Stories By Isla Phillips
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20th century
David Hockney – iPad Images of Springtime from Quarantine
April 7, 2020David Hockney is in lock-down in Normandy and spends most days in the garden, drawing the spring awakening on his iPad. In a series of letters written to the BBC correspondent he shares how he feels...
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21st century
The Many Rebirths of Venus
February 20, 2020Sandro Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus is iconic in western art. Alongside the Mona Lisa, it is probably a contender for “most famous painting.” Unsurprisingly the renowned Renaissance picture has inspired reconfiguration, reproductions, and references in...
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Ancient Greece
3 Things You Might Not Know About The Birth of Venus
February 14, 2020It’s Valentines season, so what better thing to do than to meditate on the things you love, and of course, Venus definitively conquers all at this time of year. Art history’s love of Botticelli’s Birth of...
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dailyart
Titian’s The Death of Actaeon (Metamorphoses VIII)
January 13, 2020A whistle-stop tour of each of the seven Poesies, which the Renaissance master delivered Philip II of Spain in the 1550s and early 1560s, finally reaches it’s conclusion with Titian’s The Death of Actaeon. Revised style...
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20th century
January Blues. Blue in Art
January 8, 2020The January Blues, a well-known mood; festivities have come to an end and the winter is starting to feel gloomy. Therefore, to alleviate the melancholy, here is a trio of famous Blues from 20th-century art history....
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dailyart
Titian’s Diana and Callisto (Metamorphoses VII)
January 6, 2020In a series of articles we are meeting each of the seven Poesies, which Titian delivered Phillip II of Spain in the 1550s and early 1560s. So far we have encountered the stories of Danaë, Venus and...
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dailyart
Titian’s Diana and Actaeon (Metamorphoses VI)
December 28, 2019In a series of articles we are meeting each of the seven Poesies, which Titian delivered Phillip II of Spain in the 1550s and early 1560s. So far we have encountered the stories of Danaë, Venus and...
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dailyart
Titian’s The Rape of Europa (Metamorphoses V)
December 23, 2019In a series of articles we are meeting each of the seven Poesies, which Titian delivered to Phillip II of Spain in the 1550s and early 1560s. Every painting-poem translated a small section of the Epic...
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20th century
Dan Flavin: Art is Thought and Fluorescent Lights
December 17, 2019Dan Flavin (1993-1996) was an American artist and pioneer of Minimalism. He is famous for making sculptural objects and installations from fluorescent lights. “I like art as thought better than art as work… It’s important to...
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dailyart
Titian’s Perseus and Andromeda (Metamorphoses IV)
December 16, 2019In a series of articles we are meeting each of the seven Poesies, which Titian delivered Phillip II of Spain in the 1550s and early 1560s. Every painting-poem translated a small section of the Epic poem...
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