Leonardo Da Vinci’s Masterpiece
Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452, “at the third hour of the night” in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci, in the lower valley of the Arno River in…
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Life of Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, (29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610) was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His intensely emotional realism…
Fascinating Facts about Famous Artists
Learn lots of interesting facts and insights into the lives of great artists and painters such as Van Gogh, Monet, Picasso, Matisse and many more. Learn what motivated these great…
Life of Raphael
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino) (1483 – April 6, 1520), was a great Italian painter. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael makes up the great trinity of the…
Norman Rockwell Paintings (a Biography)
Born in New York City in 1894, Norman Rockwell always wanted to be an artist. At age 14, Rockwell enrolled in art classes at The New York School of Art…
The Divine Michelangelo (Biography)
To produce one of the world’s great masterpieces is impressive. To create three is truly astonishing – but this is exactly what Michelangelo did five hundred years ago. With his…
Life of Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) is one of the world’s greatest thinkers, artists and philosophers. Seeking after perfection, he created rare masterpieces of art such as ‘The Mona Lisa’ and…