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2 days ago · Caravaggio (born September 29, 1571, Milan or Caravaggio [Italy]—died July 18/19, 1610, Porto Ercole, Tuscany) was a leading Italian painter of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who became famous for the intense and unsettling realism of his large-scale religious works.
2 days ago · His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931, and is one of the most famous Surrealist paintings. Dalí lived in France throughout the Spanish Civil War (1936 to 1939) before leaving for the United States in 1940 where he achieved commercial success.
1 day ago · by LatAm ARTE. June 02, 2024. 0. 0. Modern art in Latin America is a rich and diverse movement that encompasses a wide range of styles, media and themes. It began in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when Latin American artists began to experiment with new forms of artistic expression. They were inspired by European avant-garde movements ...
2 days ago · Claude Monet was a French painter who initiated, led, and unswervingly advocated for the Impressionist style. Monet is known for repeated studies of the same motif in different lights and for his Water Lilies series, which was inspired by his garden at Giverny.
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3 days ago · Antoni Gaudí: Sagrada Família. Catalan in full: Antoni Gaudí i Cornet. Spanish: Antonio Gaudí y Cornet. Born: June 25, 1852, Reus, Spain. Died: June 10, 1926, Barcelona (aged 73) Notable Works: Casa Batlló. Casa Milá. Colonia Güell Church. Sagrada Família. Movement / Style: Art Nouveau. On the Web:
2 days ago · One of the fields that embodied the Renaissance was fine art, especially painting and sculpture. Renaissance art was inspired by Classical Greek and Roman art, and it is known for its grace, harmony, and beauty. Artists worked from the living model and perfected techniques such as the use of perspective.
1 day ago · The influence of Claude Monet was significant upon almost all art movements that followed on after Impressionism. Different artists, though, would draw in different aspects of his work. Famous artists in the early 20th century took in his use of series of paintings as an idea for their own work. The Haystacks, Water Lilies and Rouen Cathedral ...
