Artist authors

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6March 147518February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. He was born in the Republic of Florence but was mostly active in Rome from his 30s onwards. His work was inspired by models from classical antiquity and had a lasting influence on Western art. Michelangelo's creative abilities and mastery in a range of artistic arenas define him as an archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and elder contemporary, Leonardo da Vinci. Given the sheer volume of survivin

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist (1471-1528)

Kālidāsa (, "Servant of Kali"; 4th–5th century CE) was a Classical Sanskrit author who is often considered ancient India's greatest poet and playwright. His plays and poetry are primarily based on Hindu Puranas and philosophy. His surviving works consist of three plays, two epic poems and two shorter poems.

English poet and artist (1757–1827)

French painter (1798–1863)

Timothy Walter Burton is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for pioneering goth subculture in Hollywood, with his films employing a distinctive style that blends gothic horror and dark fantasy aesthetics with whimsical and surreal elements. He has received numerous accolades, including one Emmy Award and nominations for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and three BAFTA Awards. He was honored with the Venice International Film Festival's Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2007 and France's Order of Arts and Letters in 2010.

Italian painter, architect, writer and historian (1511-1574)

Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin (1584–1645)

Italian architect and writer (1404-1472)

English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator (1828-1882)

English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist (1697-1764)

British textile artist, author, and socialist (1834-1896)

English painter (1723–1792)

Italian painter and mathematician (c. 1416–1492)

American painter (1834-1903)

Nepalese poet, lyricist, playwright, translator and artist

Florentine sculptor and goldsmith (1500–1571)

Italian sculptor and architect (1378–1455)

English painter and printmaker (born 1937)

Polish poet (1945-2021)

Swiss artist (1940–2014)

Flemish painter, poet and art historian (1548–1606)

Italian painter (1539-1609)

medieval English chronicler and artist (c.1200-1259)

British artist (1547-1619)

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1660-1719)

French painter (1886-1966)

Indian-born American actress

Italian painter and biographer (1613-1696)

painter and biographer of artists (c. 1566–1643)

painter and writer from the Northern Netherlands (1627-1678)

German Baroque art-historian and painter (1606-1688)

painter from Spain (1655-1726)

German artist (1500-1550)

12th-century German monk and writer

Italian art historian

English artist (1886-1956)

Dutch painter, printmaker and architect (1597-1664)

Italian painter (1538-1592)

Iranian filmmaker, writer and photographer

English painter, specialising in grand historical pictures (1786-1846)

British cartoonist (born 1936)

British artist (1811-1890)

Austrian painter, writer and engravings expert (1757-1821)

Flemish art historian (1714-1791)

Iraqi-Palestinian author, artist, and translator (1920-1994)

Japanese illustrator (born 1947)

German art historian, writer, draughtsman and painter, agricultural historian, writer about the culinary arts, art collector and patron of artists (1785-1843)

French painter (1635-1709)

musician and composer

Greek painter (1610-1690)

sculptor (1929-2011)

American artist and writer (born 1953)

Iraqi writer

Indian journalist, author and film producer

Nepalese playwright

Dutch painter (1685-1765)

Palestinian artist

Dutch painter, biographer, playwright and army cadet (1677–1747)