Letter, Diaries

In ‘Hortus Inclusus’ by John Ruskin, readers are immersed in a contemplation on the beauty of nature and the role of art in society. Ruskin’s writing style is characterized by his eloquent prose and …

This book contains 262 high-quality annotated reproductions with details of prints and drawings by Katsushika Hokusai. Some people say that the ‘devil’s in the details’ and generally, they are right. …

Felicien Rops was a Belgian artist who spent most of his life in Paris. He worked in many mediums and was also a master printmaker utilizing various techniques. Rops was originally trained in lithogr …

Henry Fuseli is famous for his paintings and drawings of nude figures caught in strained and violent poses suggestive of intense emotion. He also had a affinity for inventing chilling fantasies. His …

James Abbott Mc Neill Whistler was The American painter, etcher, and lithographer who created a new set of principles for the fine arts, favored ‘art for art’s sake’, and introduced a delicate style …

In ‘A Letter to a Gentleman in the Country, from His Friend in London, ‘ the author navigates the complexities of early 18th-century English society through a correspondence that balances wit and ear …

Maxime Maufra was a French landscape and marine painter, etcher and lithographer. He first began painting at 18 but didn’t fully embrace his painting career right away. Being a businessman, he only p …

‘My job is to draw what I see, not what I know.’ – J. M. W. Turner Joseph Mallord William Turner was English artist, one of the greatest and most imaginative painters who put on a pedestal landscape …

Alfred Sisley was French impressionist landscape painter, born in Paris to English parents. He was a founding member of the Impressionist group. In his early education years he took the opportunity t …

The following lectures were really given, in substance, at a girls’ school (far in the country); which, in the course of various experiments on the possibility of introducing some better practice of …