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Donatello Losito was an Italian-German painter, graphic artist and object artist. 1955-1958 he trained as a plasterer and restorer. Traveling through France and Italy in 1959/1960, he created his first works in oil and watercolor. Initially he worked as a freelance graphic artist, later he devoted himself entirely to painting. He held solo exhibitions and participated in numerous exhibitions. His main artistic work was created during these years. In 1972, the art critic Helmut Kotschenreuther wrote about the first major solo exhibition: "Losito has an eye sharpened by sensitivity for the grotesque, the comical, the uncanny, the inhumane in our desolate world and at the same time the ability to present the most concise, the "impacting" to find a pictorial formula”.
Donatello Losito was an Italian-German painter, graphic artist and object artist. 1955-1958 he trained as a plasterer and restorer. Traveling through France and Italy in 1959/1960, he created his first works in oil and watercolor. Initially he worked as a freelance graphic artist, later he devoted himself entirely to painting. He held solo exhibitions and participated in numerous exhibitions. His main artistic work was created during these years. In 1972, the art critic Helmut Kotschenreuther wrote about the first major solo exhibition: "Losito has an eye sharpened by sensitivity for the grotesque, the comical, the uncanny, the inhumane in our desolate world and at the same time the ability to present the most concise, the "impacting" to find a pictorial formula”.
Tino di Camaino was an Italian sculptor.
He was a pupil of Giovanni Pisano, whom he helped work on the façade of the Cathedral of Siena. Later Tino followed his master to Pisa, where in 1311 he became responsible for the work on the cathedral.
William Shakespeare was a British poet and playwright and writer.
William's father, John Shakespeare, was a merchant and official in Stratford. There are reports that he was a sailor for a time before joining a theater company in London. Beginning in the 1590s, Shakespeare began writing plays, and in 1593 he published a poem, Venus and Adonis, which became popular. He dedicated it to the Duke of Southampton, who was a philanthropist and patron of talent, and soon his business was booming.
From 1592 to 1600 Shakespeare wrote his dramas and romantic comedies "Richard III", "The Taming of the Shrew", "Romeo and Juliet", "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Merchant of Venice", as well as the comedies "Much Ado About Nothing", "Twelfth Night" and the tragedy "Julius Caesar". The playwright's business was so successful that he even bought a large house in Stratford. In 1599, Shakespeare became one of the owners, playwright and actor of the new theater "Globe". In 1603 King James took Shakespeare's troupe under his direct patronage. In the mature period, the great playwright turned to tragedies, there were "Hamlet", "Othello", "King Lear", "Macbeth" and others.
Although in the 19th century researchers had some doubts about the authorship of many of these works, William Shakespeare is considered the greatest English playwright, one of the best playwrights in the world. His plays have been translated into all major languages and to this day form the basis of the world theatrical repertoire, most of them have been screened many times. According to the Guinness Book of Records, Shakespeare remains the world's best-selling playwright, and his plays and poems have sold more than 4 billion copies in the nearly 400 years since his death.
