Masterpiece Story: Great Princess Mama Occollo
Great Princess Mama Occollo is an amazing masterpiece of South American art from the 19th century in the collection of the Denver Art Museum. It...
James W Singer 10 August 2025
Art Forms
Masterpiece Story: Allegorical Painting of Two Ladies
Allegorical Painting of Two Ladies is an enigmatic and highly unusual imaginative portrait made in 1650s England. It reveals a fascinating story...
Nicole Ganbold 10 August 2025
Masterpiece Story: Three Ladies Adorning a Term of Hymen by Joshua Reynolds
Three Ladies Adorning a Term of Hymen is a huge triple portrait of the Montgomery sisters by Sir Joshua Reynolds. It thematizes aristocratic marriage...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 10 August 2025
5 Women Artists Who Specialized in Cat Paintings—The Evolution of Cat Portraiture
It’s no mystery that artists loved cats. Throughout history, artists have made felines their studio companions and depicted them as they slept,...
Ela Bobek 8 August 2025
Tonalism 101: Capturing Emotion Through Light and Tone
Have you ever heard of the phrase, “Let’s set the tone”? An art movement did exactly that. Tonalism is an American painting style...
Coleman Richards 7 August 2025
Marsden Hartley: An Overlooked Modernist
Marsden Hartley was a ground-breaking modernist, ostracized from the art world at the height of his career. Today he remains sidelined as a...
Louisa Mahoney 7 August 2025
Fooling the Eye: Illusionistic Games in Andrea Mantegna’s Bridal Chamber
A masterpiece of the early Italian Renaissance, Andrea Mantegna’s Bridal Chamber has been described as the most beautiful room in the world.
Natalia Iacobelli 7 August 2025
Did You Know the Mona Lisa Has a Twin? She Was Hidden for Hundreds of Years!
The Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world. But did you know that she has a twin? Covered with multiple layers of dark and cracked...
Zuzanna Stańska 7 August 2025
Pauline Boty: The Untold Story of a Pop Art Pioneer
Pauline Boty was one of the pioneers of the 1960s’ Pop Art movement in Britain, of which she was the only acknowledged female member. Her...
Nikolina Konjevod 6 August 2025
Corita Kent: Pop Art Nun and Inspiring Art Teacher
Corita Kent was an artist, an educator, and a Roman Catholic nun. She created bold, colorful pop art posters to confront social injustice. Corita...
Candy Bedworth 6 August 2025
10 Pop Art Paintings You Should Know
Dominating the 20th century with iconic imagery, pop art’s effects on the art world are still being felt today. Here are 10 of the most significant...
Guest Author 6 August 2025
Come Dine with Art History: 7 Famous Feasts in Art
Socrates said that “We eat to live, not live to eat” (although his wife must have thought differently since according to legend she was terribly...
Magda Michalska 5 August 2025
