Oil painting is a fascinating technique due to its ease of application and its impact throughout the History of Art. With a long narrative, this technique became extremely admired from the mid-15th century onwards, with Flemish and Dutch artists, due to its versatility in terms of consistency, texture, shine, the possibility of being able to be combined with other oils and still because of the drying time.There were many artists who created true masterpieces, such as the Mona Lisa (1503-1506) Leonardo Da Vinci's Guernica (1937) Pablo Picasso, The born of Venus (1483) – Sandro Botticelli, among others. Interested in oil painting? Learn in this article...

fado singer and actress, Amália Rodrigues, dFrom an early age he showed a taste for singing, having his professional debut in 1939. It quickly became a success, being headliner in several venues. From the beginning of the 1950s, Amália Rodrigues performed several national but especially international tours,starting a career unmatched by any other Portuguese artist.Discover in this article seven little-known facts about one of the unavoidable figures in the history of Fado.

On Sunday, August 15th, the Taliban took over Afghanistan's presidential palace after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. This development marked the total collapse of the Afghan government, after President Joe Biden announced the withdrawal of US forces from the country.When the Taliban ruled the country from 1996 to 2001, creating art was a dangerous act. This organization destroyed the giant carved Buddha statues of Bamiyan and banned all artistic depictions of the human form. What will be the future of the citizens of this country?

Photography emerged in the 19th century, a period in which painting and sculpture were the major forms of expression.From the 1970s onwards, with a greater incidence in the 1980s, the camera invaded the territory of Art, that is, cultural spaces such as museums and galleries, thus leaving practically in the background the documentary aspect of the representation of reality. While in the artistic world there was a certain uncertainty about this new machine, in the area of communication it was received as a great ally.To celebrate World Photography Day, P55 presents in this article five artists who have transformed the...