Masterpiece Story: Queen Nefertari and Goddess Isis
Masterpiece Story: Still Life by Henri Fantin-Latour
The greatest happiness can be found in the simple pleasures of daily life. Such simplicities could include the taste of fresh fruit, the smell of...
James W Singer 3 December 2023
The Unicorn Tapestries – Allegory of Christ, or a Happy Husband?
The Unicorn Tapestries are a set of medieval tapestries depicting a hunt for a unicorn, a popular motif at the time. They’re probably the most...
Alexandra Kiely 2 December 2023
Renaissance Tapestries 101: Religious, Political, and Magical
Renaissance tapestries are the most underestimated subject in art history. As expensive and enormously large works of art, tapestries attributed to...
Anna Ingram 2 December 2023
How Disney’s Sleeping Beauty Was Inspired by the Late Medieval Tapestry
In Charles Perrault’s 17th-century literary world, knights, dragons, and spellbound princesses persisted centuries after the topic diminished. As...
Anna Ingram 2 December 2023
The Devonshire Hunting Tapestries
The Devonshire Hunting Tapestries consist of four large tapestries depicting scenes of hunting various animals. They were made between 1430 and 1450...
Anna Ingram 2 December 2023
Henry VIII’s Story of Abraham Tapestries
Everyone knows King Henry VIII for having six wives and an infamous divorce that shook England’s religious core. He is renowned due to art...
Anna Ingram 2 December 2023
Masterpiece Story: Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose by John Singer Sargent
Known for his striking portraits of high-society figures, John Singer Sargent was one of the most successful painters of his day. But after causing a...
Natalia Iacobelli 2 December 2023
5 Most Famous Medusa Paintings in Art History
Medusa, a creation of Greek mythology, stood as one of its most fearsome entities. In Ancient Greek, her name translates to “guardian” or...
Zuzanna Stańska 1 December 2023
Unicorns in Art Across Time: From French Tapestries to Damien Hirst’s Sculptures
Unicorns, the enchanting and mythical beings, have been a captivating subject in art since ancient times, maintaining their inspirational allure for...
Ela Bobek 1 December 2023
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Five Fun Facts About Gargoyles – Quirky Creatures of the Middle Ages and Beyond
Everybody loves gargoyles! I used to think I was alone in this, but I’ve come to learn that’s not at all true. In case any of you don’t know, a...
Alexandra Kiely 1 December 2023
Siren Song: History of Mermaids in Art
Benevolent or deadly? There are so many depictions of this mythical creature. Let's explore how mermaids have been portrayed in art.
Candy Bedworth 1 December 2023
The Unbelievable Story of Killer Rabbits in Medieval Manuscripts
If you’ve ever watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail, you probably remember the scene when the vicious killer bunny (which, as we remember,...
Zuzanna Stańska 1 December 2023
Unhappily Ever After: Unequal Marriage by Vasili Pukirev
Vasili Pukirev’s painting Unequal Marriage has a legend about it: allegedly, after looking at it, all the elderly grooms refused to marry their...
Elizaveta Ermakova 7 October 2021
The Frieze of Life by Edvard Munch
By 1902, Edvard Munch’s life had seen a pattern of chaos within his professional life, his health, and his love life. While his life had become...
Wendy Gray 8 January 2022
Masterpiece Story: Madonna by Edvard Munch
The Norwegian painter Edvard Munch realized the colored lithograph Madonna in 1895. He is considered the precursor of Expressionism, therefore his...
Maia Heguiaphal 12 December 2022
14 Weirdest Paintings by René Magritte
I love to watch people looking at his art for the first time. René Magritte’s art became well-known for a number of witty and thought-provoking...
Zuzanna Stańska 21 November 2023
Paul Gauguin in 10 Paintings
Paul Gauguin is a revolutionary and savage in the art of the late 19th century, an artist rejected by society. A man who quit his job at the stock...
Valeria Kumekina 27 November 2023
Edvard Munch and His Portrayals of Death
“Illness, madness and death were the black angels that watched over my cradle and have since followed me through life,” Munch wrote in his notes,...
Zuzanna Stańska 12 December 2022
31 Women: Peggy Guggenheim And Her Groundbreaking Exhibition
Perhaps one the most influential women in shaping the art world of the 20th century, Peggy Guggenheim held an exhibition in 1943 that was to be...
Nina Relf 22 November 2023
When Art Hurts: The Story of the French Painter Auguste Renoir
The artworks of French painter Auguste Renoir are renowned for their light, conspicuous brushstrokes, as well as their pure beauty. Behind mastery...
Rute Ferreira 31 August 2023
The Mysterious Street from Edvard Munch’s The Scream
The Scream by Edvard Munch is one of the most famous paintings in the world. It’s pretty obvious why – its expression and the way the pain and...
Zuzanna Stańska 18 May 2023
Art in Doctor Who: A Journey Through Time
This month marks the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who, a British sci-fi show about a runaway alien Time Lord that’s now beloved worldwide. Fans were...
Jenna Burns 28 November 2023
The Medieval Bestiary – Cute, Quirky, and Weird Animals
Of all the medieval manuscripts, bestiaries are definitely the most fun. A medieval bestiary is a book about animals. It’s full of unusual...
Alexandra Kiely 4 October 2023
Gustav Klimt in the Spotlight: Famous Masterpieces
Have you ever looked upon Gustav Klimt’s portrait of The Lady in Gold and wondered why she was so worshipped? What made the artist immortalize her...
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