6 Centuries Of Art

  • 1503

    The Mona Lisa

    The Mona Lisa
    The Mona Lisa was drawn by Leonardo da Vinci in 1503. the technique he used were Distant landscape, he sensuous curves of the sitter’s hair and clothing, created through sfumato (use of fine shading), the shapes of the valleys and rivers behind her and morel. Leonardo da Vinci was born in 15 April 1452 in Anchiano, Italy. he died in 2 May 1519.
  • 1550

    The Annunciation

    The Annunciation
    The Annunciation was drawn by Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli in 1550 for a church in his hometown. the technique he used were vibrant oil sketch is rapidly painted on a rough panel and incorporates numerous changes. the art work is a religion artwork and Unusual for showing the annunciation of Christ’s birth as taking place in the Virgin’s bedroom at night. Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli was born in 1500 in Italy and died in 1569.
  • Clearing After Snow

    Clearing After Snow
    Clearing After snow was drawn by Wang Shimin in 1668. The purpose of the artwork is to show how beautiful the nature is. techniques he used were Hanging scroll, ink and colours on paper. Wang Shimin was a landscape artiest. he was born in 1592 in china, he died in 1680.
  • Standing Beauty

    Standing Beauty
    standing Beauty was drawn in 1690 by Japanese artist called Hishikawa Moronobu. the technique he has used are ink and colour on paper. Hishikawa Moronobu was a Japanese artist known for popularizing the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock prints and paintings in the late 17th century. He was born in 1618 and died in 25 July 1694.
  • Mrs. George Watson

    Mrs. George Watson
    Mrs. George Watson was drawn by an American artiest named John Singleton Copley in 1765. The reason he drew this artwork was because Mrs. George Watson was wife of wealthy Boston merchant and she wore royal cloths. the technique he used are oil on canvas. John Singleton Copley was born in 3 July 1738, Boston, Massachusetts, United States and died in 9 September 1815, London, United Kingdom.
  • Horse Frightened by a Lion

    Horse Frightened by a Lion
    in 1770 the artwork Horse Frightened by a Lion was drawn by a British artist named George Stubbs. The purpose of this drawing is to show about our nature and how it works. It might also have another purpose and meaning for example powerful people will have control pf the world. The technique He used a copper plate support for this work, the chemical changes to colours under high temperatures. namel colours. George Stubbs was born in 25 August 1724, and died in 10 July 1806 London, United Kingdom
  • Mignon desires her fatherland

    Mignon desires her fatherland
    Mignon desires her fatherland was drawn in 1836 by Netherlander artist named Ary Scheffer. The picture depicts a young woman Mignon, inspired from a character in Goethe's novel Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship. The technique he has used are Handmade Oil Painting Reproduction on Canvas. Ary Scheffer was born in 10 February 1795, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Ary Scheffer was initially taught by his parents, painters Johann-Bernhard Scheffer and Cornelia Scheffer-Lamme. He died in 15 June 1858 France.
  • Portrait of the Artist Surrounded by Masks

    Portrait of the Artist Surrounded by Masks
    Portrait of the Artist Surrounded by Masks was drawn in 1899 by a Belgian artist named James Ensor. the meaning behind this artwork is that the artist is surrounded by demon, and evil people. the technique he has used are collage and hand-printed etching, adding colours and images, painting in a plumed hat. James Ensor was born in 13 April 1860 Ostend, Belgium and he died in 19 November 1949, Ostend, Belgium.
  • Mountain Veld, Riversdale District

    Mountain Veld, Riversdale District
    Mountain Veld, Riversdale District was drawn by a south African artist named Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk in 1915. The purpose of the drawing is To show how beautiful the nature is. The technique he has used are oil on Canvas. Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk was born in 20 August 1853, South Africa and died in 22 January 1936, Riversdale, Western Cape, South Africa
  • Waterfall

    Waterfall
    the artwork Waterfall was created by a Netherlander artist named M. C. Escher in October 1961. the technique he has used are Lithograph. He has used the impossible triangle to draw this artwork. M. C. Escher was born in 17 June 1898, Leeuwarden, Netherlands. he attended Haarlem's School for Architectural and Decorative Arts. under the recommendation of his mentor, Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita. M.C. Escher died in 27 March 1972, Laren, North Holland, Netherlands
  • Popping Bluebottles

    Popping Bluebottles
    The Popping Bluebottles artwork was created by an Australian artist named John Olsen in 2007. For Olsen, this artwork evokes memories of time he spent as child at Bondi beach. John Olsen studied briefly at the Desiderius Orban art school and attended night classes at Julian Ashton’s school of art, studying under John Passmore. He was born in 21 January 1928 in Newcastle and he is still alive. his age is 89.
  • Bestiary

    Bestiary
    The artwork Bestiary was drawn by a Polandian artist named Jakub Julian Ziółkowski in 2013.The artwork shows depict a seemingly chaotic microcosm, mysterious worlds inhabited by fantastic plants, insects and at times semi-human creatures that have two heads. Jakub Julian Ziółkowski was born in 1980 and currently his aged 37.