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3 days ago · One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, [8] [9] the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore.
3 days ago · SHAPIRO: That movie offers one of many hypotheticals that the behavioral economist Cass Sunstein explores in his latest book. It's called "How To Become Famous: Lost Einsteins, Forgotten ...
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.
- The frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (1508–12) in the Vatican, which include the iconic depiction of the creation of Adam interpreted...
- Michelangelo first gained notice in his 20s for his sculptures of the Pietà (1499) and David (1501) and cemented his fame with the ceiling frescoes...
- Michelangelo painted the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel not lying down as sometimes described but standing on an extensive scaffold,...
- Many writers have described Michelangelo as the archetype of a brooding and difficult artist, and, although he was indeed hot-tempered, his charact...
- The Renaissance man is an ideal that developed in Renaissance Italy from one of its most-accomplished representatives, Leon Battista Alberti, who s...
5 days ago · Cleopatra (born 70/69 bce —died August 30 bce, Alexandria) was an Egyptian queen, famous in history and drama as the lover of Julius Caesar and later as the wife of Mark Antony. She became queen on the death of her father, Ptolemy XII , in 51 bce and ruled successively with her two brothers Ptolemy XIII (51–47) and Ptolemy XIV (47–44) and ...
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- While queen of Egypt (51–30 BCE), Cleopatra actively influenced Roman politics at a crucial period and was especially known for her relationships w...
- When her father, Ptolemy XII, died in 51 BCE, Cleopatra and her brother, Ptolemy XIII, coruled until she was forced to flee, about 50 BCE. Aided by...
- Cleopatra was charismatic and intelligent, and she used both qualities to further Egypt's political aims. She was also ruthless, reportedly killing...
- With the arrival of the conquering Octavian (the future Roman emperor Augustus), Cleopatra’s husband, Mark Antony, committed suicide under the fals...
3 days ago · It's not "Fix You." SHAPIRO: That movie offers one of many hypotheticals that the behavioral economist Cass Sunstein explores in his latest book. It's called "How To Become Famous: Lost Einsteins ...
5 days ago · Euclid (flourished c. 300 bce, Alexandria, Egypt) was the most prominent mathematician of Greco-Roman antiquity, best known for his treatise on geometry, the Elements.
5 days ago · Georgia O'Keeffe. Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) was an American modernist painter and draftswoman whose career spanned seven decades and whose work remained largely independent of major art movements.
