Friday, April 25, 2008

World Famous Timeless Masterpieces - Michelangelo

Michelangelo's Pieta in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarotti Simoni (March 6, 1475 - February 18, 1564) commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer. Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci. He died on February 18, 1564 in Rome at the age of 88.

Masterpieces, World, Michaelangelo, Pieta, Vatican, Rome

Sunday, April 20, 2008

World's Timeless Masterpieces - Renoir

Girls at the Piano (1892)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Musee d'Orsay, Paris

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (February 25, 1841- December 3, 1919) was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty, and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that, "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau." In 1919, Renoir visited the Louvre to see his paintings hanging with the old masters. He died in the village of Cagnes-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes- Cote d' Azor, on December 3, 1919.

Tags: Renoir, Masterpiece, Impressionist, Louvre

Monday, April 14, 2008

World's Timeless Masterpieces - Rembrandt

The Nightwatch (1642)
Rijks Museum, Amsterdam

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (July 15, 1606 - October 4, 1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history and the most important in Dutch history. His contributions to art came in a period that historians call the Dutch golden age. Rembrandt died on October 4, 1669 in Amsterdam, and was buried in an unmarked grave in Westerkerk.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

World Famous Timeless Masterpieces - Leonardo Da Vinci

"Head of A Woman (with eyes closed)"
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

Leonardo da Vinci (1452- 1519) Italian artist, one of the great masters of the High Renaissance, who was also celebrated as a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer and scientist. His innovation in the field of painting influenced the course of Italian art for more than a century after his death in 1519. Now, he is revered as one of the world's greatest painter and artist of all time.

Tags: Leonardo da Vinci, World Famous, Timeless Masterpiece, Great Thinker, Scientist

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Sunday, April 6, 2008

World Famous Timeless Masterpieces (Monet)


Madame Gaudibert" (1868)

Claude Monet (1840- 1926) - French Impressionist painter. Monet is one of the world's best loved artists. He is regarded as the archetypal Impressionist. He died in 1926 after a lingering illness. His works which depict nature so vividly at its most colorful scenery are scattered in different museums around Europe.
Mel Avila Alarilla

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Memories


Memories linger in our hearts and mind
Bittersweet memories of our first love
When the world was young
And so much better then.
Memories of our youth as we remember
the days we used to fish by the lake
As fishes were jumping up, frolicking in
the waters.
Memories of rain drenched bodies as we
shrieked and played along the driving
rain.
Memories of bygone years when joys were
aplenty and sorrows were nowhere to
be found.

Why is it so much wonderful when we think
of the past?
People were much warmer then and smiles
were the greetings of everybody.
Money was never scarce then and you can buy
so many things with a little cash on hand.
How wonderful were the melodies of yesteryears.
They lulled us to sleep in peaceful slumber as
we lived our lives as carefree as the birds
in the skies.
Ah memories, sweet memories of wonderful days
gone by.


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