Art Forms

Leonardo da Vinci, Portrait of Mona Lisa del Giocondo Renaissance

Masterpiece Story: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci

The Mona Lisa is an icon and masterpiece featured in numerous movies, television shows, and music videos. It is famous for being Leonardo da...

Anna Ingram 6 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

Quiz

QUIZ: Guess the Famous Masterpieces Remade by Fernando Botero

Szymon Jocek 5 April 2025

Quiz

QUIZ: Cindy Sherman vs the Old Masters—Can You Recognize These Famous Paintings?

Kate Wojtczak, Magda Michalska, Aniela Rybak-Vaganay 5 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

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806) was the most prolific French painter of the 18th century. He created over 550 paintings embodying the spirit of...

James W Singer 4 April 2025

Rococo

The Mysterious Master of Rococo: Watteau

Who was Watteau, one of the most prominent Rococo painters? Not much is known about his life, which makes it and his art all the more mysterious. Are...

Magda Michalska 4 April 2025

North American Art

Diego Rivera in 5 Paintings: The Art of Revolution, Industry, and Culture

Diego Rivera (1886–1957) was more than just a painter—he was a storyteller, a historian, and a revolutionary with a brush. His murals burst with...

Joanna Kaszubowska 3 April 2025

Romanticism

The Extreme North of Peder Balke

Norwegian painter Peder Balke (1804–1887) is an unjustly unknown name, obscure to most outside of Scandinavia. Classed as a Romantic painter,...

Edoardo Cesarino 3 April 2025

Fashion

Crowning Glory—The World’s 12 Most Beautiful Tiaras

We all have family treasures, those mementos that matter to us so much because of their sentimental value and memories associated with them. Now,...

Joanna Kaszubowska 3 April 2025

Design

See Alexander Calder’s Unique Jewellery

Alexander Calder is one of my favorite sculptors, his mobiles are so light and simple and yet stunning with serene beauty. However, today I won’t...

Magda Michalska 3 April 2025