Famous Artists
Raphael
(1483-1520) Italian Renaissance painter; he painted frescoes, his most famous being The School of Athens.
Vincent van Gogh
A Dutch expressionist who painted a "moving visions in his mind's eye"
Leonardo da Vinci
A well known Italian Renaissance artist, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, and scientist. Known for the Mona Lisa.
Michelangelo
An accomplished painter, sculptor, and architect.
Giotto
Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style
Monet
French impressionist painter (1840-1926)
Botticelli
Italian painter of mythological and religious paintings (1444-1510)
El Greco
Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614)
Bernini
The leader of baroque art. Italian architect and sculptor who created Saint Peter's Basilica
Picasso
a spanish painter best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work.
Rembrandt
his art had this popping effect added to certain parts of the painting making it different to medieval art; his artwork tended to shape society because of his religious paintings of biblical events, but it had a humanist feel
Renoir
painted females and children with rosy cheeks