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Paul Sandby (1731 – 1809) was an English map-maker turned landscape painter in watercolors, who, along with his older brother Thomas, became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768. …

Fascination journey though thepresent with the past:- The history of Aleramo and Its legendary ride on the Monferrato land- The landscapes of today, the Place, the paths.Lilli and her daughter Giusi …

Although I am familiar with Rembrandt’s work, through photographs and black and white reproductions, I invariably experience a shock from the colour standpoint whenever I come in touch with one of hi …

War and Peace is a novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russkii Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the Napoleonic Era. It is usually described as one of To …

Dante Gabriel Rossetti was an English poet, illustrator, painter and translator. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais, and was later to …

Paul Cézanne was the leading figure in the revolution toward abstraction in modern painting. His influence on the course of modern art, particularly on the development of cubism, is enormous and deep …

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778), Italian engraver and architect, is best known for his etchings of ancient and baroque Rome and grandiose architectural constructions of his own imagination. Th …

The highlights of this book are the 85 color plates of Prud’hon’s academic figure drawings, or ’acadamies’ as they are known. These drawings dignified and stunningly beautiful. Unfortunately, Prud’ho …

Toulouse-Lautrec painted quickly, using its neutral tone and conveying action and atmosphere in a few economical strokes. In later years graphic works took precedence and his paintings were often stu …

Frederic Sackrider Remington (1861 – 1909) was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in depictions of the Old American West, specifically concentrating on the last qu …