Venice: A Timeless Muse
Venice, or Venezia, is a breathtaking Italian city renowned for its labyrinthine canals, ornate architecture, and rich cultural heritage. Its...
Maya M. Tola 3 September 2026
Art Forms
What’s Special About the Venetian Renaissance?
The Italian Renaissance was driven by two key players: the Florentine school and the Venetian school. In the 15th century, while each cluster was...
Guest Author 3 September 2026
The Venetian Color Box—How Trade Shaped the Palette of Renaissance Painters
Venetian color often feels immediate: a blue robe, a crimson sleeve, a flash of yellow, a shadow beneath living skin. Yet before these colors became...
Wen Gu 3 September 2026
Mariano Fortuny—The Artist Who Turned Venice Into His Creative Laboratory
Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo was not originally from Venice, as he was born in Granada, Spain, in 1871, as the son of a painter also called Mariano...
Magda Michalska 3 September 2026
Venice in the Eyes of Claude Monet
Claude Monet fell in love with Venice the first time he saw it. He was 68 years old, and he went on a trip with his wife, Alice Hoschedé. The light...
Zuzanna Stańska 3 September 2026
Art’s Best Friend: 10 Dog Paintings
No one will ever be as happy to see you coming back home as your dog. Since they are always with us, they do deserve their own place in art. And they...
Joanna Kaszubowska 2 September 2026
10 Cutest Rabbits in Asian Art You Need to See
Rabbits have long held a special place in Asian art. Few animals have inspired as many stories and images as this humble (and cute!) creature. In...
Ela Bobek 2 September 2026
Why Were Cows Everywhere in Dutch Art?
We’re used to seeing cats and dogs in art, perhaps because they have long been our everyday companions. But in 17th-century Dutch art, another...
Magda Michalska 2 September 2026
Franz Marc: The Painter Who Loved Horses
The German Expressionist movement had many faces. One of the most interesting ones was that of the painter Franz Marc. Marc looked to the natural...
Zuzanna Stańska 2 September 2026
Art History 101: Everything You Need to Know About Romanticism
At the end of the 18th century, artists began to reject the ideas of the Enlightenment which prioritized reason above all. They wanted to consider...
Jimena Escoto 1 September 2026
CoBrA 101: Everything You Need to Know
Following World War II, numerous like-minded European artists claimed complete creative independence. Considering they had a common vision, they...
Tommy Thiange 1 September 2026
Les Nabis 101
“Nabis” in Hebrew means “prophets.” In the Fall of 1888, a group of students at the Parisian Académie Julian, disappointed with the strict...
Magda Michalska 1 September 2026
