It was a time of discovery, exploration, and rediscovery – in art, science, and thought. Three giants embodied this era of creativity like no others, shaping the very soul of the Renaissance: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, and Raffaello Sanzio. For the visionary Leonardo, art and science were inseparably intertwined.

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No artist I know captures light quite like Max Liebermann. Filtered through leaves and branches, it flows like gold onto paths and meadows, where it dances and comes to life. That’s what I love about his paintings – the atmosphere of shimmering joy they evoke. But Liebermann was much more

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Sometimes, while researching for my blog posts, I stumble upon small details that suddenly make my subject come to life. This happened again when I discovered that a rose bears the name "Berthe Morisot." A rose—delicate yet resilient, elegant yet grounded. Somehow, it perfectly fits the woman considered one of

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Female artists are not just underrepresented in museums; they also face greater challenges in the art market compared to their male counterparts, even today. Let's be honest—when asked to name a great piece of art, most of us immediately think of works by male artists.Yet, there have been, and still

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Have you ever heard of Artemisia Gentileschi? She was the most famous female painter of the Baroque period, known and admired for her history paintings, almost always featuring heroic women. She hobnobbed with the celebrities of her day, including Galileo Galilei and Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger, and painted for the

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Édouard Manet was a controversial artist throughout his life. Artistically, he went his own way and could not be pigeonholed. This earned him admiration from some and contempt from others. He himself expressed it like this:"I paint what I see and not what others choose to see."Édouard Manet would have

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