10 Most Famous Paintings of The Renaissance
Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly from the 14th century to the 17th century. It saw some of the greatest artists in the history of mankind including Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo...
10 Most Famous Poems And Songs By Robert Burns
Robert Burns (1759 – 1796), also known as the Bard of Ayrshire and the Ploughman Poet, is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland. He is the most widely read Scottish poet and...
10 Most Famous Impressionist Paintings
Characteristics of an Impressionist painting include distinctive brush strokes, vivid colours, ordinary subject matter, candid poses and compositions and most importantly, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities and unusual visual...
10 Most Famous Romantic Painters And Their Masterpieces
Romanticism was a movement that dominated all genres; including literature, music, art and architecture; in Europe and the United States in the first half of the 19th century. It originated in late 18th century...
12 Major Military Leaders of World War I
World War I was a global conflict between the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria; and the Allies which was a coalition of many nations, most prominently the Great Britain,...
10 Most Famous Sonnets by Renowned Poets
A sonnet is a poem of 14 lines usually written in iambic pentameter and traditionally associated with the theme of love. 13th century Italian poet Giacomo da Lentini is credited with the invention of...
10 Major Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was a period of major industrialization which began in Great Britain in the mid-18th century and spread to other European countries, including Belgium, France and Germany, and to the United States....
10 Most Famous Paintings by Rembrandt van Rijn
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 – 1669) was a Dutch artist active in the 17th century, a period known as the Dutch Golden Age. He is renowned as the master of light and shadow;...
10 Most Famous Paintings by Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) was a French artist who worked in a variety of media including sculpture and paper cut-outs but is most famous for the masterpieces he created as a painter. Along...
10 Greatest Chinese Artists And Their Famous Paintings
There have been many great painters in the rich history of Chinese art from as early as the third century to the modern era. Chinese art is most famous for landscape painting and some...
