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Marija Canjuga

Stories By Marija Canjuga

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Lesbian Love and Sex in Art History
By Marija CanjugaJune 30, 2020
Lesbian love and sex is an often hidden part of humanity. Furthermore, it seems like it was always so. However, there are few examples from the earliest times of history which show it is a part...
Art State of Mind

10 Cocktails Inspired by Art for Artsy Drinking
By Marija CanjugaJune 12, 2020
Most of us have now plenty of time to take some “me time” and enjoy a long bubble bath, read a good book, work out, or perhaps just contemplate the works of our favorite artists. However,...
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Earthquakes and Art. The Story of the Zagreb Art Pavilion
By Marija CanjugaApril 2, 2020
On Sunday, March 22nd, early in the morning a 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit the Croatian capital. People lost their homes and their workplaces. Furthermore, many museums and art galleries suffered great damage. To depict the cultural...
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Balkan Female Artists You Didn’t Know About and You Should
By Marija CanjugaMarch 31, 2020
There are never enough stories about talented women. So, inspired by a women’s art exhibition in the Art Pavilion in Zagreb, I picked a few artworks that amazed me. The exhibition focused on the Balkan female...
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Pharmacy Museums: Houses of Oddities
By Marija CanjugaFebruary 27, 2020
A pharmacy is a very weird kind of shop. It has your favorite skin creams and food supplements. They also carry medicines for the flu, blood pressure, and other illnesses. Pharmacies have been around for a...
19th Century

Jane Morris. A Pre-Raphaelite Muse and Artist
By Marija CanjugaFebruary 8, 2020
Jane Morris (1839–1914) was an English embroiderer and artists’ model who embodied the Pre-Raphaelite ideal of beauty. She was a model and muse to her husband William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Three...
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Welcoming the Twenties with Tamara de Lempicka
By Marija CanjugaDecember 31, 2019
Today I am taking you to a New Year’s Eve party. This year, like every year, we hope that the year coming will be better. But hearing that the twenties are coming somehow the picture of...