Nikolaos Gyzis | Orientalist / Genre painter

Nikolaos Gyzis /Νικόλαος Γύζης (1 March 1842 - 4 January 1901) was considered one of Greece's most important 19th-century painters. He was most famous for his work Eros and the Painter, his first genre painting.

It was auctioned in May 2006 at Bonhams in London, being last exhibited in Greece in 1928.

He was the major representative of the so-called "Munich School", the major 19th-century Greek art movement.

Venus de Milo

This graceful statue of a goddess has intrigued and fascinated since its discovery on the island of Melos in 1820.

Is it Aphrodite, who was often portrayed half-naked, or the sea goddess Amphitrite, who was venerated on Melos?

The statue reflects sculptural research during the late Hellenistic Period: classical in essence, with innovatory features such as the spiral composition, the positioning in space, and the fall of the drapery over the hips.

Terry Miura, 1964 | Abstract Figurative painter

Terry Miura was born in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from Art Center College of Design in 1990, Terry Miura headed out to New York City to pay his dues.

He began his career as a freelance illustrator, creating imagery for such clients as Time, Newsweek, Rollingstone, and Sports Illustrated, to name a few.

In between illustration assignments he painted and exhibited cityscapes, and continued his transition to becoming a full time painter after returning to the West Coast in 1996.

Eugène Delacroix | Romantic / Orientalist painter

Delacroix, Ferdinand-Victor-Eugene (1798-1863) was born in 1798, the son of Charles Delacroix who had served briefly as minister of foreign affairs under the Directory and who was on a mission to Holland, as the ambassador of the French Republic, at the time of his son's birth.

His mother, Victoire Oeben, was descended from a family of artisans and craftsmen.

Eanger Irving Couse | Tao Society artist

Eanger Irving Couse (September 3, 1866 - April 26, 1936) was an American artist and a founding member and first president of the Taos Society of Artists.

He is noted for paintings of Native Americans, New Mexico, and the American Southwest.

His house and studio in Taos have been preserved as the Eanger Irving Couse House and Studio - Joseph Henry Sharp Studios, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the New Mexico Register of Cultural Properties.

Pablo Neruda / Jeremy Mann | Sonnet XXVII

Nuda sei semplice come una delle tue mani,

liscia, terrestre, minima, rotonda, trasparente,

hai linee di luna, strade di mela,

nuda sei sottile come il grano nudo.

Naked, you are simple as one of your hands,

Smooth, earthy, small, transparent, round:

You have moonlines, applepathways:

Naked, you are slender as a naked grain of wheat.