He played his whole career for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He used to play for the Philippine national basketball team, he was the team captain of the roster that competed in the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship. He is also a TV host, ...
In addition to exhibiting her work in North America and abroad she was the first Head of the Department of Art at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, founder of the Women's Art Association of Canada and founder of the first International Society of Women Painters and Sculptors. She was...
Battista's 'fields' over others as somehow functionally independent and self-sufficient is of no help at all to any effort to characterize Alberti's extensive explorations in the fine arts." Alberti's life was described in Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and ...
France has produced some of the most renowned and influential painters in the history of art. In this blog post, we will introduce you to ten of them and their amazing works. From Impressionism to Post-Impressionism, these artists have changed the way we see and appreciate art. Join us as...
In the realm of the arts, for instance, famous painters, musicians, and actors are often celebrated for their unique artistic vision, technical prowess, and the ability to evoke powerful emotional responses fromtheir audiences. Similarly, in the fields of science and technology, famous inventors, ...
Between the years 1450 to 1550, many of Europe’s most famous painters featured Persian rugs in their compositions. It is apparent that these artists spent many hours studying the intricacies and design details of the rugs so that they could reproduce them in paintings. Read more about antique...
The year 1472 offers the first record that we have of Leonardo “the artist” when he enrolls in Florence’s illustrious confraternity of painters, joining the ranks of artists such as Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, and Perugino. There is no doubt thatLeonardo da Vinci’s apprenticeshi...
Huang Gongwang (1269–1354) was only 10 years old when the Song Dynasty fell to the Yuan Dynasty. Therefore, many painters openly opposed official tendencies in art. They did not want to live in the capital and work at the Mongolian court. In their paintings, these artists turned to the...
A visitor to Picasso’s studio, after looking at the discombobulated forms of a portrait Picasso was painting, remarked that in his opinion good painters should paint things the way they are — objective pictures, recognizable things. Picasso, silent for a moment, asked him what he meant by ...
His impact on painters and paintings in the 17th century is mind-boggling with his realist trend. Up to this point, there were set templates of how to paint saints and holy people. Caravaggio smashed these concepts, forever changing the art world. Here, in one of Caravaggio’s greate...