Geisteswissenschaften

Post-Impressionism

Nathalia Brodskaïa

Whilst Impressionism marked the first steps toward modern painting by revolutionising an artistic medium stifled by academic conventions, Post-Impressionism, even more revolutionary, completely li...

Rococo

Klaus Carl / Victoria Charles

Deriving from the French word rocaille, in reference to the curved forms of shellfish, and the Italian barocco, the French created the term ‘Rococo’. Appearing at the beginning of the 18th cen...

Early Italian Painting

Joseph Archer Crowe / Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle / Anna Jameson

Oscillating between the majesty of the Greco-Byzantine tradition and the modernity predicted by Giotto, Early Italian Painting addresses the first important aesthetic movement that would lead to t...

Symbolism

Nathalia Brodskaïa

Symbolism appeared in France and Europe between the 1880s and the beginning of the 20th century. The Symbolists, fascinated with ancient mythology, attempted to escape the reign of rational though...

Émile Gallé

Émile Gallé

An icon in the Art Nouveau movement, Émile Gallé (1846-1904) sought to portray the beauty and simplicity of nature in his glass art. His designs, referred to as “poetry in glass”, range from...

Bosch

Virginia Pitts Rembert

Hieronymus Bosch was painting frightening, yet vaguely likable monsters long before computer games were ever invented, often including a touch of humour. His works are assertive statements about t...

Paul Klee

Paul Klee

An emblematic figure of the early 20th century, Paul Klee participated in the expansive Avant-Garde movements in Germany and Switzerland. From the vibrant Blaue Reiter movement to Surrealism at th...

Fra Angelico

Stephan Beissel

Secluded within cloister walls, a painter and a monk, and brother of the order of the Dominicans, Angelico devoted his life to religious paintings. Little is known of his early life except that he...

Art of Siberia

Valentina Gorbatcheva / Marina Federova

The art of Siberia is a fascinating subject, and the artifacts discovered in the hidden archives of the Russian Museum of Ethnography in St. Petersburg are nothing less than extraordinary. Artwork...

Impressions of Ukiyo-E

Dora Amsden / Woldemar von Seidlitz

Ukiyo-e (‘pictures of the floating world’) is a branch of Japanese art which originated during the period of prosperity in Edo (1615-1868). Characteristic of this period, the prints are the co...

Titian

Sir Claude Phillips

Not only does Sir Claude Phillips offer the reader a studied and insightful loook into the work of one of the world's most cherished painters, but he also invites us to discover the bustling w...

Art of Vietnam

Jean-François Hubert / Catherine Noppe

Since the foundation of the Au Lac kingdom three centuries ago – famous for their bronze drums and their magnificent artilleries – until the works of the painters from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts...

Piet Mondrian

Virginia Pitts Rembert

Pioneer and leader of the abstract art movement, Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) was known for his straight lines and pure colours. Fascinated by the mathematical laws of the universe, this Dutch artist...

Beauty of the Beast

John Bascom

Throughout time, artists have maintained a close relationship with the animal world, which has proved to be an inexhaustible source of inspiration. First, they received inspiration directly from t...

Audubon's Birds

John James Audubon

Audubon’s ambitious project to paint all the birds of North America resulted in a work that represents one of the greatest advances in ornithology. Not only did he identify new species, he also ...

Leon Bakst and artworks

Elisabeth Ingles

Léon Bakst (1866-1924) was a painter, illustrator, stage and costume designer. He is universally acknowledged for representing a synthesis of creative energy in the late 19th and early 20th centu...

Art Nouveau 120 illustrations

Jean Lahor

Ever since its triumph at the Paris Universal Exposition, Art Nouveau has continued to inspire artists. The movement offered an artistic response to the industrial revolution and the creative vacu...

Angels

Clara Erskine Clement

Even today, the splendid appearance of angels remains undiminished. Images of these heavenly and powerful messengers convey protection, innocence and calm, and have been an inspiration to religiou...

Manual of Romance Languages in Africa

<p>With more than two thousand languages spread over its territory, multilingualism is a common reality in Africa. The main official languages of most African countries are Indo-European, in...

Check-up

Peter-Lukas Graf

Avec CHECK-UP, Peter-Lukas Graf propose un programme d'entraînement permettant au flûtiste de contrôler et d'améliorer constamment sa technique, grâce à une série d'exercices jo...