Art Essay: Australian Art 1901 to 1930 Australian art from 1901 to 1939 was very much affected by styles from Europe. The major artists of the era were Rupert Bunny, George Lambert, Sydney Long, Margaret Preston, Hans Heysen and E Phillips Fox. The era did not have a distinct movement but modernis...

What were Claude\'s contributions to an ideal landscape? Claude, was born Claude Gellée who was also known by his fictitious name Le Lorraine or as Claude Lorrain, in the duchy of Lorraine (from which he derived his name) in 1604 (1). He was a French artist in the seventeenth century, who spent m...

Each day hundreds of tourists flock to the Louvre Museum in Paris to admire the most famous painting in the world, the "Mona Lisa." This artist's legacy lives today as his creations continue to inspire artists, scientists, and the common man even four hundred years after his death. This arti...

The Period of Rebirth The Renaissance has always been interesting and fascinating historical period that means rebirth and represents a change in thinking. People were waking up from a deep sleep, which lasted during the Middle Ages. Urgent to learn and know, they started to experiment, put the ...

When people think of Henri Rousseau they think of all the amazing jungle scenes he has painted. When it comes to Alphonse Mucha, people remember his efforts of enforcing the Slav Epic. Whether it be dealing with style, purpose, lives, education, or origin, Henri Rousseau and Alphonse Mucha have ma...