Russian sculptor Naum Gabo (born Naum Neemia Pevsner) created a kinetic sculpture in motion Standing Wave Continue reading
Category: Art
Italian Female Fresco Artist
Onorata Rodiani was the first female painter to create frescoes Continue reading
Egyptian Painting Depicts Movement
An artist depicts a wrestling sequence as a continuous movement decorated Continue reading
Sculptor, Properzia de Rossi
Female Renaissance sculptor, Properzia de Rossi’s carved the bas-relief Joseph and Potiphar's Wife in 1520. Continue reading
Yuri Denisyuk
Yuri Nikolaevich Denisyuk (July 27, 1927 in Sochi – May 14, 2006 in Saint Petersburg) a Soviet physicist, one of the founders of optical holography. Continue reading
Leon Battista Alberti
Leon Battista Alberti (Italian: [leˈom batˈtista alˈbɛrti]; February 18, 1404 – April 25, 1472) was an Italian humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher and cryptographer; he epitomised the Renaissance Man. Continue reading
Scientific explanation of perspective in art
The Italian painter and architect Leon Battista Alberti in his book De pictures (On Painting), also known as Della pittura, written in 1435, he describes the science behind the perspectives in art. (basically how to make building look real in a painting via vanishing points and lighting points) Continue reading
Renaissance concept of the artist originated in Florence
In 1435, the Renaissance concept of an artist originated in Florence, Italy, all due to Leon Battista Alberti's influential book De pictura, or Della pittura (On Painting). Continue reading
Sao Paulo Modern Art Week
The first Modern Art Festival in South America was Sao Paulo Modern Art Week, held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in February 1922. Continue reading
First Landscape in Art
Landscape first appeared in Sumerian art circa 2300 BCE, Continue reading