Art Forms

Rococo

François Boucher in 10 Paintings

François Boucher (1703–1770) was one of the major exponents of the Rococo style in the 18th century. His paintings showed the ostentation and...

Jimena Escoto 10 April 2025

Spring masterpieces: Claude Monet,The Artist's gareden inGiverny, 1900, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France Art State of Mind

Spring Is Here! Catch Spring Fever with 7 Masterpieces!

It has finally arrived! Spring is here! The freezing winter says farewell and the good weather is hopefully here to stay. The warm rays of sunshine...

Andra Patricia Ritisan 10 April 2025

Painting

10 Beautiful Paintings to Welcome Spring

Spring means renewal and hope. From Renaissance tales to Impressionist landscapes, the season has been likened to nature awakening and has served as...

Zuzanna Stańska, Szymon Jocek 10 April 2025

Art Travels

Around the World in Spring Through 10 Paintings

Spring has inspired artists from all over the world for generations. The melting away of the cold winter and burgeoning of new life in every corner...

Maya M. Tola 10 April 2025

Review

William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love—A New Book by Phillip Hoare

William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love (2025, Pegasus Books) by award-winning author Philip Hoare takes the life and career of William Blake...

Catriona Miller 9 April 2025

spirit victorian photography Photography

The Spectacle of Victorian Spirit Photography

Is seeing believing? In 19th-century London, this question captivated everyone who entered Frederick Hudson’s spirit photography studio—from...

Emily Snow 9 April 2025

Contemporary Art

Between Art and Engineering: Kinetic Beasts by Theo Jansen

Theo Jansen, a Dutch contemporary artist, a sculptor, an engineer, and most significantly, a visionary. The universe in his mind along with his...

Caroline Galambosova 8 April 2025

Sickness in art: Carmen Lomas Garza, La Curandera, 1989, The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, ©Carmen Lomas Garza - The Art of Being Sick Art State of Mind

The Art of Being Sick

As much as we wish otherwise, we all get sick sometimes. And though the pandemic seems to be in the past we still have to be cautious and thoughtful.

Joanna Kaszubowska 7 April 2025

A Lady Writing, by Johannes Vermeer Design

Cultural Differences in Calligraphy: 5 Examples from Ancient Times to the Age of AI

Does calligraphy have a place in the age of AI? Do we still need handwritten words when we can just as easily print them from a computer? What about...

Ledys Chemin 7 April 2025

François Clouet (School), Portrait of Louise de Lorraine, ca. 1575, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, USA. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Louise de Lorraine by François Clouet (School)

Portrait of Louise de Lorraine is a French Renaissance painting that exudes the artistic ideas of its time and captures the queen’s personal and...

James W Singer 6 April 2025

Renaissance

Masterpiece Story: The Calumny of Apelles by Sandro Botticelli

Sandro Botticelli‘s final painting with a mythological subject is based on a lost painting by an ancient Greek painter Apelles. He ventured to...

Magda Michalska 6 April 2025

Rococo

7 Things You Need to Know About Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Before reading on, you should know that Jean-Honoré Fragonard was a Rococo master. One can say that Fragonard was Rococo. The works of this French...

Zuzanna Stańska, Matthew Vazquez 4 April 2025