The Cultural Tutorさんのイラストまとめ

This painting is 400 years old.

Long before Picasso or Munch there was an artist so unique he transcended genre and style.

His name was El Greco...

Masaccio (1401-1428) is regarded as the first true Renaissance painter.

He achieved greater realism than had been seen before, particularly through his use of perspective and depiction of lifelike, natural human forms:

A brief introduction to Renaissance art:

In 1824 a set of star chart cards called Urania's Mirror was released, with illustrations based on those by Jamieson.

They were punched with small holes which could be held up to candlelight to allow light to shine through, creating the impression of a handheld constellation.

For most of history we didn't have the technology to photograph the stars.

But our ancestors across the world studied the night sky for millennia and wrote down what they saw.

So let's explore the beautiful history of celestial maps:

They say death is life's only certainty.

But for those who remain, grief is certain too.

Let's go on a journey through art, music, and history to see how people have dealt with perhaps the most difficult of all human emotions...

Pre-Colonial Africa

A vitally important map which isn't studied enough.

Arcimboldo's paintings are bafflingly brilliant, and as captivating (& hilarious) now as they were nearly 500 years ago.

And there are many more than I have shared here!

I think his work is an important reminder that our ancestors were no less inventive or playful than we are.

But Arcimboldo became popular for his satirical portraits in which he constructed human faces from objects.

The general consensus is that these were made as a form of frivolous entertainment for the Imperial Court.

You can imagine the laughter when this was revealed:

A further introduction to the terminology of church architecture: