Masterpiece Story: Sleeping Venus by Giorgione and Titian
Giorgione and Titian’s Sleeping Venus is a masterpiece of the Venetian Renaissance school of painting. It explores sensual nudity through a...
James W Singer 24 March 2024
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Masterpiece Story: Woman on the Balcony by Carl Gustav Carus
Woman on the Balcony is an intimate portrait of a person lost in thought. There is no action and no obvious story to interpret. However, its quiet...
James W Singer 11 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: Abduction of Ganymede by Rembrandt
Rembrandt is less known for his mythological paintings, but their visual impact matches any of his religious images and secular portraits. The...
James W Singer 11 September 2023
The Mysterious Cupid and Johannes Vermeer’s Paintings
Johannes Vermeer is both one of the most loved and most mysterious painters in European art. Moderately known during his lifetime, completely...
Zuzanna Stańska 29 November 2021
Green Vault Theft: Dresden Stolen Jewels
On Tuesday, November 25 2019, burglars broke into the Green Vault museum, at the Royal Palace Dresden, Germany, and stole priceless jewels! This is...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 23 November 2021
A Secret Revealed in a Dresden Vermeer
Back in 2019, the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Dresden State Art Collections) announced an exciting new...
Alexandra Kiely 31 July 2019
The ‘Degenerate’ World of Otto Dix
The dictionary definition of degenerate states it is “having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing...
Wendy Gray 3 August 2017
