Public outcry against Manet's painting was so intense that it is actually believed the painting would have been destroyed by the crowd...

Audobon had always enjoyed a love of birds and had made crude sketches of them as early as he could remember...

El Greco considered spiritual expression to be more important than public opinion and it was in this way...

When the royal palace of Benin was sacked by British forces in 1897, the marauders were surprised to find...

Bringing your painting supplies outside today is much easier than it was the past, thanks to a number of simple yet ingenious inventions...

Evidence of batik has been discovered in ancient Egyptian tombs around the first century as well as in the Middle East ...

The Gothic style of architecture flourished in the medieval period from around the twelfth century through the sixteenth century...

Poussin created View of Grottaferrata around the year 1625 for a member of the illustrious dal Pozzo family. What he didn´t know...

Most of us have seen Vitruvian Man before – the sepia-colored drawing of a human male body inscribed in a circle and a square...

Did you ever wonder who painted the angelic cherubs that we see so often adorning giftware, advertisements and home décor? Well, you may be surprised to learn...