Winslow Homer’s paintings reflect the changing lifestyles of 19th-century America. His portrayals of rural and coastal life have become representative of America’s values and culture.
Francesco Borromini ingeniously used complex architectural innovations to transform Rome. In his designs, geometry became a tool to translate abstract concepts into inventive architectural microcosms.
Theodore Gericault studied the patients of mental institutions and was a frequent guest at hospitals and morgues.
Théodore Géricault’s series of paintings was intended to serve as study material for contemporary psychiatrists.
Many of the most famous palaces in and around St. Petersburg were built by an Italian Baroque architect, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli. Here are 7 of his masterpieces.
Several of Rembrandt’s paintings illustrated the Biblical parable of the Prodigal Son, perhaps due to the painter’s personal connection to the story.
The portraits and genre scenes painted by Diego Velázquez in the 17th century influenced many of his contemporaries and modern artists.
To paint the shipwreck in his famous work The Raft of the Medusa, Théodore Géricault visited morgues and observed the decay of real human bodies.
