Descriptions of the Paintings

The fresco titled "The School of Athens" was created by Rafael Santi in the period of 1510-11 within the frame of the project consisting of painting the four rooms in the papal palace, to symbolize the science of philosophy....

"Disputa" is a title of the fresco created by Raphael Santi in 1509-10 to take place among the first ones painted for the Vatican papal palace....

The great English portrait painter Joshua Reynolds launched his career back in the 1750s, when he began creating the series of paintings dedicated to the English military of his epoch. He wrote portraits of Captain Manners, Commander Keppel....

Back in the 1890s, the artist wrote the book titled "Black Death", dedicated to the plague epidemic that took place in Norway. One of the eerie illustrations for it was a gloomy black-and-white picture "The Beggar" - a dead pilgrim lying on a forest road, over whom a flock of...

In 1761, one of the members of the Spencer’s noble family visited came to visit the London studio of the already well-known English portrait painter Joshua Reynolds....

Norwegians believe that fabulous creatures do live side by side with us. There are so many breathtaking and magical stories about encounters with them, which can be heard in Scandinavia....

"A stately group portrait"... This is the title given by the National Gallery of Art to the Joshua Reynolds’ work....

"Mona Lisa" is the great Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous work, created supposedly in 1501-05, with Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo, posed for him....

Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in the Republic of Florence, near the town of Vinci, in the settlement of Anchiano, in the family of the peasant woman Caterina and Piero, who was a notary and who later, having married a rich woman, took his son to him, as his spouse was not able to...

Leonardo da Vinci created his "Savior of the World" between 1499-1510, according to various studies and, allegedly, it became the last work of the prominent master....