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(No Ratings Yet)Loading...There was another artist called Benvenuto Cellini on which we have written a full article describing the unbelievable incidents of his life. He was very much interested in supernatural and necromancy affairs. Here, we have stumbled upon another renaissance period artist who was much interested in supernatural things like witches and witch-crafts. Yet, he didn’t performed any supernatural or paranormal activities like Benvenuto Cellini, but his interest in those things surely amplified in some of his works, which were not commissioned to him but were made for his own pleasure. Artistic Journey Parmigianino, meaning “the little one from Parma”, was an Italian painter born on 11th January, 1503. His parents died just in two years of his birth due the plague, after which he was […]
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...The artist of romanticism, Eugène Delacroix was a French painter, born on 26th April, 1798. He is mainly known for his romanticism in his paintings, as well the excellent use of colors. He painted some great artworks, some of which made ripples in the contemporary times, while some got poorly criticized. Though, up and downs are the real flow of life and no artist has ever experience an undisturbed fame in their lives. He was no exception. But, maybe the luck was not all that furious upon him, as in his career, he didn’t have any steep downfalls. Even in the later years, he was getting good commissions from the patrons. He is considered as one of the artists who were born in between the line […]
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...After the Baroque style flourished in Europe in 17th century, there came the style of Rococo following the Baroque. That’s why Rococo is sometimes called as the Late Baroque. The main difference between both styles was that Baroque style still had some influence of religious subjects in it and was a grand depiction of scenes, whereas the rococo was the freedom from those rules. Rococo artists started to draw apart from the regular stuff which was drawn at the time. They started to draw themselves, the surroundings and the general life in more ornamental and stylized manner than the baroque’s somewhat stick-to-the-fact style. This freedom attracted many artists during the time and at the top of that list we consider François Boucher from France, who has […]
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. Or just Ingres as he is called today was a prolific artist of the late 18th century from born in Montauban, France; born to Jean Marie Joseph Ingres, a skillful trader of arts and Anne Moulet, a simple house wife. His father’s professional involvement in arts may have received the encouragement and the idol environment to pursue after the artistic career. Flourishing in favorable conditions, Ingres already produced his first art-piece in 1789 at the age of nine, which was a drawing of an antique piece. Fortunately, there was no interference to his artistic progress. Though, his education did get big disturbance by the French Revolution. Actually, he had to end his conventional education in 1791, right after two years of […]
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Every great artist who enjoyed the richness and fame during their time doesn’t necessarily remain famous in later times. Actually, most of the artists become anonymous in general life after certain period. Though, they stay in the history-books, museums or in the people’s mind who really dig deep to know about them. Jean Francois Millet was such a French artist who got revered even by the other prominent contemporary artists of his time. He was one of the founders of the Barbizon school in France, where he- with other founders- emphasized the art-movement of Realism. Though, he is an artist with some facts that after knowing them you would understand more about the background happenings among the artists in the art-world. Expertizing the art Millet […]
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