Herman Han (1574 or 1580-1627/1628), Coronation of Virgin Mary, 1623-1624, cathedral in Pelplin I've had a very short talk on a local Polish Radio Wnet about Herman Han. A painter who had the title of
This art work is Queen IDIA. The first woman to earn a title from Benin Empire in Nigeria as IYOBA(the Queen mother).A great work of art,the face of Africa Culture and the pride of the black race. Queen
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter, leader of the Vienna Secession Movement - a group of artists who left the academy of painting and joined Symbolism. Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
Aleksander Gierymski, Interior, ca 1870, MNK Interior of the Łazienki Palace in Warsaw. Painted when Aleksander was working together with his older brother Maksymilian and learnt painting technique from
Today's Art Talk post is a highlight of the great Impressionist painting The Mother and Sister of the Artist. Berthe Morisot The Mother and Sister of the Artist, 1869/1870 This painting was on one of my
Today's artist highlight is Fredric Bazille. Last week I did post French Impressionist Tour post. Although Fredric Bazille was not an Impressionist I believe that he would have been had he lived through
Caravaggio, Incredulity of Saint Thomas, ca 1600 Caravaggio's realism is usually regarded as his most important characteristic. But no true masterpiece can be reduced to a movement or a feature. And Caravaggio
[DC Comics] Arts Academy - How to Draw Zatanna from DC Super Hero Girls with Agnes Garbowska
Welcome to the DC Comics Art Academy, a series of art tutorials and interviews recorded at Comic-Cons featuring many of the gifted and unique artists working for DC today. In this installment, Agnes Garbowska
Andrea Mantegna, Lamentation over the Dead Christ, c. 1483, Brera Pinacoteca Perspective was discovered not long before, and it was mostly used to represent architecture. Nobody tried to show a man like
Per Krafft the elder, Portrait of Alojzy Brühl (1739-1793), general
Per Krafft the elder, Portrait of Alojzy Brühl (1739-1793), general, 1767, MNW Per Krafft the elder came to the court of Stanislaus Augustus in Warsaw in 1767. Before that he was a student of Chardin in
Botticelli, The Annunciation, ca. 1485-92, Metropolitan Museum of Art There is more than just courtly reverence in the poses of the Angel and Virgin Mary. One might be tempted to think that the architecture
Giorgione, The Adoration of Shepherds, 1505-1510, National Gallery of Art, Washington This is a relatively new attribution. Before 1979 the painting was known as Allendale Nativity.
Raphael, The Alba Madonna, c. 1510, National Gallery in Washington It's 500th anniversary of Raphael's death next month. The Alba Madonna was painted when Raphael was in his twenties. It bears the name
Ideal city, ca 1480-1490, Galleria Nazionale delle Marche The painting was attributed to Piero della Francesca, Luciano Laurana, Melozzo da Forli and Francesco di Giorgio Martini. It is so ideal itself
Luca Signorelli, Head of a Man in Profile, 1490s, Metropolitan Museum of Art It's true it is a great early example of application of perspective rules, but so much more than that.
