Fabian Perez, 1967 | Flamenco Dancers

Growing up in Argentina, Fabian Perez - Argentine painter, developed a fondness for art through his parents, who possessed strong creative sides but were never professional artists. His mother drew, and it rubbed off on Perez, who excelled in art classes and painted murals on the walls of his school at his teachers' requests.

La Cappella Sistina compie 500 anni

Giulio II inaugurò la conclusione della volta della Cappella Sistina celebrando i vespri del 31 ottobre 1512.
Ieri sera alle 18.00, con la Celebrazione della Solennità di Tutti i Santi nella Cappella Sistina, Benedetto XVI, ripeteva lo stesso gesto in omaggio al capolavoro assoluto di Michelangelo a 500 anni di distanza esatti.

Sir Edward Burne-Jones | Pittore Preraffaellita

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-1898), pittore Britannico, fu il rappresentante più significativo della scuola Pre-Raffaellita in Inghilterra od anche gli ultimi romantici.

"Io aspiro ad un quadro come un bellissimo romantico sogno, di qualcosa che mai è stato e mai sarà - in una luce migliore di qualsiasi altra luce mai mostrata - in una terra che nessuno può definire, o ricordare, solo desiderare".

Due sue opere, la Crocifissione e l'Albero della vita, sono conservate nella chiesa romana di S.Paolo.

Julianna Pasadena | Figurative painter

Achieving both national and international recognition, American painter Julianna Pasadena, has traveled throughout Italy, Holland, Turkey, India, Spain, Austria, et. al. allowing Julianna to understand the cultural milieu in which the Masters lived and to study their works directly.

Julianna is the quintessential Renaissance woman in that her work is a creative blending of the classical and the contemporary.

Papa Wojtyła back in Vatican with Tomasz Rut

The art of Tomasz Rut, recently included in the Vatican Collection and blessed by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, continues to expand the realm of contemporary figurative painting to the limits achieved only by the greatest art masters in history.

Painted earlier this year to commemorate the beatification of John Paul II, the two originals on canvas: "Nolite Timere" and "Be Not Afraid" pay tribute to the beloved late Pope and depict John Paul II as the Saint and as the charismatic leader of the world accompanied by another legendary figure behind the political changes of the twentieth century, the first President of democratic Poland, Lech Walesa.

Be Not Afraid | Tomasz Rut, 1961