Pierre Puvis de Chavannes | Symbolist painter

French painter Pierre Cécile Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) is known for his mural painting - large-scale decorative painting - in the Symbolism style.

Puvis's work is seen as symbolist in nature, even though he studied with some of the romanticists, and he is credited with influencing an entire generation of painters and sculptors, particularly the works of the Modernists.

One of his protégés was Georges de Feure.

Christine Ellger, 1948

Christine Ellger is an accomplished artist whose work spans across various art styles.

With her intricate attention to detail and vibrant color combinations, Christine has gained recognition for her unique approach to art.

According to Ellger, her passion for photography started 11 years ago as a hobby, and now has become a way of life.

Having started with digital photography she successfully mastered all steps of processing the image.

Gabriel Ferrier | Orientalist painter

Gabriel-Joseph-Marie-Augustin Ferrier (29 September 1847 in Nîmes - 6 June 1914 in Paris) was a French portrait painter and orientalist.

His father was a pharmacist.

He began his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts, where he worked with Ernest Hébert and Isidore Pils.

His first exhibit was at the Salon in 1869.

Stuart Dunkel, 1952 | Classical whimsey

Born in New Jersey Stuart Dunkel began playing classical music and painting at the age of 5. He went on to study music music at Boston University, Mannes College of Music, the Juilliard School (Doctorate).

He also studied art at the Boston Museum School, Kent State, the Academy of Realist Art, the Seattle Academy of Art and privately with renowned artists.

After a career as a musician playing with top orchestras around the world, Stuart switched to fine art at the age of 42.

Marc Chagall's Colors

An early modernist, Marc Chagall (1887-1985) was associated with the École de Paris as well as several major artistic styles and created works in a wide range of artistic formats, including painting, drawings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramics, tapestries and fine art prints.

He experienced modernism's "golden age" in Paris, where "he synthesized the art forms of Cubism, Symbolism, and Fauvism, and the influence of Fauvism gave rise to Surrealism".

Marc Chagall: "Lo stile non è importante. Esprimersi lo è"

• "Color is everything. When color is right, form is right. Color is everything, color is vibration like music; everything is vibration".

• "Despite all the troubles of our world, in my heart I have never given up on the love in which I was brought up or on man's hope in love. In life, just as on the artist's palette, there is but one single colour that gives meaning to life and art–the colour of love".

Leonardo da Vinci | Natura ovvero condizione dell'ombra

Trattato della Pittura

Parte quinta | Capitoli 561-590

Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura | Testo Integrale

Indice

561. Di quante figure è l'ombra derivativa.

562. Dell'ombra che si muove con maggior velocità che il corpo suo ombroso.

563. Dell'ombra derivativa, la quale è molto più tarda che l'ombra primitiva.

564. Dell'ombra derivativa che sarà eguale all'ombra primitiva.

565. Dell'ombra derivativa remota dall'ombra primitiva.

Antonietta Brandeis | Il Ponte Vecchio, Firenze, 1910

Antonietta Brandeis (Miskovice, 13 gennaio 1848 - Firenze, 20 marzo 1926) è stata una pittrice Italiana di ritratti e di pale religiose.

Giovinezza

Nata in Boemia, a Miskovice, l'adolescente Antonietta è menzionata come pupilla dell'artista praghese Karel Javůrek. Dopo la morte del padre, la madre Giuseppina Dravhozvall si sposò con il veneziano Giovanni Nobile Scaramella; apparentemente la famiglia si trasferì poco dopo in laguna.

Nel 1867 entrò nell'Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, figurando come una delle prime donne a seguire lezioni di Belle Arti in Italia.

Infatti, le donne si vedranno riconosciuto il diritto legale di ricevere un'educazione artistica solo nel 1875.