unsophisticated but quite popular. Another popular form was genre painting, which depicted aspects of everyday life, though some depicted gods and goddesses at leisure. Last but not least, triumphal paintings, depicting military victories against rival civilizations gained popularity as Rome began to ...
Dora Maar had an important role in the life of the famed artist Pablo Picasso, serving as his love partner. Picasso featured her in various paintings, including Portrait of Dora Maar and Dora Maar au Chat. She was the only daughter of Croatian architect Josip Marković, also known as ...
Designed by Juan de Villanueva in the 18th century, theMuseo Nacional del Pradowelcomes more than 2.5 million visitors each year and houses lots of collections of European paintings. Marc/CC BY-NC-SA The artists whose works are most present in the Prado Museum are Velázquez, Goya and Bosch....
The paintings convey Cézanne's intense study of his subjects. Both Matisse and Picasso are said to have remarked that Cézanne "is the father of us all". Birthplace: Aix-en-Provence, France Associated periods or movements: Post-Impressionism, Cubism, Impressionism Nationality: France Art For...
a team of archaeologists conducted a major excavation that brought to light the remains of a fabulous city of the Minoan civilization dating from 1600 BC. Large quantities of artifacts, including frescoes, paintings, ancient utensils, clay, and metal objects were discovered at the site of Akrotiri...
The twisted body shapes and the expressive line that characterize Schiele's paintings and drawings mark the artist as an early exponent of Expressionism. Birthplace: Tulln an der Donau, Austria Fritz Kortner Dec. at 78 (1892-1970) Fritz Kortner (12 May 1892 – 22 July 1970) was an ...
artists in all history, greatly admired for his mastery with which he crafted all his works of art. His paintings are admired for the vivid reality depicted and for the skillful illustration of his subjects’ inner feelings, through the careful play of facial expressions and the fall of light...
Relocating to London England in 1990 where she exhibited some of her paintings of Italian scenes. In 1792 the couple let a group of German immigrants to New York State in the United States and in 1794-5 to led the group known as the new German Company, to settle in Markham, Upper ...
The Byzantine army, also known as Eastern Roman Army was the armed forces of Byzantine.It had the same level of discipline as the Roman army. It was considered as one of the strongest armies in the Middle Ages. When the legion system disappeared in the early 7th ...
He founded in 1904 with other artists, among which Giuseppe Ferrari, the group "XXV della campagna romana".Pascarella's papers, his library, photographs, paintings and drawings were purchased by the Royal Academy of Italy (now Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei) in 1940. The body is entirely ...