Édouard Cortès | Post-Impressionist painter

Édouard Leon Cortès (1882-1969), of french and spanish ancestry, was born in Lagny-sur-Marne, a few miles east of Paris.

As an adolescent, he became fascinated with the arts and at seventeen began his studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

The year 1901 marked the artist's first exhibition at the Salon des Artistes Francais.

His piece depicting a dramatic Paris street scene at dusk brought him immediate recognition and fame.

Philippe Guillerm, 1959 | Musical Sculptures

Philippe Guillerm began his professional life in Paris, France, the city where was born and lived for twenty years. Through the years, he has traveled around the world with his wife Jacqueline and their two daughters Monique and Swanne on his forty-eight foot sailboat.

Antoine Jossé, 1970 | Surrealist sculptor and painter

Antoine Josse is a French artist, born in 1970.

His paintings and sculptures express an irrepressible desire for lightness, escapism and to be able to dream the impossible.

The use of captivating and revealing motifs, along with the presence of human beings immersed in a dream-like landscape, convey a unique charm to his work.

His paintings are alluring for their atmosphere, evocative colours, and tumultuous skies.

The minuscule beings are settled in a desolated and dangerous world where the vegetation rapidly spreads, bringing to life dramatic reds, blues and greens, creating spectacular yet enigmatic feelings.

Milen Marinov, 1965

Milen Marinov was born in Varna, Bulgaria. He finished education in the National Academy of Fine Arts - Sofia, Bulgaria between 1988-1993.
Lives and works in Varna, Bulgaria.
Marinov did 12 solo solo exhibitions between 1994-2009 in his home country: Varna, Sofia, Krapetc, Spasovo and Balchik.
In 2007 Marinov did solo exhibition in gallery Atypic Toulouse in France.

Yuri Laptev, 1962 | Surrealist painter

Yuri Laptev is an Ukrainian artist, who created dreamy, imaginative and surreal illustration works.

His works include: Painting, Watercolour, Digital art, Etching and Drawing.

His artworld has been featured in many exhibitions and his presence in several art networks has given them a strong art boost of inspiration and creativity.

He graduated from the Crimean Art College, Samokisha 1986.

Il sito archeologico di Petra

Petra fu rivelata al mondo moderno nel 1812 da Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, un viaggiatore svizzero che, in abiti arabi, si faceva chiamare Cheikh Ibrahim e seguiva la strada che collegava Damasco all'Egitto passando per la Giordania.

Egli aveva sentito dire che nei pressi del villaggio di Wadi Musa si trovavano, in una sorta di fortezza naturale, delle vestigia straordinarie.

La regione apparteneva allora all'Impero ottomano e gli stranieri curiosi di antichità - che erano ritenute "opera degli Infedeli" - erano considerati con grande diffidenza, anche per le tensioni politiche e religiose dell'epoca.

Cristo Redentor | Rio de Janeiro, 1931 | New7Wonders of the World

La statua del Cristo Redentore di Rio de Janeiro è uno dei monumenti più conosciuti al mondo. Il monumento, alto circa 39.6 metri, raffigura un grande Gesù Cristo dalle braccia aperte, a simboleggiare il calore e l'accoglienza del popolo brasiliano verso i visitatori.

Michelangelo | Il risorto, 1520

Il Risorto, conosciuto come il Cristo della Minerva, è una statua marmorea, h. 205 cm, di Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475-1564, realizzata nel 1519-1520 circa, oggi conservata nella Basilica di Santa Maria sopra Minerva a Roma.