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Biography
Cimabue (1240 - 1302) - Italy (Florence)
Byzantine Art
Cimabue (Italian pronunciation: [tʃimaˈbuːe] Ecclesiastical Latin: [t͡ʃiˈmaː.bu.e] c. 1240 – 1302), also known as Cenni di Pepo or Cenni di Pepi, was an Italian painter and designer of mosaics from Florence. Although heavily influenced by Byzantine models, Cimabue is generally regarded as one of the first great Italian painters to break from the It...... |
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Biography
Nicholas Roerich (1874 - 1947) - Russia (Saint Petersburg)
Art Nouveau, Symbolism, Realism, Byzantine Art
Nicholas Roerich (/ˈrɜːrɪx/ October 9, 1874 – December 13, 1947) – known also as Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh (Russian: Никола́й Константи́нович Ре́рих) – was a Russian painter, writer, archaeologist, theosophist, perceived by some in Russia as an enlightener, philosopher, and public figure, who in his youth was influenced by a movement in Russia...... |
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Biography
Mikhail Vrubel (1856 - 1910) - Russia (Omsk)
Symbolism, Byzantine Art, Realism
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel (Russian: Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Вру́бель March 17, 1856 – April 14, 1910, all n.s.) is usually regarded amongst the Russian painters of the Symbolist movement and of Art Nouveau. In reality, he deliberately stood aloof from contemporary art trends, so that the origin of his unusual manner should be sought in Late Byza...... |
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