Search
Remove Ads
Advertisement
Search Results
Definition
Château de Chambord
The Chateau de Chambord, located in the Loire Valley of Loir-et-Cher, France, was built between 1519 and 1547 CE. This fine French Renaissance building, although impressive in both size and architectural detail, was commissioned by Francis...
Definition
Edouard Manet
Edouard Manet (1832-1883) was a French modernist painter whose work is celebrated for its candid realism. Works like Olympia, an entirely modern nude, broke the artistic convention that great art should not concern itself with contemporary...
Definition
Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) was an American impressionist painter who lived most of her life in France. She focussed on capturing women at their daily tasks in oils, pastels, and prints, and produced many innovative representations of mothers...
Definition
Berthe Morisot
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) was a French impressionist painter. She was admired by fellow artists, had multiple works exhibited by the Paris Salon, and had her paintings shown in seven of the eight independent impressionist exhibitions in...
Article
Civil War Generals in the Mexican-American War - Friends Who Became Enemies
In 1846, graduates of West Point Military Academy were deployed to fight in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). Less than 20 years later, many now wearing different uniforms, they would meet again as adversaries in the American Civil War...
Article
Top 10 Archaeological Sites in Provence
Provence has inherited a rich legacy from antiquity, boasting some of the best-preserved Roman ruins in Europe. In the 2nd century BCE, the Romans began their conquest of the region and called it “Provincia Romana,” giving us the region's...
Image
Camelot, Idylls of the King
A 19th century CE engraving depicting Camelot from the original edition of Tennyson's 'Idylls of the King' on the Arthurian legends.
Image
Amos Grieves over Israel
A 19th century CE artist's impression of the prophet Amos looking over the wickedness of Israel in grief.
Image
Queen Zenobia's Last Look Upon Palmyra
Queen Zenobia's Last Look Upon Palmyra, painting by Herbert Gustave Schmalz, 1888.
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
Image
Hesiod and the Muse
Hesiod and the Muse,1891,oil on canvas by Gustave Moreau