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Discover the lives, legacies, and iconic works of artists that shape the world of expression, and left an indelible mark on the canvas of art history
The Romantic Era was filled with passion and unbridled expression. The arts—especially music—would never be the same again.
Gustave Moreau was the defiant visionary whose mystical paintings shaped a groundbreaking new movement in France and beyond.
The literary icon Kahlil Gibran produced a timeless and mystical body of visual art that is widely unknown, from portraiture to mystical compositions.
An exploratory dive into the art of the Golden Dutch Age and its connection with protestant values.
Leon Battista Alberti’s book On Painting is the first known book on art theory, published in 1435. It heavily influenced all subsequent Renaissance art.
Composers throughout history have taken inspiration for their now-famous operas from the enchanting stories of ancient Greek mythology.
Rembrandt’s artistic evolution from the precise detailing of the visual world towards a more tonal approach to painting divided opinion in his own time.
His work has been described as bizarre, disturbing, ingenious, and unsettling. But what do we really know about the painter Hieronymus Bosch?