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One of the wonderful traditions of Christmas is the Nativity. But you don't have to be Christian or a regular church-goer to love these wonderful displays. The creativity and artistry speaks to all ……続きを見る

Una de las maravillosas tradiciones de la Navidad es la Natividad. Pero no tienes que ser cristiano o un asistente a la iglesia para amar estas maravillosas exhibiciones. La creatividad y el arte ha……続きを見る

One of the wonderful traditions of Christmas is the Nativity. But you don't have to be Christian or a regular church-goer to love these wonderful displays. The creativity and artistry speaks to all ……続きを見る

One of the wonderful traditions of Christmas is the Nativity. But you don't have to be Christian or a regular church-goer to love these wonderful displays. The creativity and artistry speaks to all ……続きを見る

Eine der wunderbaren Traditionen von Weihnachten ist die Geburt Christi. Aber Sie müssen kein Christ oder ein regelmäßiger Kirchgänger sein, um diese wunderbaren Vorstellungen zu lieben. Die Kreativ……続きを見る

Una delle meravigliose tradizioni del Natale è la Presepe. Ma non devi essere cristiano o un normale frequentatore di chiese per amare queste meravigliose esibizioni. La creatività e l'arte parlano ……続きを見る

Mikhail Bakunin was a Russian revolutionary anarchist and founder of collectivist anarchism. He is considered among the most influential figures of anarchism and one of the principal founders of the……続きを見る

Con un’attenta ricostruzione storica, arricchita da una capacità narrativa fuori dal comune, Paola Brianti ci racconta l’affascinante vita di Francesco Mazzola, noto come “Il Parmigianino”, che si s……続きを見る

法國的美學素養及生活品味一向令人嚮往，歷經長久的淬鍊與累積，「精巧細緻」的特色體現在日常生活的每個細節當中，法式風格幾乎和「高級」畫上等號。而最能引領精緻優雅風尚、創造歷史文明的，首推宮廷文化，法蘭……続きを見る

Jacob de Backer (1555-1585) was a strange and little-known figure of which little is known. He lived for only 30 years, and he did not leave any signed by him a picture. He was certainly born and sp……続きを見る

This book with introduction and annotations written by Raya Yotova contains reproductions of figure drawings and paintings by Anders Zorn. Anders Zorn was natural from Yvraden, a rural community of ……続きを見る

This book with introduction and annotations written by Raia Iotova contains reproductions of drawings and paintings by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526 - 1593) was notorious mainly for……続きを見る

This book with Foreword written by Raya Yotova contains reproductions of drawings and paintings by Robert Campin. Robert Campin (1375 –1444), recognized with the Master of Flémalle or Master of the ……続きを見る

This book with Foreword written by Raya Yotova contains reproductions of drawings and paintings by Joos Van Cleve. Joos Van Cleve (1485 – 1541) is famous for connecting conventional Netherlands’ art……続きを見る

Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 - 1653) is supposed the most important Italian painter of her time of the Baroque. She was mainly predisposed in her premature paintings by her father, Orazio Gentileschi……続きを見る

This book with introduction and annotations written by Raya Yotova contains reproductions of portrait drawings and paintings by Anders Zorn. Anders Zorn was natural from Yvraden, a rural community o……続きを見る

Vincent van Gogh’s life and work are so intertwined that it is hardly possible to observe one without thinking of the other. Van Gogh has indeed become the incarnation of the suffering, misunderstoo……続きを見る

“I am not interested in myself as a subject for painting, but in others, particularly women…”Beautiful, sensuous and above all erotic, Gustav Klimt’s paintings speak of a world of opulence and leisu……続きを見る

Universally celebrated for his rosy and concupiscent nudes, Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was an artist whose first concern was sensuality in all its forms. This Baroque master devoted himself to a ……続きを見る

Michelangelo, like Leonardo, was a man of many talents; sculptor, architect, painter and poet, he made the apotheosis of muscular movement, which to him was the physical manifestation of passion. He……続きを見る

The Baroque period lasted from the beginning of the seventeenth century to the middle of the eighteenth century. Baroque art was artists’ response to the Catholic Church’s demand for solemn grandeur……続きを見る

Félix Vallotton (1865-1925) was active at the turn of the century. Although he is best known for his striking and elegantly composed Japanese-inspired woodblock prints, Vallotton was also a skilled ……続きを見る

Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943), the unconventional and controversial painter of Belorussian origin, combines influences of classic European painting with Post-Impressionism and Expressionism. As a member……続きを見る

Born at the dawn of the 20th century, Fauvism burst onto the artistic scene at the 1905 Salon d'Automne with great controversy by throwing bright, vibrant colours in the face of artistic convention.……続きを見る

Oscillating between the majesty of the Greco-Byzantine tradition and the modernity predicted by Giotto, Early Italian Painting addresses the first important aesthetic movement that would lead to the……続きを見る

Art Nouveau gives a name to the decorative and architectural style developed in the 1880s and 1890s in the West. Born in reaction to the Industrial Revolution and to the creative vacuum it left behi……続きを見る

Naive art first became popular at the end of the 19th century. Until that time, this form of expression, created by untrained artists and characterised by spontaneity and simplicity, enjoyed little ……続きを見る

For more than a millennium, from its creation in 330 CE until its fall in 1453, the Byzantine Empire was a cradle of artistic effervescence that is only beginning to be rediscovered. Endowed with th……続きを見る

Frans Francken (also named Francken II or Frans Francken the Younger) was a prominent painter of the big family unit of artists. He was from in Antwerp. His father was Frans Francken the Elder named……続きを見る

Nativity is a scene from the stories of the birth of Jesus. Hallstatt is home to the Worldøs oldest salt mine! The small town of Hallstatt is a unique place of beauty and utility. It is on the shore……続きを見る