Jean Cocteau – Prince of Parisian Bohème
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (1889-1963) was a prince of bohème. A significant figure in the European art of the 20th century, Cocteau...
Valeria Kumekina 18 January 2024
Theater & Cinema
Squid Game: Art in the Darkest of Places
Television may not have as long a history as other art forms. Nonetheless, it has often taken inspiration from them. Do you remember the incredibly...
Jimena Escoto 13 January 2024
Two Worlds Collide: Pop Art and the Cuban Revolution
Would it surprise you to learn that pop art aesthetics became popular in socialist Cuba at the very same time it was gaining fame across the USA and...
Kacper Grass 29 December 2023
Looks Familiar? Art References in Disney Movies
For Disney’s acolytes, spotting hidden references that link different movies brings more excitement and joy than unwrapping presents. But what if...
Giordana Goretti 25 December 2023
The Art of Polish Film Posters
The emergence of the poster as a fresh, creative medium was a timely episode in an unfolding age of consumer expendability. In an era of conveyor...
Jon Kelly 19 December 2023
Movie Scenes Staged as Famous Paintings
In 1911 the Italian film theoretician Ricciotto Canudo defined cinema as “the seventh art”. So it’s quite natural that from its birth cinema...
Arianna Richetti 11 December 2023
How Disney’s Sleeping Beauty Was Inspired by the Late Medieval Tapestry
In Charles Perrault’s 17th-century literary world, knights, dragons, and spellbound princesses persisted centuries after the topic diminished. As...
Anna Ingram 2 December 2023
Mariano Fortuny – A Genius From Venice
Yes, the title is a little misleading. Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo was not originally from Venice, as he was born in Granada in 1871, as the son of a...
Magda Michalska 20 November 2023
Salvador Dalí and His Eccentric World of Advertisements
Salvador Dalí was celebrated not only for his artistic genius but also for his flair in monetizing it. Some might argue that his wife, Gala, had a...
Zuzanna Stańska 16 November 2023
An Andalusian Dog – Surrealist Film of Dalí and Buñuel
The Covid-19 pandemic has been distressing us for a long time now, but An Andalusian Dog is always a good tip. Above all, the movie and Surrealism,...
Dévra Taboada 16 November 2023
Postwar Modernism in Cinema: Italian Neorealism
World War II ravaged everything in its path. The global economy was ruined, and many cities were completely destroyed, not to mention the number of...
Errika Gerakiti 15 November 2023
The Scary Dr. Caligari: German Expressionism and Horror Movies
Expressionism is a movement with many branches. It inspired various artists and each one of them embraced it differently. Above all, it encouraged...
Errika Gerakiti 30 October 2023
