From 1300 to 1600, Europe saw the Renaissance, the rebirth of art and learning. Worldliness was a key part of their artwork through the individualism shown in the portraits with earthly backgrounds and through the glorification the human body. Realism was a major part of the artwork; a lot of at...

The Renaissance saw a rebirth of classical ideals. As examined in the first question, the emergence of the artist as someone with status and an intellectual approach to their craft was an important part of post-gothic art history. The role of the art historian was also critical to art development. G...

Originally named Tommaso Giovanni di Mone, Masaccio was born in San Giovanni Valdarno, near Florence, on December 21, 1401, and died in Rome in 1428. He was the first great painter of the Italian Renaissance, whose innovations in using scientific perspective introduced the modern style in painting. ...

"The Virgin and Child with Four Angels" was painted by Gerard David in about 1510, right in the middle of the Renaissance. The painting is rectangular in shape and appears to be about two feet long by maybe a foot and a half wide. It is oil painted on wood and it looks to be in very good condition. ...

During the baroque period of great theatrical energy, and a dramatic use of light, scale, and balance, French artists adopted Italian Renaissance ideas but made them their own; by the end of the seventeenth century, France had began to take the lead in European art. Early eighteenth-century France, ...

Over the centuries, picturing religious events in the form of artwork has been very important. However, the way or style in which the events were pictured changed. The cultural production of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries is often described as the Baroque Period. Among the most no...

Gothic Art is considered as the combination of the painting, sculpture, architecture and music characteristic in the central Europe during the Middle ages. Firstly derived from Romanesque art, Gothic art has a great influence for centuries lasted from mid-12th century to 15th century. The topic of M...

The evolution of art over the span of centuries and the changing notion of the artist's place in society can be seen in the comparison of two very different works by two different artists. Impressions of who the artist was and what they contributed to society were transformed; and with the developm...

The Renaissance period was when the most brilliant ideas of art were discovered and invented. During this time, many talents were shown and new techniques in drawing were introduced. Before the Girogionesque style was developed, most painters liked to focus on defining the shapes and the object matt...

~Part 1~ Cubism and Fauvism were one of the most influential modern arts of the 20th century. Cubism was developed by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and French artist Georges Braque in Paris between 1907 and 1914. Picasso and Braque found examples and initial concepts of cubism in two art sources. ...

Botticelli is one of the most famous artists during the Italian Renaissance. He was very well know for the portrayal of the female figure and his ability to incorporate femininity as a symbol of life itself and/or nature illustrated by the changes of seasons. Botticelli most famous figure was ...

Medieval art is the art that was produced in Europe during the Middle Ages-from the fall of Rome in 500 CE to the start of the early modern period in approximately 1500 CE. Most medieval art and architecture is religious, but the Church was not the sole patron of art. In fact, much of the religious ...

When I walked into the Philadelphia Museum of Art for the first time I could not wait to start looking at the artworks of brilliant artists of the past and present. I took my time on my first visit looking at as much as I could. "Prometheus Bound" by Peter Paul Ruben and Frans Snyders, is one of t...

Edgar Degas, after his death, was recognized as one of the masters of modern art and impressionism of the late 19th century. The proof of his genius is embedded in his paintings. He is considered an impressionistic painter but follows the beat of his own drummer when it comes to his artistic style...

Theodore Gericault's greatest legacy as an artist is undoubtedly his Raft of the Medusa, completed in 1819. The painting is the comprehensive result of experiments with a variety of forms and styles; it marks the apogee of Gericault's career. Beautiful and horrible, incidental and ubiquitous, mo...