Stories of Christ’s Passion and Last Supper – Andrea del Castagno

The three scenes from the Passion (the Resurrection, Crucifixion and Entombment) are connected to each other by a group of flying angels all converging towards the figure of Christ in the centre, and by a common landscape background, which has been correctly judged “the most powerful interpretation, of the Tuscan landscape in the entire history […]

Marie Antoinette and Her Family’s Tragical Ending

Daughter to Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI of France, Madame Royale had a tragic life just because she happened to be the king’s child. Her sorrows left scars of her life but she proved unimaginable courage by being able to survive one of the most tragic events in history: the French Revolution of 1789. […]

Way of Salvation – Andrea di Bonaiuto

Andrea da Firenze, also known as Andrea Bonaiuti, was a Florentine fresco painter whose considerable ability is demonstrated by his works in the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence. Also attributed to him are the decorations in the Spanish chapel and the cartoon (full-scale drawing) for the stained-glass window of the facade. Although he was acquainted […]

Annunciation – Ambrogio Lorenzetti

Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Siena, ca. 1290 – Siena, 1348) was an Italian painter of the Sienese school. He was active between approximately from 1317 to 1348. Ambrogio Lorenzetti died from a plague in 1348. After the departure of Simone Martini to Avignon in 1336, Ambrogio established a workshop in Siena. His elder brother was the painter Pietro […]

An Italian Mannerist Painter – Agnolo Bronzino

Agnolo di Cosimo (November 17, 1503 – November 23, 1572), usually known as Il Bronzino, or Agnolo Bronzino, was an Italian Mannerist painter from Florence. His sobriquet, Bronzino.[1] Life Bronzino was born in Florence, the son of a butcher. According to his contemporary Vasari, Bronzino was a pupil first of Raffaellino del Garbo, and then of […]

Flying Rockets in Ancient China

Modern science defines a rocket as a craft propelled by the counterforce produced by fuel combustion. Historical records reveal that ancient Chinese had mastered the principle of rocket propulsion and applied it to military use as early as 1700 years ago. The word “Huo (fire) Jian (arrow)” appeared in Chinese literature, along with a record […]

Impressions of the World Exhibition Graces California as the State Reopening

Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, the first the Impressions of the World Exhibition took place at the popular Philz Coffee in Encinitas, a small beach town 25 miles north of San Diego. The six selected paintings from the exhibition were first featured at the coffee shop lobby when its first opened […]

Remarkable Life of Prince Philip

Prince Philip 70 years services to the people of commonwealth and those he met has  touched millions of families, with his good wishes and impolitically charities.  

Border Child

Since the Biden administration began, an estimated 100,000 illegal immigrants have made their way across the Mexican border. Most of these immigrants, however, are not coming from Mexico, but are making their way from central American countries like Venezuela, Honduras, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Panama, etc. Even more disturbing however, is the fact that […]

Important Old Masters in Dutch Painting

From stunning originals like Hieronymus Bosch through to the Dutch Golden Age of the 1650s, The Netherlands produced countless masterpieces across every category of painting. Most are familiar with towering figures like Rembrandt or Vermeer, but there is more to an art movement than two figures. From an internationally successful woman to Dürer’s great Dutch […]