The Fighting Temeraire by J. M. W. Turner is the painting that shows the last journey of the Fighting Temeraire as it was towed away to the Thames to be broken up in a Rotherhithe shipyard after thirty-three years of not being used. The Fighting Temeraire was once a gunship that had fought gallantly in Lord Nelson's fleet at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The...Read More

Samson and Delilah is a painting by the famous Peter Paul Rubens. It is painted around the year 1609 to 1610 and was commissioned by Nicolaas Rockox, the alderman of Antwerp. The oil painting depicts the fate of Samson's passion towards Delilah, as was said in the Bible. Samson, a Jewish hero with supernatural strength, was defeated once he fell in love with Delilah....Read More

School of Athens is one of the most famous painting (fresco) by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted somewhere between the years 1509 and 1511. The painting represents all the greatest mathematicians, philosophers and scientists from classical antiquity gathered together sharing their ideas and learning from each other. ("Raphael, School of Athens", (n.d.)). They may all have lived during different generations, but in...Read More