The villa, which belonged to the Benedictine nuns of San Martino since the 14th century, was purchased in the 18th century by the Capponi family, who shaped it into its current form, as depicted in...

Jean Cocteau, a multi-talented artist, was a loyal guest of the French Riviera, and of many other cities, which still bear the imprint of his travels. In 1950, when the poet had just finished...

The Prafrance Bamboo Grove (French: Bambouseraie de Prafrance) is a privately owned park and botanical garden on a 34-hectare estate in Gard, which contains, among others, numerous species of bamb...

Walthamstow (London 1834–1896) was an English writer, social reformer, designer, and artist who, through his literary, theoretical, and artistic work, sought to renew culture by reviving the spirit...

An extraordinary place led by Japan's traditional respect for nature and the mastery of ecological planting design by British garden designer Dan Pearson, who captured the essence of the place, gi...

A Flemish painter of still lifes and flowers, landscapes, and mythological and allegorical scenes, Jan Brueghel the Younger (Antwerp, 1601-1678) was an independent and highly talented artist.

Józef Chełmoński (November 7, 1849 – April 6, 1914) was a Polish painter of the realist school, rooted in the historical and social context of the late Romantic period in Poland. He is famous for h...

With her large flowers, romantic echoes, and evocative light, she decorates walls, screens, fabrics, and ceramic pieces. Claire Basler (September 30, 1960) is French and lives and works in a former...

Itō Jakuchū (1716-1800) is considered one of Kyoto's finest professional painters of the Edo period. He is remembered for his reserved personality and his capricious approach to painting. Born to w...