Anastasia Manioudaki

Author

Art Historian, she graduated from the Department of History and Archeology of the University of Athens and has an MA in Art History from the University of Sussex. She is a member of the Association of Greek Art Historians. Her articles have been published in Ta Nea tis Technis and avopolis.gr.

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Quiz

QUIZ: Art History for Ultimate Beginners

Anastasia Manioudaki 13 July 2024

Impressionism

5 Edgar Degas Paintings That Are Not Ballerinas

Edgar Degas is one of the most famous impressionist painters. Along with Renoir and Monet, they formed the Impressionist movement. Degas is mostly...

Anastasia Manioudaki 4 July 2024

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: American Gothic by Grant Wood

Under the blue sky of Iowa, a man and a woman stand solemnly in front of their house. They are farmers, as suggested by their clothing and the...

Anastasia Manioudaki 4 July 2024

Eugène Delacroix, The Barque of Dante, 1822, The Louvre, Paris, France Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: The Barque of Dante by Eugène Delacroix

Welcome to Hell—tonight, our guide will be Virgil, Dante, and of course Eugène Delacroix. The Barque of Dante, the first major painting by French...

Anastasia Manioudaki 3 July 2024

Quiz

QUIZ: Guess the Greek Myth

Anastasia Manioudaki 22 June 2024

Museum Stories

Highlights from the Alte Pinakothek in Munich

The Alte Pinakothek is an art museum in Munich, Germany. The name Alte, meaning Old, refers to the time span which the collections cover: the 14th to...

Anastasia Manioudaki 17 June 2024

Quiz

QUIZ: How Much Do You Know About Michelangelo?

Anastasia Manioudaki 1 June 2024

Baroque

Peter Paul Rubens: Sensuous Gods and Dramatic Saints

Peter Paul Rubens is synonymous with Flemish Baroque. His dynamic yet sensuous style made him the most popular artist of his time, running a large...

Anastasia Manioudaki 30 May 2024

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Laocoön and His Sons

Laocoön and His Sons was one of the most influential sculptures during the Renaissance. The contorted bodies of the figures, their faces full of...

Anastasia Manioudaki 16 May 2024

manet bar at the folies bergere Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet

A Bar at the Folies-Bergère is considered Édouard Manet’s last major painting. Presented in the Paris Salon of 1882, just a year before the...

Anastasia Manioudaki 7 May 2024