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Nikolai Yegorovich Sverchkov (1817- 1898) was a Russian painter who specialized in genre and hunting scenes with horses. His father was an Imperial groom and coachman. As a child, he worked with his …

Japan is a paradise of flowers and of treasure-flowers, as the Japanese mothers call their babies. In no other country in the world do they both form so large a part of the daily life of the people. …

Hans Memling was a Flemish artist of German origin, who received his education and started his career in Germany, but then he continued to paint in Flanders. He was born and spent his childhood in Ma …

The example of Anguissola, as well as her work, had a lasting impact on the next generation of artists and her high success opened the way for more women to pursue serious careers as artists. Anguiss …

For mainstream Political Science, ‘popular culture’ is still no longer considered worthy of serious investigation. Similarly, the concept of the use of films as a pedagogical device has remained on t …

Where Does A Man Turn To, When Technology Is Not Enough To Solve All Problems? In the year 1480, in Manzanares Del Real, Spain, people knew they had a super hero: Ernesto Knight. What nobody knew, ho …

Giovanni Boldini was an artist who can hardly be attributed to any kind of school, genre, or even artistic movement in art. He was an Italian origin but most of his life and career as an artist was s …

A great book that introduces famous Italian artists to children. Contents Giotto — Fra Angelico — Masaccio — Fra Filippo Lippi — Sandro Botticelli — Domenico Ghirlandaio — Filippino Lippi — Pi …

There is a fundamental relationship between philosophy and literature in their attempt to interpret and reflect reality. Both philosophy and literature are arts or at least aspects of art. Aesthetics …

Jacob de Backer (1555-1585) was a strange and little-known figure of which little is known. He lived for only 30 years, and he did not leave any signed by him a picture. He was certainly born and spe …