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A tronie is similar to a portrait in the sense that the subject is human and often painted or drawn to depict a specific individual with...

French Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (b.1712 - d. 1778) wrote, "Man is born free, but is everywhere in chains!" Rousseau is o...

The Poussinistes VS the Rubénistes was essentially a dispute among the members of the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, that ...

The word mannerism hails from the Italian, maniera, meaning style, or stylish, and is generally thought to have followed the period of Hig...

Imitation and Emulation in Renaissance Art The idea that a great artist is someone who has meticulously and persistently, copied the idea...