Letter, Diaries

Denys Calvaert was lived in Italy for almost entire of his living, where he was branded as Fleming. He was an intense learner of history, architecture and human anatomy, and his paintings are …

‘The Ideals of the East’ is an essential work on Japanese art and esthetics written by Okakura Kakuzo, a co founder of the Tokyo Fine Art School and one of the great 19th-century experts on Asian art …

Japanese woodblock prints "ukiyo-e", are one of the most popular Japanese art form. Covering topics such as the philosophy and the techniques at the basis of ukiyo-e, this book provides a …

Rembrandt produced etchings for most of his career, from 1626 to 1660, when he was forced to sell his printing-press and virtually abandoned etching.. He took easily to etching and, though he also …

Pieter Coecke van Aelst was a Flemish artist who worked in the first half of the 16th century in Brussels and Antwerp in a very wide range of visual arts, ranging from church decoration to jewelry, …

Clara Peeters was untypical for her epoch in being a female artist and is the first important woman visual artist of the Dutch Golden Age. The majority feminine Dutch artists as well concentrated in …

Much of world’s documentary heritage rests in vulnerable, little-known and often inaccessible archives. Many of these archives preserve information that may cast new light on historical phenomena and …

Arnold Bocklin (1827 – 1901) was a symbolist artist influenced by Romanticism movement. Bocklin’s works are Symbolist by style with mythological themes frequently relating with the painters …

Juan de Flandes was a Flemish artist, and the scientists suggested that he had received his premature artist’s education in Ghent. There are several of his works from the end of the 15th century …

This treatise is a brief but very concise introduction to Asian art. Writing from a Japanese perspective and focusing on Japanese art, one of the most important themes is the relationship between …