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Apr 18, 2024 · He peeled flesh off the faces of cadavers, drew the muscles that move the lips, and then painted history's most memorable smile on the Mona Lisa. He explored the math of optics, showed how light rays strike the cornea, and produced illusions of changing perspectives in The Last Supper.
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High Renaissance (c. 1490s -1527 CE) Mannerism (c. 1520-1600...
- Egyptian Art
Ancient Egyptian Myths and Legends by Lewis Spence This...
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Apr 18, 2024 · Northern Renaissance. This is a celebration of the creative energy of the Renaissance in France and its masterworks of 16th- and 17th-century architecture, sculpture, decorative arts, painting and drawing.
- Dave Horalek
- 2012
1 day ago · The Portuguese Empire (Portuguese: Império Português, European Portuguese: [ĩˈpɛ.ɾju puɾ.tuˈɣeʃ]), also known as the Portuguese Overseas (Ultramar Português) or the Portuguese Colonial Empire (Império Colonial Português), was composed of the overseas colonies, factories, and later overseas territories, governed by the Kingdom of ...
2 days ago · 1959 in art – Birth of Caio Fonseca, Death of Frank Lloyd Wright, Sir Jacob Epstein. 1958 in art – Frank Stella begins black pinstripe paintings; Birth of Brian O'Connor (artist) and Don Yeomans. 1957 in art – Death of David Bomberg, Diego Rivera, Jack Butler Yeats; Birth of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun.
Apr 15, 2024 · As the three small ships, the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria, slipped away from the shores of Spain, they carried not only a crew of eager adventurers, but also the hopes and aspirations of an entire nation. Columbus, the indomitable visionary, stood at the helm, his eyes fixed on the western horizon.
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Apr 18, 2024 · The Library of Great Masters is a series of 27 paperback books on the artists of the Italian Renaissance. Each book is 80 pages (8 1/4 x 11 ") and contains approximately 100 color illustrations of very high quality including both full page and many details.
3 days ago · 14th-century miniature of the Second Crusade battle from the Estoire d'Eracles. The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.
