Stories By Camilla de Laurentis
21st century
Painting of the Week: Banksy, Season’s Greetings
November 15, 2020What if a children’s game turned into a frightening nightmare? And what would you think if the cause was… you? In Port Talbot, UK, Banksy created a graffiti showing an imaginary but terrible consequence of pollution,...
Art Forms
Online Art Travels: An Ultimate Banksy City Guide for 2020
October 27, 2020Nowadays everyone knows Banksy. They actually know his name and his art, since he still remains anonymous. Many wrote and write about him, his identity, his artistic portfolio, and the meanings behind it. This article would...
Ancient
Real Gray’s Anatomy. Medical Illustration from an Artistic Genre to a Profession
September 12, 2020Since the beginning of human history, drawing and creating diagrams have been essential. They were the easiest and most useful form of communication and recording. The main subject matter was, of course, everyday life – animals...
20th century
The Bugatti Brothers: A Story About Cars and Cows
August 29, 2020Nowadays Bugatti is a legendary company in the field of automobile technology. However, few people know the history of the man behind the trademark, and even more interesting, the family behind the name. Meet the Bugatti...
Abstraction
VIPs… or VICs (Very Important Colors)? Iconic Hues in Art History
July 11, 2020Every person probably dreams of leaving a legacy to the world. For artists this is a central goal and they try to do it through their masterpieces of course. Some people even went further though… They...
Art State of Mind
Seven Books About Art for Holiday Chill
June 22, 2020Holiday time but not sure if you can afford to travel? Or do you just need something to help forget about social distancing while relaxing somewhere and not being at work? Whatever you are looking for,...
Art State of Mind
Apocalypse Now – Not at the Movies but in Art
May 20, 2020Recently, in the majority of countries all over the world, people felt like they were “in the middle of the Apocalypse”. Why does everyone naturally associate that word with the feeling of living in a huge...
History
Mona Lisa’s Illnesses
May 2, 2020Everyone has heard about the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece at the Louvre museum in Paris. But you have probably never heard about… her illnesses! Doctors sometimes try to make a medical diagnosis of the...
Baroque
A Tribute to Medical Services: Doctors in Paintings
April 18, 2020In the last weeks, we have heard a lot about doctors and healthcare workers, thinking of them as present-day heroes facing up to death. But what do they usually do in everyday life? This journey will...
Trending
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Painting of the Week: Saint George and the Dragon
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The Night — Ten Beautiful Nocturne Paintings
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How Did Caravaggio Die? The Answer Is Not Easy
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The Mysterious Pinturas Negras Reveal Goya’s Darkest Secrets
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Under Hokusai’s Great Wave
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Did You Know that Monet Was a Master of Caricatures?
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Wanderlust Exhibition – Travel Desire Encapsulated in Paintings
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#MeToo and the Medusa Myth
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Maxfield Parrish – Life and Legacy
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Is Kylie Jenner the New Venus? Interview with the Artist Marco Battaglini
Female Artists
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10 of the Most Famous Female Artist Self-Portraits
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Frida Kahlo And The Symbolism In Her Art
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Frauhaus: Gunta Stölzl, Walter Gropius, and the Women of the Bauhaus
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The Ephemeral Magic of Raw Clay: Artist Interview with Phoebe Cummings
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The Surprising Career of Lavinia Fontana: Painter of Popes, Nudes, and Noblewomen
