerich from Stravinsky's outline idea, is suggested by its subtitle, "Pictures of Pagan Russia in Two Parts"; the scenario depicts various primitive rituals celebrating the advent of spring, after which a young girl is chosen as a sacrificial victim and dances
It was the Sistine Chapel.
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel under the sponsorship
of Pope Julius II. Among the frescoes that he painted on the ceiling included
nine stories from the Book of Genesis, the emergence of Adam and Eve in the
Garden of Eden, the Great Flood and Last Judgment.
