History of Rock: 1955: Rock is born, Early Rock Part 1
Now that we've done the early influences, I think it's time to move on to early rock itself. By early rock, I mean...
Painter William Hogarth 1697-1764
William Hogarth would most likely have preferred to have been remembered as a talented painter who supported his efforts at fine art by producing...
17th-Century European Painters: Learn More About Charles Le Brun and Meindert Hobbema
Discover artist Hobbema's most famous painting, the definition of academicism, and how a celebrated 19th-century artist has been ignored for decades.
Q. Which 17th-century painter...
History of Rock: Early Influences, The Legends
Welcome to part II of Early Influences, The Legends. The following are only a few of the many talented musicians who made rock what...
History of Rock: Early Influences, The Legacy
Rock and roll is the fusion of two races, two cultures, two distinct societies into an art form which surpasses all limitations and...
Early Use of Pencil
Drawing with metalpoint, such as silverpoint, is an art form that was replaced by graphite pencil but is being rediscovered today.
Metalpoint, descended from the...
One of New Zealand’s Favourite Opera Singers
The flame-haired beauty and opera singer, Frances Alda, is not as well-known as Nellie Melba now. Arguably, she was just as successful.
An Edwardian opera...
Sixteenth-century Venetian Art: Giants of Painting in Renaissance Venice
Early Renaissance Art may have started in Rome and Tuscany, but Venice was the leading center of art in Northern Italy.
In Venice a unique...
Sixteenth-Century Art: Venetian Painting
Renaissance painters from Venice developed their own distinctive style using light and a rich color palette.
There were several schools, or regional traditions, of Italian...
Classical Landscape Painting in the Late Renaissance
Seventeenth-century Classical Landscape painting was greatly influenced by German artist Adam Elsheimer.
During the 17th century, Rome was the art capital of the western world,...