Born in 1804, the incredibly talented Marie Taglioni was recognized as the first romantic classic dancer. Appearing in La Sylphide, in 1832, she was the one who popularized the wearing of both pointe shoes and the tutu in classic dance.

According to a Japanese belief, folding 1,000 paper cranes will make your wish come true. During the 50's, Sadako Sasaki, a young girl exposed to the atomic radiation in Hiroshima during World War II, began to make cranes to cure herself of leukemia.

Unfortunately, little Sadako died at the age of 12 before having reached her goal and a [Read more]

Profane art distinguishes itself from sacred art precisely because it is not religious in nature. In Quebec, between the 17th and the 20th centuries, figureheads, coats-of-arms, furniture, and shop signs, not to mention sculptures representing great names of history, were considered profane works, in opposition to religious statuary or works [Read more]

If, in the field of the stained glass, the most widely used technique is that of the lead cames, some artists prefer assembly using copper foil, known as the "Tiffany method". Invented by Louis Comfort Tiffany and favoring curved shapes, the glass pieces are surrounded with copper foil, then the extremities are welded together.

At a certain period, the royal families of the various European countries surrounded themselves with artists of recognized talent, or with great potential, to whom they trusted the creation of works to decorate their palaces and residences, as well as the making of portraits.

In France, during the Ancien Régime, they appointed the [Read more]

The works of the engraver Utagawa Hiroshige, Grand Master of Japanese prints during the first half of the 19th century, were an important source of inspiration for the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. The Dutchman was a passionate print collector, including some by Hiroshige. He reproduced, moreover, three by the master to fully assimilate the [Read more]