This brief biography, published as part of Taschen’s short and affordable series on notable artists, provides a nice introduction to…
On the final page of her book, author Lauren Arrington, a senior lecturer at the Institute of Irish Studies, University of…
Arguably the most influential architect, designer, and urban planner of the 20th century, Swiss-born Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887–1965), played…
1. Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí y Domenech was born on May 11, 1904, in Figueres, Spain. He was named…
Almost coinciding with Salvador Dalí’s May 11 birthday, two events related to the Spanish surrealist painter (1904–1989) are happening this month.…
By any measure, the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death on May 2 of last year was a huge…
The idea that Spanish painter Salvador Dalí and American filmmaker Walt Disney were longtime buddies may seem, well, surreal. (After…
"Mona Lisa" is not only Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous painting, but also the most enigmatic. For centuries, after this…
Dr. Sherwin Nuland described his writing to Sara Ivry in an interview (October 21, 2005, Nextbook.org) in this way, “I…
If you know nothing else about Andy Warhol, the legendary pop artist, you have probably heard the oft-quoted wisecrack that…