Articles about artists and their works including facts and lists of the most famous painters and sculptors as well as their most renowned works.
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10 Most Famous Mexican Artists And Their Masterpieces
Prior to Spanish colonization, Mexico came under a region now known as Mesoamerica. Mesoamerican art was strongly based on nature, the surrounding political reality and the gods. Post colonization, Mexican art was dominated by...
10 Most Famous Paintings By Russian Artists
In the 10th century, Russia converted to Christianity and its artists soon became masters of a form known as the icon. An icon is a devotional painting of Christ or another holy figure. The...
10 Most Famous Paintings By Italian Artists
Italy was the primary center of artistic development in the west during the Renaissance, a period in Europe between the Middle Ages and the modern era stretching approximately from the 14th century to the...
10 Most Famous Russian Artists And Their Masterpieces
The most famous Russian artist of the medieval period is Andrei Rublev. He specialized as a painter of Orthodox icons and frescos. In the nineteenth century, the artistic movement known as Realism dominated the...
10 Most Famous Paintings of Flowers By Renowned Artists
Flowers have been an important subject for artists throughout history. In Ancient Egypt, the lotus, which symbolized the sun, was often used in papyrus paintings, amulets and ceramics. In many artistic works of the...
10 Most Famous Female Artists And Their Masterpieces
In 1971, American art historian Linda Nochlin published her essay "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?". It focused on the institutional obstacles that had prevented women in the west from becoming successful...
Cubism | 10 Interesting Facts About The Art Movement
Cubism was a 20th century art movement which had a far reaching impact on the art world. It was inspired by the late works of Paul Cezanne; and pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges...
10 Most Famous Sculptures In The World
Among the oldest sculptures discovered to date is the Lion-man, which was found in 1939 in a German cave. It is between 35,000 and 40,000 years old and belongs to the prehistoric period, or...
10 Most Famous German Artists And Their Masterpieces
Although Germany as a united state has existed only since the 19th century, the people referred to as German have a long and distinguished tradition in the visual arts. The Renaissance, marked by renewed...
10 Most Famous Landscape Paintings By Renowned Artists
A landscape painting refers to an artwork whose primary focus is natural scenery. Landscape was a main genre in the eastern art tradition by 4th century AD. However, in the west, till the 17th...
