Rachel Witte

Art historian (art lover, artist), general nomad, writer, Mom, and a pilot wife. When she's not spending all of her free time reading and writing YA novels, she can be found at her favorite coffee shop drinking coffee in all its various forms...right now, that's an iced vanilla latte half sweet with almond milk...in case you were wondering. Favorite art style is impressionism. Favorite theme is the Annunciation. Check out my site here: https://rachelmbwitte.wixsite.com/wittylife

Stories By Rachel Witte

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Painting of the Week: Masaccio, The Tribute Money

By Rachel WitteJune 9, 2019

There are many artists and paintings which I return to over and over again. Artists like Giotto, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Vermeer, van Eyck, Cassatt, Degas… The list goes on for what seems like forever. All of these...
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Viking Art: From Ships and Swords to Ornate Brooches

By Rachel WitteApril 19, 2019

Vikings and their culture have filled our lives since their days of domination. There are TV shows, sports teams; Nordic culture and mythology permeate the media with superhero characters like Thor; anime series such as Attack...
Ancient Greece

Jewelry in Ancient Greece: Hellenistic Period Pieces

By Rachel WitteApril 3, 2019

When approaching art or the history related to it, certain questions arise. Such as the who what when where and significance of the object of work of art in question. I think that with jewelry, the...
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Byzantine Icons. The Who, What, When, and Where

By Rachel WitteMarch 13, 2019

Byzantine icons are more of a prayer object than anything else. Though likened to idolatry, the icons mean more than what can be confined by that singular definition. Byzantine icons in the Medieval church were used...
19th Century

Intersection of Coffee and Creating: Coffee Shops and Their Purpose

By Rachel WitteFebruary 5, 2019

The actual art of coffee making has steadily been growing for years. We have surpassed and moved past instant coffee, on to specialty coffee shops and their frozen and blended coffee drinks, hot chocolates, and sweet recipes,...
Art History 101

The Muse Throughout Art History: Inspiration, Love, and Friendship

By Rachel WitteJanuary 26, 2019

In terms of Ancient Greek mythology, the term muse refers to nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, with each daughter having her own attribute, which reflected the desire for musical and artistic inspiration as well the...
Art State of Mind

Leaving Home as a Genre in Art: The Need to be on the Move

By Rachel WitteJanuary 12, 2019

I don’t know if it is a millennial thing, similarly being in the same age group, or because now in 2019 we have access to everyone’s lives through social media. But it seems that all of...
Cinema

Representation vs Reality: Artists Portrayed in Midnight in Paris. Part I

By Rachel WitteJanuary 3, 2019

In Woody Allen’s 2011 Midnight in Paris, Owen Wilson plays a nostalgic screenwriter who somehow finds himself transported back in time to 1920s Paris… a time period which Owen’s character, Gil Pender, deems a “golden age...
Halloween Special

Double Double Toil and Trouble: Witches in Art and Modern Media

By Rachel WitteOctober 30, 2018

Tis the season….no, not of Christmas. Halloween. The time for Fall festivals, hayrides, corn mazes, and pumpkin patches. Grotesque goblins, creepy ghosts, and blood-sucking vampires; It most certainly is a spooktacular time of year. One of...
Ancient Greece

The A to Z of Ancient Greek Pottery Terms Pt 2

By Rachel WitteOctober 25, 2018

And so the saga continues in our adventures of learning about Ancient Greek pottery! You will probably have noticed that I chose to skip a few letters of the alphabet in this article and the previous...