Archeologists discovered a copper statue of Pharaoh Pepy I of Egypt, in the 1890’s dating back to 2300 BCE. Continue reading
Tag: Art
The Trinity Painted In One-Point Perspective
The Trinitya fresco painted with one-point perspective in 1425 by Masaccio (Tommaso di Giovanni di Simone Guidi) Continue reading
Princess Dagmar Receives the First Faberge Easter Egg
Princess Dagmar, the wife of Tsar Alexander III of Russia was presented with the first Faberge Easter egg in 1884. Continue reading
Russian Created the Kinetic Sculpture Standing Wave
Russian sculptor Naum Gabo (born Naum Neemia Pevsner) created a kinetic sculpture in motion Standing Wave Continue reading
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology at Oxford University, in Oxford, England was the first public museum of art, archeology, and natural history. Continue reading
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
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Expands Internationally
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, a multinational art museum 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