His life Leonetto Cappiello was born on the 9th of April 1875, in Livorno, Italy. He lived most of his life in France, moving to Paris in June of 1897. Though he didn’t have an official art education, Cappiello started… Continue Reading →

Why Vogue I chose to do a Vogue cover as my historical artifact because I’ve always liked how magazine covers look. At first, I was considering doing a magazine cover for Harper’s Bazaar, since it’s the one we’ve looked at… Continue Reading →

Publication Frankenstein is a novel written by Mary Shelly, published in 1818. Shelly began writing the novel when she was only eighteen years old. She started writing the book two years after having a child she never gave a name… Continue Reading →

Theme While looking for a topic for my moodboard, I was searching through the class PowerPoints when I came across the story of Dr. Faustus. After reading about his story, I was reminded of multiple other instances in history where… Continue Reading →

John William Waterhouse was born on April 6th, 1849. In his life, people would commonly refer to him by his nickname ‘Nino.’  At the time of his birth, his father was working as a painter in Rome. Though Waterhouse was… Continue Reading →

My Subject My zine is about John Baskerville. I chose him as my subject for two reasons: one was that I find his style to be very elegant and legible. My second reason was that I figured there’d be a… Continue Reading →

A brief history of the sakoku period of Japan In the 1630s, Japan started to issue a series of policies that enforced national seclusion. This is what started the ‘sakoku’ period in Japanese history. This policy came about as a… Continue Reading →

Jan Steen was born in Leiden, Netherlands. Though it isn’t confirmed, he’s thought to have been born in 1626. Steen stood out amongst his peers by painting very lively and comedic indoor scenes.  In 1646, Jan Steen attended the University… Continue Reading →

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