Annibale Carracci | Contrast with Caravaggio

The tradition of Italian Renaissance painting and the mature Renaissance artists like Raphael, Michelangelo, Correggio, Titian and Veronese are all painters who had a considerable influence on the work of the Carracci, in his use of colours.

Carracci laid the foundations for the birth of Baroque painting.

Annibale Carracci | Baroque Era painter

Annibale Carracci (1560-1609) was the most admired painter of his time and the vital force in the creation of Baroque style ⎆. Together with his cousin Ludovico (1555-1619) and his older brother Agostino (1557-1602) -each an outstanding artist- Annibale set out to transform Italian painting ⎆.

The Carracci rejected the artificiality of Mannerist painting ⎆, championing a return to nature coupled with the study of the great northern Italian painters of the Renaissance ⎆, especially Correggio ⎆, Titian ⎆ and Veronese ⎆.

Nikolaos Gyzis / Νικόλαος Γύζης | Genre painter

Nikolaos Gyzis /Νικόλαος Γύζης (1 March 1842 - 4 January 1901) was considered one of Greece's most important 19th-century painters. He was most famous for his work Eros and the Painter, his first genre painting.

It was auctioned in May 2006 at Bonhams in London, being last exhibited in Greece in 1928.

He was the major representative of the so-called "Munich School", the major 19th-century Greek art movement.

Venus de Milo

This graceful statue of a goddess has intrigued and fascinated since its discovery on the island of Melos in 1820.

Is it Aphrodite, who was often portrayed half-naked, or the sea goddess Amphitrite, who was venerated on Melos?

The statue reflects sculptural research during the late Hellenistic Period: classical in essence, with innovatory features such as the spiral composition, the positioning in space, and the fall of the drapery over the hips.

Terry Miura, 1964 | Abstract Figurative painter

Terry Miura was born in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from Art Center College of Design in 1990, Terry Miura headed out to New York City to pay his dues.

He began his career as a freelance illustrator, creating imagery for such clients as Time, Newsweek, Rollingstone, and Sports Illustrated, to name a few.

In between illustration assignments he painted and exhibited cityscapes, and continued his transition to becoming a full time painter after returning to the West Coast in 1996.