We all think about changes in the year last the of the year while waiting for the new one to arrive. Maybe we will forget it all at th...

I believe everybody remembers the perspective lesson and the amazement of searching for the vanishing point where two parallels converge. ...

This is one of Trey Ratcliff amazing pictures. If you visit his site you will understand how difficult it is to chose one of his pictures. ...

Right: La maja vestida (The Clothed Maja), 1797-98, Francisco Goya Left: La maja desnuda (The Naked (or Nude) Maja), 1797-98, by...

Yes! I have asked my astrological map in two sites because I lost mine. Instead of the maps the two sites, this one , Pasqualina astrologer,...

Left: "The Sleeping Venus" or "The Dresden Venus", 1510 by Giorgione Right: "The Urbino Venus", 15...

Sorry! I changed for the quotations because I did read all the jokes and found out that some of them are offensive, I think. One have to b...

This is a caricature by Fraga, a great Brazilian caricaturist. I have already published Marcelo Rampazzo here and the same happened again....

I came across with the project " Let's say thanks " sponsored by Xerox. You can choose a post card from their dat...

I have searched the web and found a very westernized way of dealing with Chinese astrology. Anyway... this is what one of them says: ...

Left: "Do not iron" -- (on a lottery billet) "Warning: knives are sharp!" -- On the packaging of a sha...

The Flea, 1707-09, by Giuseppe Maria Crespi It seems that in Italy fleas were also a theme for genre paintings. :) I have already publishe...

A great portrait painter of the 17 century the Dutch painter Gerard ter Borch was known for depicting the rich and cultured people of his er...

Jacques Louis David, The Death of Socrates, 1787 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) This video is at the Smarthistory which is a great site...

Herrad at Access Denied passed me this award. I have already talked about her at this post . I know you will not click at the link so I cop...

Contribute to the National Army Museum Become a Founding Sponsor of the National Museum of the United States Army. To understand ourselve...

500 oil paintings 25,000 prints, drawings and soldiers' art over half a million photographs people, places, weapons, medals, uniforms, e...

This is a preview of a post I am doing about women reading. Put your mouse at each painting an you will see the title and the name of th...