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Mieke Leenders

Author

Mieke Leenders is an art historian (MA) specializing in iconology. She embraces an interdisciplinary approach in her research into how art shapes, reflects, and challenges our world.

Articles by Mieke

simone-martini-annunciation Medieval Art

Why Medieval Art Was Never Meant to Be Realistic

Why does medieval art look so strange to our modern eyes? Flat figures, golden backgrounds, distorted proportions, and even babies who look like tiny...

Mieke Leenders 5 November 2026

Latin American Art

When Every Day Is Carnival: Rodolfo Stanley’s Costa Rica

I had never heard of Rodolfo Stanley until I wandered into one of his exhibitions in Costa Rica and wondered what exactly I was looking at. His...

Mieke Leenders 28 September 2026

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