Sandro Botticelli, born Alessandro di Mariano Filipe around the year 1445, spent the majority of his life living and working in Florence. He was very well known and celebrated during his lifetime and ...

This interview is conducted by Michael Haiden, a Researcher in Philosophy at the University of Hohenheim, Germany. He is passionate about practical ethics, political philosophy and history of ideas.

Jean-Pierre Isbouts - one of National Geographic’s best-selling authors- has been studying and following Leonardo da Vinci’s paper trail for years. He’s written about the Italian’s career and legacy, ...

Vincent van Gogh’s The Potato Eaters (1885) stands as one of his most powerful early works, a raw portrayal of peasant life in the Netherlands. While the painting’s dimly lit interior, rough textures, ...

In 1956, the celebrations marking the 750 th anniversary of the city of Dresden enabled the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum to renovate and redesign a number of its rooms, some of which still bore the traces ...

Haring was born in Pensylvania, USA in 1958. From an early age, he loved to draw and create images, copying cartoon images that he saw around him. After leaving school, Haring attended the Ivy School ...

Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) was an American artist from the state of Wisconsin who specialised in depictions of enlarged flowers, skyscrapers and landscapes. She has been recognised at the “Mother of ...

Pablo Picasso is one of the most recognised names in art history. He influenced the art scene around the world in the 20 th century and his style and influence continue to this day. Picasso spent most ...

The viewer’s emotional response is ten times stronger when they are face to face with the painting in the museum. Researchers used electroencephalograms (EEGs) to reveal that real artworks, including ...

“I paint myself because I’m so often alone and because I am the subject I know best,” Frida Kahlo. Born and raised in Mexico to a German father and a Pacific Islander mother, Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) ...

Stephan Balkenhol is a German artist renowned for his sculptures: art pieces carved from wood with a wide range in size and form. A graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg, Balkenhol doesn’t ...