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...
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...
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...
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...
History of Rock: 1956: Rock and roll music, Early Rock Part 2
Continuing our series on Early Rock, we move on to the years after the birth of Rock. Five "Most Influential" songs, four true rockers,...
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...
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: 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...
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,...
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...