Thursday, October 2, 2025
Great people: Peter Paul Rubens.
Thursday, August 3, 2023
Great people: Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian architecture. Also, he created sculptures. Gian Lorenzo Bernini was born on November 7, 1598, in Naples.
His movement was Baroque style.
Apollo and Daphne (1622-1625), Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (1647-1652), David (1623-1624) are Bernini’s works.
He died on November 29, 1680, in Rome.
Monday, April 3, 2023
Famous people and their quotes. Part eighty two.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
“What we have is given by God and to teach it to others is to return it to him.”
Source of information:
https://www.azquotes.com/author/66163-Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini
Friday, December 2, 2022
Great people: Caravaggio.
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi also known as Caravaggio. He was born on September 29, 1571, in Milan, Italy.
Caravaggio was an Italian painter. Baroque was his style.
Caravaggio visited different places. His famous paintings; include: Young Sick Bacchus (1593), Boy Bitten by a Lizard (1596), Bacchus (1596), Medusa (1597), Basket of Fruit (1599), and etc.
Caravaggio died on July 18, 1610, in Porto Ercole, Italy.
Friday, June 4, 2021
Great people: Jan Vermeer.
Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch painter. He was born on October 31, 1632, in Delft.
Vermeer’s works were of Baroque and Dutch Golden Age paintings.
His famous paintings: Girl with a Pearl Earring (1665), The Milkmaid (1658), The Art of Painting or The Allegory of Painting or Painter in his Studio (1666-1668), Mistress and Maid (1667).
Johannes Vermeer had a wife.
Jan Vermeer died on December 15, 1675, in Delft.
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Great people: Rembrandt.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a Dutch artist. Also, he was interested in printmaking and drawing. He was born on July 15, 1606, in Leiden, Netherlands.
The artist influenced Baroque and Dutch Golden Age. His works were very important for these periods.
Rembrandt created created many famous paintings. The Abduction of Europa (1632), The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (1632), Danaƫ (1636-1650), self-partraits, The Night Watch (1642), Bathsheba at Her Bath (1654), Hundred Guilder Print (1647-1649).
Rembrandt was married on Saskia van Uylenburgh since 1634 to 1642. They had children.
The painter died on October 4, 1669, in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Friday, August 16, 2019
Fashion.
Colors, clothes, arts, make up, shoes, and even lifestyle are parts of the fashion. Building styles, such as: Baroque, Rococo, Gothic, and ect. These were popular fashion styles for their periods. But time is changing, fashion is changing, too.
During history people had different types of clothes. Also, climate and weather were influences for it. On was replaced by another.
Sometimes a fashion may come back. Old names. jewelry, or symbols can appear again. Different things affect fashion.
This industry continues today.
Source of image:
https://www.shutterstock.com/es/image-vector/fashion-collage-freehand-drawings-female-faces-1056146996

Source of image:
https://www.shutterstock.com/es/image-vector/fashion-man-set-fashionable-mens-sketches-1120695398

Source of image:
https://www.shutterstock.com/es/image-illustration/abstract-watercolor-brush-strokes-isolated-on-631392137
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Baroque.
Pictures of this era were bright. Example, Still-life by Josefa de Obidos. In Baroque architecture, popular was luxury. Baroque and Classicism have similar features.
Example, the Church of Saint Susanna at the Baths of Diocletain.
Baroque style was big on large premises. Furnitures were big, too. Mirrors with frames, chairs with luxurious backs, huge beds.
In music were popular composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Claudio Monteverdi.
Fashion of Baroque looked rich. Big dresses and wigs were very popular. Rich women used make up.
P.S. Baroque created a path for modern art.
Source of image:
http://www.shutterstock.com/cat.mhtml?autocomplete_id=&language=fr&lang=fr&search_source=&safesearch=1&version=llv1&searchterm=baroque&media_type=images&page=1&inline=179479043
Source of image:
http://www.shutterstock.com/fr/s/baroque/search.html?page=2&thumb_size=mosaic&inline=208215838
Source of image:
http://www.istockphoto.com/vector/j-s-bach-antique-engraved-portrait-23376632?st=f8a2c64
















