The original Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci was born in Florence in 1452. A brilliant painter, sculptor, architect, and engineer, da Vinci was also profoundly dedicated to scientific inquiry. As a...
So many of the most cherished works of art ever produced can be seen only in this magnificent French museum. Twelve of the favorites are featured in this sampling of the Louvre.
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born in Italy in 1475. He was one of the greatest masters of his time. A sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, Michelangelo produced masterpieces of...
The original Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci was born in Florence in 1452. A brilliant painter, sculptor, architect, and engineer, da Vinci was also profoundly dedicated to scientific inquiry....
In an era when the Impressionists were all the rage in Paris, John William Waterhouse achieved great success while remaining largely faithful to traditional subjectsclassical tales, British myths...
The intricately ornamented eighth-century manuscript known as the Lindisfarne Gospels is among the great masterpieces of early medieval book painting. It was produced at Lindisfarne, an island...
Henri Matisse (French, 1869 1954) was one of the most important painters of the twentieth century. The twelve stunning works in this calendar demonstrate the timeless appeal of Matisses...
A principal founder of Britains Arts and Crafts movement, William Morris was also a writer of poetry and fiction, a founder of the socialist movement in England, and a designer of typefaces,...
Artist, papermaker, designer, and fervent promoter of the book harmonious, William Joseph Dard Hunter embraced the Arts and Crafts ideal of functional beauty enunciated by William...
Having proved himself a master at designing modern buildings enriched with curves, organic geometry, and repeated motifs, Mackintosh applied those visual themes to two-dimensional design. The images...
Although classically trained at the école des Beaux-arts in Paris, Henri Matisse quickly rejected traditional illusionistic representation in favor of flat areas of vivid color and uneven smears...
A leading member of the Austrian Art Nouveau movement known as the Vienna Secession, Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862 1918) produced works of startling power, symbolism, and sensuality.
The birth of Art Nouveau affected every branch of the arts, but it culminated in the mass-produced posters used by manufacturers, publishers, and impresarios to tout their wares.
Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860 1939) virtually invented Art Nouveau as it applied to graphic design. Hired by happenstance to design a poster for one of Sarah Bernhardts theatrical...
Long regarded as one of the most important painters in history, Rembrandt came to prominence during the Dutch Golden Age. He had an outstanding ability to portray people with an uncompromising realism...
Maxfield Parrish employed a slow, delicate, and labor-intensive technique to achieve the crystalline clarity of his paintings: rather than paint in opaque oils, he built up layers of transparent...
The original Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci was born in Florence in 1452. A brilliant painter, sculptor, architect, and engineer, da Vinci was also profoundly dedicated to scientific inquiry. As a...
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born in Italy in 1475. He was one of the greatest masters of his time. A sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, Michelangelo produced masterpieces of...
So many of the most cherished works of art ever produced can be seen only in this magnificent French museum. Twelve of the favorites are featured in this sampling of the Louvre.
With her stylish and mesmerizing portraits of women, Tamara de Lempicka is perhaps the most famous painter of the Art Deco period. Enjoy the best of her work as you turn the pages of this calendar.