Letter, Diaries

The origin of painting is unknown. The first important records of this art are met with in Egypt; but before the Egyptian civilization the men of the early ages probably used color in ornamentation a …

In ‘Letters to His Son, 1766-71, ‘ Philip Dormer Stanhope, the Earl of Chesterfield, presents a remarkable compilation of correspondences that blend philosophical musings with practical advice. This …

William Hogarth (1697 – 1764) was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist who have been credited with pioneering western sequential art. His work r …

WHEN we look at ancient works of art we habitually treat them not merely as objects of æsthetic enjoyment but also as successive deposits of the human imagination. It is indeed this view of works of …

Richard II – William Shakespeare – The sensitive and poetic Richard II is undoubtedly the rightful king of England, but he is unscrupulous and weak. When his cousin Henry Bolingbroke returns from ban …

"Skulls" is first digital art ebook of Italian writer and music composer Federico Romano, leader of June 1974 band.This ebook contains 115 images created with the help of AI.Skulls are mixe …

One author described Titian as the ‘Sun amidst small stars not only among the Italians but all the painters of the world’. Titian was supreme in every branch of painting and his achievements were so …

Francesco Lazzaro Guardi (1712 – 1793) was a Venetian painter of veduta (a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting or, actually more often print, of a cityscape or some other vista), a member o …

What is the secret of these extraordinary creations we call “icons”? In fresh lucid prose, the writer Max Kozloff explores the impact on viewers  of the 17th century painter Vermeer, one of the most …

Anders Zorn was one of Sweden’s foremost artists who obtained international success as a painter, sculptor and printmaker in etching. His incisive ability to depict the individual character of his mo …