The Post-Impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) is legendary for his heavy impasto application of paint, brilliant colors, and vibrant swirling brush strokes. His heavily textural and colorful painting style expressed his opinion that Impressionism did not provide one with enough freedom to convey one’s emotions. Instead, he took brush in hand and raw paint on his…
Christianity | Angels Christ Prayers
Christianity is based on the story of Jesus as the son of God who through kindness and charity, will lead his people towards a righteous life. His mother Mary plays an important role teaching about compassion and motherhood. The archangels appear in the Book of Revelations with Michael as the greatest of all, revered for…
Medieval Knights Gargoyles Cathedrals
Medieval Art encompasses the Middle Ages period — roughly 1100 to 1400 AD. It is a period of European history which has many facets of development in building cathedrals, crusades, serfs and royal landowners, wars about Christianity and territorial gain. KNIGHT IN ARMOR – During medieval times, the knight profession gained immense strength and endurance….
Degas Ballerina Replicas
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917): Together with Monet the founder of French Impressionism, Edgar Degas was famous for his innovative compositions in his paintings and later in his sculptures — including the Fourteen Year Old Little Dancer Statue at right. In his sculpture, he searched for “truth” — accuracy of movements and posture. Degas created a tremendous…
Frank Lloyd Wright | American Architect
As one of the greatest 20th-century American architects, Frank Lloyd Wright’s legacy is apparent in architectural and decorative elements throughout the modern age. He was a pioneer in Modern Architecture and possibly the greatest American architect. He created innovative uses for building materials which contributed to a building’s unique purpose and location. He is credited with…
Prehistoric Art Replicas
Prior to the human age, earth was host to an extensive selection of dinosaurs, sea creatures, and early plant life and vegetation. From this time, scientists have excavated skeletal remains of the largest creatures every on earth. Some time around 66 million years ago, a catastrophic event such as an asteroid impact killed off 75…
Rodin | Timeless Human Expression
Auguste Rodin has been appreciated for decades as one of the pre-eminent Realist sculptors of the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century. Rodin’s goal, as he put it, was “to render inner feelings through muscular movement.” He achieved this aim by joining his profound knowledge of anatomy and movement with special attention to the body’s surfaces,…
Precolumbian Mayan Aztec
In the eras before European influences, the Americas were populated by diverse groups of indigenous cultures including in Mesoamerica (the Olmec, the Toltec, the Teotihuacano, the Zapotec, the Mixtec, the Aztec, and the Maya) and the Andes (Inca, Moche, Chibcha, Ca–aris). This period before the arrival of Europeans is called the Precolumbian Era. The oldest known culture in the…
Hindu Deities Offer Renewal & Guidance
India and Nepal have the largest grouping of people who follow Hinduism which is a diverse set of ideas on religion and traditions. It is based on guiding principals for a proper way of life that includes duties, emotions, sexuality and liberation. These goals are reaches through devotion learned from sacred texts with stories about…
Modigliani | Female Forms Abstract Elongated
The elongated forms and simple linear features — eclectically borrowed from African and oceanic tribal masks, medieval carvings and classical sculpture — show how for Modigliani the primitive could be decisively modern. Amedeo Modigliani’s work is recognized immediately by many people because of the typical elongated shapes. His paintings show his passion for sculpting, a…