Sublime stillnessThe king of the contemplative landscapeThe beauty of nature and man s loneliness are dominant themes in the work of Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840). The ...
Court painter to King Philip IV of Spain, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez (June 1599 - August 6, 1660) is not only a leading light of the Spanish Golden Age, but among the most celebrated mast...
Sharp angles, strange forms, lurid colors, and distorted perspectives are classic hallmarks of Expressionism, the twentieth century movement that prioritized emotion over objective reality. Though ...
Religion, Renaissance, and Reformation—these three ideologies shaped the world of 16th-century portraitist Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98–1543), a pivotal figure of the Northern Rena...
The art, theory, and woodcut print revolution of Albrecht DürerA polymath of the German Renaissance, Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) was a prolific artist, theorist, and writer who...