Faced with an unforgiving lump of marble, the 80-year-old Michelangelo sent more splinters soaring (and at three times the speed) than three robust stone cutters could produce. Mad with loneliness (his lover, Vittoria Colonna, closest friend, Luigi del Riccio, and lifetime servant, Urbino, were all d

Anxiety, Dramatic, Ecstatic, Intense, Renaissance art, Tragic, Visceral

Richard Rossetto has trained in the arts since he was a boy. He has been trained in theater, dance ,music and visual art. For the past fifteen years he has concentrated on visual arts, really though he is interested in pushing humanity Furthur, in any way shape or form. After being classically tra

Architectural, Byzantine & early christian, Egyptian, Feminist, Figurative, Impressionism, Organic, Pioneering, Primal, Realist art, Renaissance art, Representational, Romantic art, Spiritual, Symbolist art

Hieronymus Bosch born Jeroen Anthonissen van Aken c.2 October 1453 – August 9, 1516) was an Early Netherlandish painter of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The artist's work is well-known for the use of fantastic imagery to illustrate moral and religious concepts and narratives.

Death, Dreamy, Dystopic, Fantastic, Profane, Sublime, Surreal

Vincent Van Gogh's life was one of tragedy, pain, loneliness, and misunderstanding. But it also contained a deep sense of compassion for others, powerful feelings of love, ecstatic reactions to nature, and an abiding passion for beauty. Although he was unacknowledged during his lifetime, very few peo

Anxiety, Figurative painting, Intimate, Polychromatic, Post-impressionism, Self-reflection, Tense