Katsushika Hokusai, Japan’s best known artist, is ironically Japan’s least Japanese artist. Japan’s best known woodblock print, The Great Wave, is very un-Japanese. Welcome... Read more
The Tokugawa shogunate of the Edo period gained undisputed control of the government in 1603 with a commitment to bring peace and economic and political stability to the country; in large me... Read more
During the early 1900s in Paris, the Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani, b. July 12, 1884, d. Jan. 24, 1920, developed a unique style. Today his graceful portraits and lush nudes... Read more
Matisse, Henri (-Émile-Benoît) (b. Dec. 31, 1869, Le Cateau, Picardy, Fr.–d. Nov. 3, 1954, Nice), artist often regarded as the most important French painter of the 20th century. The le... Read more
Gauguin, (Eugène-Henri-) Paul (b. June 7, 1848, Paris, Fr.–d. May 8, 1903, Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia), one of the leading French painters of the Postimpressi... Read more
Rousseau, Henri, known as Le Douanier Rousseau (1844-1910). French painter, the most celebrated of naïve artists. His nickname refers to the job he held with the Paris Customs Office (1871-... Read more
I. Hội hoạ Việt Nam thời chiến tranh 1954-1975 1. Miền Bắc từ 1954-1975 Mặt trận Việt minh sau khi tiến hành thành công Cách mạng Mùa thu (1945) đã cho ra đời nước Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa... Read more
Purposes of Art Art is created and enjoyed by many people for many reasons. However, one of the things that art does is extend and expand our shared common visual language. When new visual i... Read more
1. “We’re obsolete? No way!” Hard to believe, but movie theaters have been holding their own, despite intense competition from cable, the Internet and other media. After a... Read more
Trong bài “Cận đại, hiện đại và đương đại” tác giả Nguyễn Đình Thành có yêu cầu tôi giải thích cái gì cho phép tôi lúc thì dịch “modern” là “hiện đại” lúc dịch là “cận đại” trong bản dịch bà... Read more
