Caillebotte vs Manet: Art Critique and Work Comparison

An Introduction to Impressionism 

The Luncheon by Claude Monet, 1873. 

Oil on canvas. 

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

The style of painting known as Impressionism which started in Paris France in the later part of the 1860s, began to flourish in the earlier part of the 1870s and lasted through the 1880s. At first, it did not prove to stand out or to possess anything that would make it different from the other painting styles. It was, however, like all the other painting techniques, was eventually accepted and recognized by both critics and art lovers in that period. 

An Assessment of Albrecht Dürer’s Masterpiece - Adam and Eve: The Fall of Man

The Fall of Man (Adam & Eve) 

by Albrecht Dürer

 The Fall of Man was a creation of Albrecht Dürer, a well-known German mathematician, printmaker, painter, theorist and engraver who was a native of Nuremburg, Germany.

The engraving of Adam and Eve was motivated by Dürer’s great appreciation of the human body. His enthusiasm of the human form was said to have been inspired by the Italian theory which explained that a system of proportion and measurements were the basis of the perfect human form.

A Tribute to an Artist: Immortal Name, Immortal Work

Michaelangelo was born Michaelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni on March 6, 1475 to a well-respected Florentine family in the village of Caprese, situated in the valley of Arno in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. His parents were Lodovico di Leonardo di Buonarroti di Simoni, a poor yet nobleman from Florence, and Francesca di Neri Miniato di Siena, who died six years after Michaelangelo was born due to prolonged illness. He(Michaelangelo) was the second of the five children in the Buonarroti family; all were boys and only one was married. Because Michaelangelo did not have an interest in school, he used to run away to watch artists work or he would spend time drawing.