Masterpiece Story: The Tailor by Giovanni Battista Moroni
The Tailor is one of Giovanni Battista Moroni’s most famous portraits. Not only is it an astonishing work of art, but the sitter himself is quite...
Joanna Kaszubowska 21 October 2022
Art Forms
The Story of Raphael’s Lost Portrait of a Young Man
Have you seen this painting? It is currently missing; in fact, it has been missing since 1945. Let’s explore the story of one of the most important...
Zuzanna Stańska 21 October 2022
Queen Elizabeth I – Portraits of the Last Tudor
Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) was the only surviving child of King Henry VIII of England and his second wife Anne Boleyn. Being a girl was hard...
Sarah Mills 21 October 2022
8 Things Everyone Should Know About Joaquín Sorolla
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida was a Spanish painter whose style was a variant of Impressionism. His best works, painted in the open air, vividly portray...
Zuzanna Stańska 20 October 2022
The Angels’ Forge: Marrying Glass with Modern Art
This is a story of an Italian man, Egidio Costantini, who was a radiotelegraph operator, a bank cashier, and a manual laborer extracting oils from...
Magda Michalska 20 October 2022
Masterpiece Story: Plate with Arabic Inscription
Plate with Arabic Inscription is a masterpiece of 10th-century Islamic art. It combines minimalism, abstraction, and morality into a beautiful and...
James W Singer 20 October 2022
The Charm of Colorful and Shiny Italian Maiolica Ceramic Wares
Maiolica ceramic wares are exquisitely decorated and vibrantly colored handmade artworks made popular during the Italian Renaissance. Their timeless...
Marga Patterson 20 October 2022
Art and Ritual: Culture of the Enigmatic Moche People
The Moche were an ancient, Indigenous people of Andean Peru. They are considered to be one of the most influential civilizations of the ancient...
Marga Patterson 20 October 2022
Breastfeeding in Public Paintings Allowed Here!
Breastfeeding in public recurs in the public debate from time to time. Whether it’s a legal, ethical, or aesthetic matter… Whether...
Magda Michalska 19 October 2022
Masterpiece Story: Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels by Jean Fouquet
One look at the 15th-century masterpiece, and you may think it is actually a modern creation. Pops of deep blue and red cherubs form the background...
Rachel Witte 19 October 2022
Maria Prymachenko — Folk Pacifist from Ukraine
Have you heard of Maria Prymachenko? She was an internationally acclaimed naïve artist who drew from traditional Ukrainian folk art. What...
Zuzanna Stańska 18 October 2022
Masterpiece Story: The Football Players by Henri Rousseau
Welcome to the bizarre world of Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), the quintessential naïve artist, and meet his masterpiece depicting oneiric, striped...
Anastasia Manioudaki 18 October 2022
