The Venus of Urbino is one of the most sensual paintings by Titian.
It was one of the most famous paintings of the 16th century, and there were many copies and reproductions over the following centuries.
Here are 5 things to know about The Venus of Urbino.
To Monet painting the Water Lilies meant painting no longer like an Impressionist artist, but experimenting something completely new.
The Water Lilies are a series of paintings painted between 1897 and 1926 by Claude Monet, who is considered the father of Impressionism, but also the artist who was able to go beyond Impressionism bringing his style towards Abstract painting, and becoming a forerunner.
If you want to know what Abstract painting is, you can read the post I wrote containing a list of abstract painters and their major works.
Here are 5 things to know in order to know everything about Monet and his Water Lilies.
Daniele da Volterra (Daniele Ricciarelli)
Ritratto di Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Painter, sculptor, architect, Michelangelo Buonarroti was one of the greatest masters of the Renaissance.
His works are among the greatest masterpieces of the history of art, and are characterized by monumental bodies and twisted busts, which mark the surpassing of the idea according to which art has to imitate the proportions of the human figure.
Here are 5 things to know about Michelangelo.
Pablo Picasso is the most important artist of the 20th century.
Charismatic and irascible, he loved women but, probably more than any other thing he loved himself. If I had had the chance to meet him, I would have certainly hated him, or I would have fallen at his feet like several women who loved him did.
In this post I’ll talk about 5 things to know about Pablo Picasso, about his life, his works and his lovers.
The Last Supper is a work which, together with The Mona Lisa, has entered the collective consciousness, and in fact when you hear about the Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci’s work comes to your mind immediately.
But what do we actually know about this work?
Here are 5 things you have to know about The Last Supper.
