Masterpiece Story: Sleeping Venus by Giorgione and Titian
Giorgione and Titian’s Sleeping Venus is a masterpiece of the Venetian Renaissance school of painting. It explores sensual nudity through a...
James W Singer 29 December 2024
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Masterpiece Story: Cupid Untying the Zone of Venus by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Cupid Untying the Zone of Venus by Sir Joshua Reynolds is a complex masterpiece of mythological allusion, seductive implications, and historical...
James W Singer, 29 December 2024
Masterpiece Story: The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velázquez
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599–1660) was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV and one of the most important painters of...
Joanna Kaszubowska 29 December 2024
Feathered Masterpieces: The Ultimate Bird Art Quiz
Candy Bedworth 28 December 2024
QUIZ: How Well Do You Know the Impressionists?
Candy Bedworth 28 December 2024
QUIZ: Brush Up Your Art History! Guess the Art Movement
Tommy Thiange 28 December 2024
Disobedient — A Novel About Artemisia Gentileschi
Review of Disobedient by Elizabeth Freemantle. A novel about the early life of Baroque Italian artist Artemesia Gentileschi
Candy Bedworth 27 December 2024
Book Review: Frida Kahlo’s Unimaginable Life
Fridamania is contagious. Reading the Frida Kahlo book written by Hettie Judah almost drags us to the brink of melancholic stroke despite being armed...
Urvi Chheda 27 December 2024
Hendrick Avercamp: Chronicler of the Little Ice Age
A dog tears at the carcass of a long-dead horse. Nearby, a man brandishes what looks like a golf club, and a dandy grins alongside a woman in a...
Guest Profile 26 December 2024
Circus and Jazz of Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was a renowned French artist celebrated for his bold use of color. One of his lesser-known masterpieces, The Circus, is a...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 26 December 2024
Drama and Dynamism: George Seurat and the Circus
George Seurat, like many 19th-century artists, loved the circus. In particular, he enjoyed watching the tumbling acrobats in bright costumes, a...
Anastasia Manioudaki 26 December 2024
Masterpiece Story: Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando by Edgar Degas
Feats of strength, super flexibility, the ability to hold one’s breath for long periods of time, combine all that with lions, clowns, and a...
Rachel Witte 26 December 2024
