Piero della Francesca (c. 1415 – 12 October 1492) was a painter of the Early Renaissance. As testified by Giorgio Vasari in his Lives of the Artists, to contemporaries he was also known as a mathematician and geometer. Nowadays Piero della Francesca is c... Полное описание

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519, Old Style) was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. His genius, perhaps more... Полное описание

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519, Old Style) was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. His genius, p... Полное описание

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development... Полное описание

Reni (4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian painter of high-Baroque style. Born in Bologna into a family of musicians, Guido Reni was the son of Daniele Reni and Ginevra de’ Pozzi. As a child of nine, he was apprenticed under the Bolognese st... Полное описание

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519, Old Style) was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. His genius, p... Полное описание

A German book The shape of the People: Teaching and guide to anatomy for the artist, full with illustrations, is a great reference for painters and artists.

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (16 December [O.S. 4 December] 1866 – 13 December 1944) was an influential Russian painter and art theorist. He is credited with painting the first purely abstract works. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa. He enr... Полное описание

Artista fra i più noti della Sardegna, autore di cicli pittorici in molti dei più importanti edifici pubblici dell'Isola, Filippo Figari ha svolto un ruolo di primo piano nel panorama culturale del Novecento. Agli oli di piccole dimensioni - ritratti, nature morte ... Полное описание

Life and works of Michelangelo 

Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) was a Spanish Catalan architect from Reus and the best known practitioner of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí's works reflect an individualized and distinctive style. Most are located in Barcelona, including his magnum opus, the Sagrada Família.

A book of Large Contemporary Arts - from the seventies to today.

The Calling of Saint Matthew is a masterpiece by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, depicting the moment at which Jesus Christ inspires Matthew to follow him. It was completed in 1599-1600 for the Contarelli Chapel in the church of the French congregatio... Полное описание

Antonio Canova (1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) was an Italian sculptor from the Republic of Venice who became famous for his marble sculptures that delicately rendered nude flesh. The epitome of the neoclassical style, his work marked a return to classical refi... Полное описание

Русский художник, мастер русской исторической картины, который соединил традиции исторического романтизма с живописным новаторством. Картины Сурикова поразительно гармоничны в цветовом отношении. Художник применял в своих работах различные методы многокр... Полное описание

     Мы называем весь животный мир братьями нашими меньшими.

     А знаем ли мы что эти братья очень любят помогать нам и стараются во многом походить на нас?

     Этой теме и посвящен данный фоторассказ.

Человека всегда манило небо.

Где-то он преуспел в своем стремлении, а где-то пока еще нет.

Обо всем этом подробно говорится в этой веселой фотоистории.

На обложке рисунок Б. Пророкова «Танки Трумэна на дно», 1950 г.

Автор: Вера Робертовна Герценберг

Этот фоторассказ об очень милых кенгуру – о Квокках.