Anastasia Manioudaki

Art Historian, she graduated from the Department of History and Archeology of the University of Athens and has a Masters degree in Art History from the University of Sussex. She is a member of the Association of Greek Art Historians.She has worked in the National Gallery of Art in Athens and in the 4th Athens Biennale AGORA (2013). She has taught Art History in the Municipal Art School of Aghia Paraskevi and in the digital university Iversity (Berlin). She was the assistant curator of the exhibition Inferno of George Pol. Ioannidis in the Italian Institute of Culture in Athens (2017-2018), where she presented the painter’s work in a lecture at the Institute. Her articles have been published in Ta Nea tis Technis and avopolis.gr. Recently, one of her short stories was among the winners in the 2nd short story competition of Ianos bookstore and was published.

Stories By Anastasia Manioudaki

Art History 101

10 Things You Should Know About Titian
By Anastasia ManioudakiApril 19, 2021
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio, 1490–1576) was an Italian painter active in Venice in the 16th century. He is considered the greatest painter in the Venetian art school. During his long career, he painted a variety of subjects,...
19th Century

Victorian Feminists and Their Supernatural Powers
By Anastasia ManioudakiApril 3, 2021
The Victorian feminists in 19th-century England paved the way for the women’s movement across the world. The ‘New Woman, as she was called, demanded social equality, economic independence and the right to education. However, many people...
19th Century

Commedia dell’Arte Characters in Art
By Anastasia ManioudakiMarch 22, 2021
Commedia dell’arte is a form of theater popular from the 16th to the 18th century. The name means comedy of art indicating that the performers were artisans, that is professional actors. Commedia dell’arte originated in northern...
Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week: La Primavera by Sandro Botticelli
By Anastasia ManioudakiMarch 21, 2021
La Primavera, which means ‘Spring’ in Italian, is without a doubt the most famous painting of Sandro Botticelli. Its mysterious allure continues to dazzle audiences and baffle art historians to this day. However, the painting was...
Rococo

The Largest Ceiling Fresco in the World: Giambattista Tiepolo in Würzburger Residenz
By Anastasia ManioudakiFebruary 3, 2021
Giambattista Tiepolo brought Venice back to the artistic spotlight in the 18th century. Without a doubt, the crowning achievement of Tiepolo’s career are the frescoes in Würzburger Residenz, a palace in Bavaria, in southern Germany. This...
Artist

Peter Paul Rubens: Sensuous Gods and Dramatic Saints
By Anastasia ManioudakiJanuary 19, 2021
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 workshop in Antwerp that catered to royals and nobles throughout Europe....
Artist

Drama and Dynamism: George Seurat and the Circus
By Anastasia ManioudakiJanuary 2, 2021
George Seurat, like many 19th century artists, loved the circus. In particular, he enjoyed watching the tumbling acrobats in bright costumes, a subject infused with drama and dynamism. Circuses were immensely popular in Paris. Indeed, due...
Artist

Joseph Wright of Derby: Painting the Industrial Revolution
By Anastasia ManioudakiDecember 11, 2020
Joseph Wright of Derby is deemed as the first painter to capture the spirit of the Industrial Revolution. His paintings portray the zeitgeist of his time during the Age of Enlightenment. The Enlightenment was a shift...
Ancient

Pompeii of the Aegean: The Wall Paintings of Thera
By Anastasia ManioudakiNovember 19, 2020
The wall paintings of Thera (Santorini) reveal the bustling civilization that existed on the southernmost island of the Cyclades circa 1600 BCE. Around that time the island suffered a devastating earthquake along with a volcanic eruption...
19th Century

Literature in the Pre-Raphaelite Paintings
By Anastasia ManioudakiNovember 3, 2020
From its very inception, subjects taken from literature were a staple for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Shakespeare, Keates, and Tennyson were among the many who had their mind’s work immortalized in paintings. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was formed...