Whether you wanted a peace treaty or a painting, Peter Paul Rubens was your man. At age 23 Rubens traveled from his home in Flanders (now part of Belgium) to Italy to study the works of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Titian, but the Duke of...

Bodypainting refers to a form of body shaping using color. This is applied directly to bare skin. Unlike tattoos, which are left permanently on the skin, the bodypaintings are only temporary. The body paint can hold a few hours, or up to several...

The word tattoo is derived from the polynesian word ‘ta’ which means striking something and the tahitian word ‘tatau’ which means ‘to mark something’. The earliest known tatoos were f Egyptian and were present on several female mummies...

The word photography derives from the Greek words 'photos' - meaning light and 'graphien' - to draw. photography was first used in the year 1839 by Sir John Herschel. Modern photography began in the 1820s with the first permanent photographs. in 1826...