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 Walt Whitman is considered one of the greatest poets in the English language. His most known works are from his epic collection of poetry Leaves of Grass which was first published in 1855 and...

 John Keats was an English Romantic poet who rose to fame after his death and, by the end of the nineteenth century, became one of the best loved English poets. His work was in...

 Although artists have been making self-portraits since a long time, dating to ancient Egypt, self-portraiture became an integral part of an artists' repertoire only after the advent of the 15th century. Almost all great...

 Impressionism emerged in France in the middle of the nineteenth century and Claude Monet is one of the pioneers of this revolutionary art movement. Claude Monet has painted some of the greatest masterpieces of...

 Paul Klee (1879–1940) was a Swiss-German painter who is considered one of the greatest modern artists and is known for his highly individualistic style. His work is associated with many art movements including expressionism,...

 Paul Cezanne was one of the leading artists of Post Impressionism. Cezanne's exploration of geometric simplification and optical phenomena inspired many painters of the 20th Century to experiment with simplifications and complex multiple views....

Painting has been the preferred form of artistic expression in Japan and Japanese artists have developed various styles along the years, including the sumi-e (ink wash painting) and ukiyo-e (a genre of woodblock prints...

 Sigmund Freud is known for his novel and often controversial opinions. Such was the impact of his views that Anglo-American poet W. H. Auden said about Freud in a poem:  "to us he is...

 So, what makes a great action movie? Needless to say it must have thrilling fight sequences. A few chases would be good. Special effects add to the fun and so does a terrifying villain....

 Art has seen many great movements including the Italian Renaissance from the 14th to the 17th century, the Dutch Golden Age spanning roughly the 17th century, the French Impressionism of the 19th century and...