Articles about artists and their works including facts and lists of the most famous painters and sculptors as well as their most renowned works.
Neolithic Art is art created in the New Stone Age or the Neolithic Era, which lasted from around 8,000 BCE to 2,000 BCE. Prehistoric Art is usually divided into two types: rock art and portable artworks like sculptures. The Neolithic Era saw a comeback of sculptures after a relatively quiet period in the preceding Mesolithic … Read more
Mesolithic Art is art created in the Middle Stone Age, which lasted from approximately 10,000 BCE to 8,000 BCE. Prehistoric Art is usually divided into two types: rock art and portable artworks like sculptures. Mesolithic rock art is dominated by depictions of humans, unlike the preceding Paleolithic era where cave paintings mostly depicted animals. There … Read more
Paleolithic Art refers to cave art and portable artworks created in the Old Stone Age or the Paleolithic Era. The period roughly corresponds with the Pleistocene or the last Ice Age. Cave art of the period primarily consists of animals in profile view and geometric forms. Sculptures are also dominated by depictions of animals. The … Read more
Prehistoric art is a term used to refer to art made in the distant past, roughly corresponding with the stone age which lasted from 3.3 million years ago to around 2,000 BCE. It is divided into two main categories: rock art, or the art created on rock surface; and portable art, which includes sculptures, beads, … Read more
Claude Monet was a French artist closely associated with the art movement Impressionism, whose artists aimed to render on canvas their perception of a scene rather than the exact details. Impressionism was one of the most influential movements in art history. Monet was one of its pioneers and its most ardent practitioner due to which … Read more
Oscar-Claude Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926) was a French artist who is most famous as a founder and a leading artist of the art movement Impressionism. Monet began his artistic career as a caricaturist. In fact, he used to sell his caricatures to support himself initially. Moreover, his portrait The Woman in … Read more
Oscar-Claude Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926) was a French painter who is widely regarded as one of the greatest artists of all time. Monet’s name is closely associated with the art movement Impressionism, whose artists aimed to render on canvas their perception of a scene rather than the exact details. Monet initially … Read more
Oscar-Claude Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926) was a French artist who was a leading member of the art movement Impressionism and who is now regarded as one of the greatest artists in the history of western art. A founder of the movement, Monet remained dedicated to Impressionism through his long career. The … Read more
Oscar-Claude Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926) was a French artist who is among the most revered figures in the history of western art. Monet may be considered foremost a landscape painter who created some of the most famous works in the genre including the Water Lilies series, the Poplar series and Morning … Read more
Claude Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926) was a French painter who is widely regarded as one of the greatest artists of all time. He was one of the founders of Impressionism and he remained faithful to the movement throughout his long career. While in his teens, Monet was influenced by the French … Read more