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The Mona Lisa

The Mona Lisa

Leonardo da Vinci, the Homo Universalis, the Renaissance sage, and the artist versed in all fields of human knowledge. He was not only an artist but also an eminence in aerodynamics, cooking, hydraulics, anatomy, poetry, and botany.

And of course, for what we know him today: for his paintings, sculptures, and magnificent architecture. He is, together with Michelangelo and Raphael, part of the holy trinity of Renaissance art. His life was a legend, fueled by cryptic writings, futuristic inventions, and masterpieces of paintings.

 

When he was a kid, he already showed an insatiable curiosity, as he was already drawing...


The twelve sunflowers

The twelve sunflowers

Vincent Van Gogh made a series of seven canvases painted between 1888 and 1889. It was named “ The Sunflowers or Arles”, and the year before, during 1887 he had made another series named “The Sunflowers of Paris”. These canvases are among the most popular works of the post-impressionist painter.

The Starry Night

The Starry Night

The Dutchman Vincent Van Gogh, known by many as “the guy who cut his ear”, is one of the pioneers of post-impressionism. Vincent is known for having a difficult life, full of chiaroscuro and unfavorable strokes that stopped him from achieving success before he died, but that positioned him within the list of art rockstars in international history.