Raya Yotova: 80 books

Sebastiaen Vrancx was born in Antwerp, where his father was a merchant. Sebastian was an apprentice at the studio of Adam van Noort, who trained other prominent artists like Peter Paul Rubens and Jacob Jordaens. After completing his learning, he became a master of the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke and...

Quentin Massys is one of the main figures of the early Flemish school in Antwerp. The artist was born in Leuven, where he received his initial education, probably started his career as a member of the blacksmith guild there, and then switched to that of the artists. After starting his career in Leuven,...

In 1798, Hokusai began working as an independent artist, taking the name Hokusai Tomisa. By 1800 Hokusai continued to develop the use of ukiyo-e for purposes other than portraits. He also adopted the name he became known, Katsushika Hokusai. During these years, he published two collections of landscapes,...

Jan Gossaert is a Flemish artist from Maubeuge. He has decided to accept as his last name his hometown name or Jan Mabuse. Jan Gossaert was influenced very strongly in his young years by the Italian masters. He is also one of the first Flemish artists to visit Rome and bring in the Flemish tradition...

Adriaen van Utrecht and Frans Snyders are considered to be the leading inventors of the Flemish painting still-life genre. The two artists emphasize abundance by depicting a variety of objects, fruits, flowers, and dead nature, often with live animals. Van Utrecht also painted many colorful still-lifes....

The example of Anguissola, as well as her work, had a lasting impact on the next generation of artists and her high success opened the way for more women to pursue serious careers as artists. Anguissola's education and training have had different consequences from men's, as men and women have worked...

Otto van Veen is a painter, master of the drawings and a humanist, mostly active in Antwerp and Brussels at 16th and the beginning of the seventeenth century. He was famous for managing a large studio in Antwerp, which produces multiple emblems and coats of arms, and that he was a teacher of Peter...

Hashimoto Gahō was a Japanese artist, one of the last to paint in the Kanō School style. He was born in Edo, where he studied painting at Kanō Shōsen'i and was heavily influenced by Kanō Hōgai's work. Hashimoto Gahō has created many works in the traditional Kanō School style using color and...

Pieter Coecke van Aelst was a Flemish artist who worked in the first half of the 16th century in Brussels and Antwerp in a very wide range of visual arts, ranging from church decoration to jewelry, stained glass, and tapestry. He was the son of the Deputy Mayor of Aalst and had the opportunity to...

Caravaggio clearly expressed dramatic moments and scenes, often with violence, torture, and death. He worked quickly, with live models, preferred not to use preliminary drawings and work directly on the canvas. His influence on the new Baroque style, derived from Mannerism is profound. This influence...