Letter, Diaries

Ren Yi (1840-1896), better known for his secular name in society as Ren Bonian, was an artist of Qing dynasty. He was born in Shaoxing City of Zhejiang province, but after his father’s death in 1855 …

In this complete chapter of my book ‘Drawing By Observation”, the Basic and Complete Course, we observe … Why in the Academies  we have to balls and plaster statues… and we learn how to draw …

Eyes wide open is a collection of Mario Calabresi's interviews with renowned international photographers: Steve Mc Curry, Josef Koudelka, Don Mc Cullin, Elliott Erwitt, Paul Fusco, Alex Webb, Gab …

Konstantin Andreyevich Somov (1869 -1939) was a Russian artist associated with the Mir iskusstva. Born into a family of a major art historian and Hermitage Museum curator Andrey Ivanovich Somov, he b …

22 illustrations, some color, some black-and-white. Volume 6 of Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Scultptors and Architects According to Wikipedia: ‘Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was …

This book with introduction and annotations written by Raya Yotova contains reproductions of portrait drawings and paintings by Anders Zorn. Anders Zorn was natural from Yvraden, a rural community of …

Essentially, Zen is the study of the self. The great Master Dogen said:“To study the Buddha Way is to study the self, to study the self is to forget the self, and to forget the self is to be enlighte …

Appealing to all ages, “Beautiful Life” is the original book by Suzanna Giamusso.This beautiful coloring book features delicate and highly detailed pen-and-ink illustrations and they all waiting to b …

The art world is filled with the presence of the Virgin Mary – a fundamental symbol of motherhood, who has been radiating youthfulness, tenderness, and compassion for two thousand years. Finding in h …

36 illustrations, some color, some black-and-white. Volume 7 of Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Scultptors and Architects According to Wikipedia: ‘Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was …