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In the 1880s, James McNeill Whistler (1834 1903) reinvented himself through the medium of watercolor. At the time, excellence in watercolor was most often associated with British artists, and most notably with the work of J. M. W. Turner (1775 1851). Whistler's embrace of watercolor allowed the (...)

A principios del siglo XVII surgieron en Europa las cartillas de dibujo, unos materiales pedagógicos que revolucionaron la metodología tradicional de la enseñanza de esta disciplina, permitiendo a artistas, aficionados y particulares progresar sin la presencia de un maestro, sobre todo en la (...)

If weddings are the most lavish events in many parts of the world, in Sub-Saharan Africa, by contrast, it is funerals. Funeral celebrations can be flamboyant occasions, particularly those honoring prominent people. Artworks of many kinds are created to commemorate the dead from mortuary sculptures (...)