Princess Wencheng Elevates Tibetan Culture

On the Tibetan plateau, Kangrinboqe is a world-recognized sacred mountain and is considered the world’s center by Tibetan Buddhism, Hinduism, and primitive Tibetan religions. During the Zhengguan period of the Tang Dynasty, Songtsen Gampo, the ruler of the Tubo Dynasty who rose in the Yarlung Zangbo river valley, was defeated after invading the border of […]
Lorenzo Ghiberti, The Creator of the “Gates of Paradise”

Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378 – 1 December 1455), born Lorenzo di Bartolo, was a Florentine Italian artist of the Early Renaissance best known as the creator of the bronze doors of the Baptistry of Florence Cathedral, called by Michelangelo the “Gates of Paradise”. Trained as a goldsmith and sculptor, he established an important workshop for sculpture […]
Spring Flowers Adorning Castles in the World.

With the arrival of spring, nature gives us a glimpse of the blooming of castles around the world.
Portraying the Human Figure

There is nothing our minds are more scrutinizing of, or more attuned to than the human figure. Through our physical appearance and expressions, we receive volumes of information about a person in one glance. The dissemination of that information and interpretation of it is almost as automatic as breathing for us. When we see the […]