Interesting facts about Rembrandt

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. He was one of the greatest storytellers in the history of art, possessing an exceptional ability to render people in their various moods and dramatic guises. Rembrandt is also known as a painter of light and shade … Read more

Interesting facts about Post-Impressionism

Post-Impressionism was a predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905, from the last Impressionist exhibition to the birth of Fauvism. Post-Impressionism emerged as a reaction against Impressionists’ concern for the naturalistic depiction of light and colour. Its broad emphasis on abstract qualities or symbolic content means Post-Impressionism encompasses Les Nabis, Neo-Impressionism, … Read more

Interesting facts about golf

Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. It is played for the lowest number of strokes by an individual, known as stroke play, or the lowest score on the most individual holes in a … Read more

Interesting facts about the Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, also called the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church and has approximately 260 million baptized members. The Orthodox Church is characterized by its continuity with the apostolic church, its liturgy, and its territorial churches. Its adherents live mainly in the Balkans, the Middle East, and former Soviet countries. It operates … Read more

Interesting facts about the astral body

The astral body is a hypothesized spiritual counterpart to the physical human body that is said to exist on a different plane. The word “astral” means “of the stars”, thus the astral plane, consisting of the celestial spheres, is held to be an astrological phenomenon: “The whole of the astral portion of our earth and … Read more

Interesting facts about Impressionism

Impressionism was an art movement in France at the end of the 19th century. It is perhaps the most important movement in the whole of modern painting. The Impressionists were a group of artists renowned for their innovative painting techniques and approach to using color in art. Their paintings became the most popular art form … Read more