There are no greater heroes than the Founding Fathers. But before the signing of the Constitution, a lot of things happened. Continental Army fought against the British a lot of times. Some times they lost and some times they won, but in the end the Continental Army was victorious. This a history project. The inspiration comes from the painting Washington Crossing the Delaware. Which happened on the 25. december 1776. The first painting below. Art is such a great way to study history. My h...

Many artists are drawn to skiing for its blend of danger and beauty, the sense of freedom and spiritual connection it offers, and the dynamic and exhilarating movement it provides, which they express through various art like painting, illustration, design and sculpture. One of the great modern examples is the Japanese print artist Osamu Sugiyama (1946 - ) whose work is however not covered here, but rather in a special volume by the authors with the title Osamu Sugiyama Mountains. The art i...

One of the wonderful traditions of Christmas is the Nativity. But you don't have to be Christian or a regular church-goer to love these wonderful displays. The creativity and artistry speaks to all children and to the child in us all.Nativity is a scene from the stories of the birth of Jesus. They are in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. With inspiration in these stories you use either figurines or live people to create the scene and convey the story.These scenes excite espe...

This small book has been put together at the request of the ardent railfan in the family, who happened to see one of these interesting prints. It is intended for teaching such younger railfans not only in history, but also science and art and the commentary and criticism is kept at this level. This work does not presume to be in any way exhaustive of the railroad subject. Japan's railroads started with two miniature steam locomotives introduced from abroad. The first arrived in Nagasaki on...

The Los Angeles Fire Department has recently been incredibly challenged by the Palisades Wildfires which has destroyed more than 6,770 structures and caused 25 civilian fatalities. Fire engines are some of the most interesting vehicles of them all! They are beautifully colored, have flashy chrome and have all this interesting equipment. Fire trucks have very flashy lights, strong and varied horns and sirens and some of them still have bells! Fire trucks are all about public service - they ...

Los Angeles Fire Department has recently been confronted with enormous challenges and it is natural to be interested in the nature of these horrible fires and the monstrosity the heroic fire fighters battled. What is more difficult is to show the heartbreak and pain of the families that lost their homes and the horrible deaths of the civilian victims caught up in the fires. The fire was still active at the time of writing with more than 6,770 structures destroyed and 25 civilian fatalities...

Vasily Vereshchagin (1842 -1904) was a Russian soldier, painter and traveller. He was born to a lesser noble family and sent to the Tsarskoe Selo military academy in 1850, 8 years old. in 1853, 11 years old he joined the Sea Cadet Corps in St Petersburg. He graduated in 1861 but left military service to attend the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. In 1863 he won a medal from the academy for his Ulysses Slaying the Suitors. In 1864, he went to Paris, 22 years old, where he studied under Jean-L...

Hasui Kawase May 18, 1883 - November 7, 1957 was a Japanese artist that took up ukiyo-e printing as it disappeared as a commercial printing form and instead became an art for its own sake, so to say. In Hokusai and Hiroshige´s time, first half of the 1800s, ukiyo-e prints were cheap - around the price of a bowl of soup -and filled the market which would later develop in postcards and magazines. Hasui designed traditional prints in a western style, mostly landscapes, often with special ligh...

Albert Rieger was born in Triest on 6. May 1834 and died in 1905 in Vienna. He also used the pseudonym A. Höbart. Albert Rieger was a well-known Austrian landscape and marine painter of his time. Already at a young age he was already widely known for his precision and artistic rigor. His style is romantic. Little is currently published about him, but many auction houses follow him and publish prices that his art work achieves. Whether you like his romantic paintings of roaring streams in t...

The Feuerwehr (German: fire defence) is a number of German fire departments. The responsible bodies for operating and equipping fire departments are the German communities ("Gemeinden") and cities ("Städte"). By law, they are required to operate fire-fighting forces. In cities, this is usually performed by the Fire Prevention Bureau, one of the higher-ranking authorities. There are three kinds of firefighters in Germany: the predominant number of Germany's 1,383,730 firefighters are member...

This series, Fifty-three Pairings of the Tokaido Road, Tokaido gojusan tsui, popularly called Pairs Tokaido or 53 Parallels for the Tokaido Road, was published in 1845-1846. It is a unique cooperation between three artists: Utagawa Hiroshige, Utagawa Kunisada and Utagawa Kuniyoshi and five publishers: Ibaya Kyubei, (Ibaya Senzaburo (Dansendo)) and Kojimaya Jubei, Enshuya Matabei, Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudo) and Iseya Ichibei. The special feature of this Pairs Tokaido is the pairing of a prin...

During our research about the Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla (born in Valencia 1863 - died in Cercedilla 1923) we came across a wonderful painting of his wife with a cat and a dog, Clotilde y gato y perro, from 1910. As animal lovers the idea arose to see, how cats were portrayed in painting around the period of Sorolla. Earlier painters had struggled with getting the proportions right, especially the faces but there was a huge development of talent in Europe in the 19th century. It prove...