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Art Appreciation: "A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is what he is. It has nothing to do with the fact that other people want what they want."
(Oscar Wilde, 1891: The Soul of Man Under Socialism)

Added on: Nov 21st, 2008
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: Christy Olsen
Listed in: Artists Art History
Tags: painting appreciation artwork museums art_history artistic_movements

Recent Posts

The Art of Pierre Paul Prud\'hon

Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 15:29 in romanticism

Pierre-Paul Prud’hon (1758 – 1823) or in english, Proudhon was a draughtsman and a portrait painter, who become one of Napoleon’s favorite artists. He trained in Dijon and then completed his studies in Italy where he became influenced by the w...
The Art of Diana Madaras

Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 10:50 in contemporary

Diana Madaras is a widely recognized painter living in Tucson, Arizona. She is one of the very few artists in the country who owns her own art gallery. Voted "Tucson’s Best Visual Artist" for the past two consecutive years, Madaras is well known ...
The Art of Sandro Botticelli

Posted on Sunday October 25th, 2009 at 23:26 in early renaissance

Sandro Botticelli (1445 – 1510) was highly successful at the peak of his career, although he spent the last decade of his life in obscurity because he was considered outmoded compared to the new generation of artists, such as Leonardo. Botticelli�...
The Art of Katsushika Hokusai

Posted on Saturday October 17th, 2009 at 08:06 in japanese art

Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849) was born to an artisan family in the Katsushika district of Edo, which is now modern Tokyo, also referred to as the Edo period. He was a towering figure in the field of ukiyo-e, a genre of Japanese woodblock printmak...
The Art of Christophe Vacher

Posted on Saturday September 19th, 2009 at 11:23 in fantasy art

Christophe Vacher (1966 - present) is a French artist who has provided backgrounds, visual development and art direction for Walt Disney feature animation films and the animation industry since 1989. Prior to joining Disney’s Paris-based animation...
The Art of Chuck Close

Posted on Wednesday September 9th, 2009 at 10:05 in Photography

Chuck Close (1940 - present) is a painter and photographer, capturing his subjects using very unusual techniques. He creates works of art based on the faces of his friends, which eventually turn into dramatically over sized portraits that are nine f...