Born at Florence in 1486; d. there in 1531. He received the surname Sarto from the fact that he was the son of a tailor. At first he was the pupil of[......]
Archive for August, 2010
Renaissance
August 22nd, 2010
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(1400 – 1600) Italy became a center of commerce between Europe and Eurasia, thus a Cultural Diffusion point between the Europeans and the Muslim[......]
Francisco Zurbarán
August 16th, 2010
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Francisco Zurbarán
1598 -1664
Francisco de Zurbarán was a Spanish painter. He is known primarily for his religious paintings depicting monks[......]
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
August 16th, 2010
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler
1834–1903
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American-born, British-based painter and etcher. Averse to sent[......]
John William Waterhouse
August 16th, 2010
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John William Waterhouse
1849-1917
John William Waterhousewas an English Pre-Raphaelite painter most famous for his paintings of female chara[......]
Andy Warhol
August 14th, 2010
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Andy Warhol
1928-1987
No other artist is as much identified with Pop Art as Andy Warhol. The media called him the Prince of Pop.
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Leonardo da Vinci
August 14th, 2010
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Leonardo da Vinci
1452-1519
Leonardo da Vinci was a Florentine artist, one of the great masters of the High Renaissance, who was also celebr[......]
Jan Vermeer
August 14th, 2010
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Jan Vermeer
1632-1675
Vermeer was a Dutch Baroque painter who excelled in portraying comfortable interior scenes that are composed with math[......]
Diego Velázquez
August 13th, 2010
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Diego Velázquez
1599 -1660
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, commonly referred to as Diego Velázquez, was a Spanish painter, the leadin[......]
Joseph Mallord William Turner
August 13th, 2010
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Joseph Mallord William Turner
1775 – 1851
Turner was born in London on April 23, 1775, and educated at the Royal Academy of Arts. Turn[......]
