Michelangelo (Caprese, March 6, 1475 – Rome, February 18, 1564) Michelangelo, creator of a wonderful monumental and immortal art, impregnated his works with energy, passion and a tremendous creativity accompanied by a splendid personality. He was born in 1475, and was given by his mother was the wife of a stonemason, so he hardly knew […]
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10 most famous works of Bernini (Naples, December 7, 1598-Rome, November 28, 1680) Artificer of works as magnificent as his genius which won, widely, the title of best artist in Europe, as well as one of his best men. It was the last of an extraordinary series of illustrious universals of Italy and the Baroque […]
10 Famous works of Donatello (Florence, Italy, 1386-Ibidem, December 13, 1466) Donatello, as he was widely known, was, is and has been one of the masters of the great statuary and of splendid reliefs; his art coined the prodigies that emerge from the creative condition of human beings and his legacy, like that of so […]
Works of Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio) (Milan, 29 September 1571-Porto Ércole, 18 July 1610) He was the son of Fermo Merisi and Lucia Aratori, and was born in Milan and lived in Caravaggio part of his childhood and youth, from here he adopted the immortal pseudonym with which he would stamp the history of […]
Best works ofVincent Willem Van Gogh (Zundert, 30 March 1853-Auvers-sur-Oise, 29 July 1890) Born in 1853, archetype of “tormented artist” given the vicissitudes of his life, born self-taught, maximum exponent of post-impressionism, his paintings permeate cultures around the world. Raised in a religious family. Like many artists, his inclination towards drawing was early. In 1880 […]
10 Famous Works of Rembrandt (Leiden, July 15, 1606-Amsterdam, October 4, 1669) Born in Leiden, the Netherlands in 1606, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn attended elementary school from 1612 to 1616 and then attended the Latin School in Leiden, studying classical and sacred scriptures. He was trained in arts with several masters of the time such […]
The 10 most famous works of Picasso (Málaga, October 25, 1881- Mougins, April 8, 1973) Versatility, spontaneity, revolutionary creation, define Pablo Ruiz Picasso, native of Malaga born on October 25, 1881. He demonstrated artistic skills at an early age, so much that in 1895 he entered the Academy of San Fernando in Madrid. In the “Els Quatre […]
10 Famous Works of Monet (Paris, November 14, 1840- Giverny, December 5, 1926) Born on November 14, 1840, Oscar-Claude Monet, had a childhood set in bucolic environments that he liked to contemplate. Melting pot of the impressionism, impregnated in his different works, he dedicated himself to the natural spaces glorifying them with a vibrant, agile […]
Works of Vivaldi (Venice, 4 March 1678-Vienna, 28 July 1741) He was one of the best known baroque composers in Italy and Europe. Known as Il prete rosso (“The Red Priest”), he had this nickname because he was a redheaded priest. Son of the musician Giovanni Battista he will begin to play the violin with […]
The best works of Mozart (Salzburg, January 27, 1756-Vienna, December 5, 1791) Born in Salzburg Mozart was educated in a musical environment. His father a well-known violinist Leopold Mozart, would write one of the most famous violin treatises in history the same year of Wolfgang’s birth. Known as a child prodigy at the age of five […]