Sadro Botticelli (real name Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi), an Italian artist of the early Renaissance, is widely regarded as one of the greatest painters in Western art. Botticelli blended colour,...
“Our love for Tchaikovsky from century to century and from generation to generation is what makes his magnificent music eternal.” (Dmitri Shostakovich) The musical legacy of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is...
Jean-François Millet is an internationally recognized French painter of the 19th century. An original artistic vision, unique manner of painting, unmatched style and color are the main distinguishing features of...
John Steinbeck, the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author, is widely considered one of the greatest American novelists who ever lived. John Steinbeck, the son of John Ernst Steinbeck, was born...
Painstaking operation to return The Adoration of the Lamb to its former glory has left many speechless A restoration of one of the world’s most famous paintings has been described...
“If my life be spared, nothing shall stop me from visiting every nation of Indians on the continent of North America.” — George Catlin. George Catlin (1796-1872) was born in...
Sandra Hill leads a painting class at an arts center nestled amid rolling Virginia hills, about an hour and a half drive northwest of Washington, D.C. She has been a...
If you prefer your Giselle with original spirit intact, then Birmingham Royal Ballet is the one for you. David Bintley and Galina Samsova’s 1999 restaging purposely looked back to early...
The 2019 summer season at the Met Opera is full of bright events. 2019 Summer Recital Series The Met’s popular concert series in New York City parks in all five...
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo is one of the most illustrious Spanish Baroque painters. Murillo, whose most famous works include the Soult Immaculate Conception and the Vision of Saint Anthony, is believed...
