Early pictorial representations of their work as healers were restricted to alchemical texts and manuals. Over time, artists began to depict them in paintings, such as The Medical Alchemist (see image ...

Angelika Kauffmann was an Austrian painter best known for her Neoclassical portraits of 18th-century British high society and historical paintings. Born on October 30, 1741 in Graubünden, Switzerland, ...

The hotel dated to the 14th century, when it was the Palazzo Dandolo, a palace serving the Venetian House of Dandolo. On the ballroom ceiling was an 800 square foot painting from the early 18th ...

The craft of gourd painting was recognized at the beginning of the 18th century. The products of these "factories" were mostly destined for the European market, participating in a process of ...