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Auguste Rodin – The genius founder of modern sculpture
Many of Rodin's sculptures were criticised and considered controversial because of their sensuality or hyperrealist qualities. His most original works departed from traditional themes of mythology and allegory, and embraced the human body, celebrating individualism and physicality.
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Leonardo Da Vinci – Artist, Thinker, and Man of Science
The archetypal Renaissance man is here explored by the engaging prose of Eugène Müntz who narrates how Leonardo da Vinci mastered a diverse range of fields, from painting to engineering, making him one of the most brilliant minds in human history and one of the most recognised artists in modern times.
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Ilya Repin – The gifted artist of the group known as “The Itinerants”
Ilya Repin was the most gifted of the group known in Russia as “The Itinerants”. When only twelve years old, he joined Ivan Bounakov’s studio to learn the icon-painter’s craft. Religious representations always remained of great importance for him.
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Shelley’s Art Musings – Spotlight on Auguste Rodin
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Michelangelo – The agony and ecstasy of a Genius
The agony and ecstasy of a Genius
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Leonardo Da Vinci – The Master of Science
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Leonardo: “The laws of the Italian Renaissance, and the geometry of universal beauty”.
A profound savant and an incomparable creator, Leonardo was the only artist in the history of mankind who has delved into the most radiant beauty and who has united the science of Aristotle with the art of Phidias.
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Bauhaus
The Bauhaus was founded in 1919 to explore new aesthetic perspectives and creative teaching programmes for the education of architects, designers and artists for a post-war democratic society.
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