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4 days ago · Michelangelo, Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, and architect who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. Many of his works in painting, sculpture, and architecture rank among the most famous in the world, including the ceiling frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, the Pieta, and David.
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Michelangelo (di Lodovico Buonarroti), (born March 6, 1475,...
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2 days ago · For the first time since antiquity, art became convincingly lifelike. Besides the ancient past, Renaissance artists also studied nature, understanding the human body, animals, plants, space, perspective and the qualities of light. The most common theme were religious subjects, but depictions of mythological stories were produced as well.
5 days ago · At first traditional artists were employed to produce exquisite varieties of furniture, metal work, and curios and their work was sent to the royal palaces of the Queen. Unlike the Bengal School where 'copying' is the norm of teaching, the Madras School flourishes on 'creating' new styles, arguments and trends.
3 days ago · Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter known for her uncompromising and brilliantly colored self-portraits that confront such themes as identity, the human body, and death. Some of her notable paintings included Frieda and Diego Rivera (1931) and The Two Fridas (1939). Read more about Kahlo’s life and career.
May 13, 2024 · Jan van Eyck (1390-1441) The Arnolfini Portrait by van Eyck, 1434. Source: The National Gallery, London. One of the earlier figures in Renaissance art, Dutch artist Jan van Eyck revolutionized Northern European painting and created some of the world’s most coveted masterpieces.
14 hours ago · Early life. Career. Before 1900. Blue Period: 1901–1904. Rose Period: 1904–1906. African art and primitivism: 1907–1909. Synthetic cubism: 1912–1919. Neoclassicism and surrealism: 1919–1929. The Great Depression to MoMA exhibition: 1930–1939. World War II and late 1940s: 1939–1949. Later works to final years: 1949–1973. Death. Political views.
