Bernini and Borromini created some of the most beautiful works of the Baroque. But behind their genius lies a rivalry that in Rome has become legend.
The life, style and torments of Michelangelo Buonarroti told through curiosities and anecdotes, with a guide on where to admire his most famous works.
Caravaggio’s paintings are the mirror of a quarrelsome, eccentric and dangerous character. Here is his story and a few curiosities worth knowing.
Soutine’s work can’t be understood without his life, from a poor Jewish village to Modigliani’s Paris and the flayed ox that inspired Francis Bacon.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, the painter of Impressionist joy: his life, his luminous style, his finest portraits and female nudes, and where to see them today.
Here are the 10 most beautiful works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and the funniest anecdotes of his life. Are you ready to learn more?
Lavinia Fontana was one of the first professional women painters: her career in Bologna, her portraits and why she still matters.
So much has been written about Leonardo da Vinci, yet much confusion remains. I answer the 5 most frequent questions about this absolute genius.
Arnolfo di Cambio was one of the great innovators of the Middle Ages and the first architect of Florence Cathedral: his life, his works and his legacy.
Escher’s impossible geometries, his relationship with mathematics and where to see his work: the story of an engraver who became a pop icon.
A most peculiar, highly original artist: everything you don’t know about El Greco and 5 works to fall in love with this incredible painter!
Seurat is the master of pointillism. But why paint in "dots"? Discover his life, the scientific theory of colour and where to see his works.
The Angelucci da Mevale were sixteenth-century painters between Umbria and the Marche. Discover their story, their style and why their works met a sad fate.
Amedeo Modigliani, one of the greatest artists of the 20th century: the story of his troubled life, the meaning of his art and where to see his works.
The life of Eugène Delacroix, from his mysterious father to Liberty Leading the People: who he was, what his masterpieces are and where to see them today.
Giotto was a true genius for his time, the first to revolutionise the painting style and to reintroduce the sense of space.
Klimt was shy and never married: his life, the Vienna Secession, the gold of his portraits and where to see his paintings today.
Jacopo Pontormo, the restless genius of Mannerism long underrated: discover his difficult life, his most famous works and where to see them in Florence.
Mattia Preti, the "Calabrian Knight": a life between Rome, Naples and Malta. Discover his chiaroscuro painting, his major works and where to see them.
William Blake, the visionary poet and painter long misunderstood, is today among the greatest British artists: discover his life, famous works and aphorisms.
Artemisia Gentileschi is one of the first women painters to find success. Discover her life, her tragedies and her immortal art.
Paolo Uccello’s art is unique: mathematical perspective and fairy-tale atmospheres. Discover who he was, his most famous works and where to see them today.
Giovanni Boldini, the Italian portraitist of the Belle Époque: discover his life, his swirling style, his finest female portraits and where to see them today.
Titian’s disputed birth date, the timber trade that made him rich, his revolution in colour and where to see his paintings today.
