Joanna of Castile: Story of a Misunderstood Queen in Portraits
Joanna of Castile, also known as Joanna the Mad, was never expected to inherit the throne of Castile and Aragon in the 16th century. Due to her...
Anna Ingram 22 February 2024
Joanna of Castile, also known as Joanna the Mad, was never expected to inherit the throne of Castile and Aragon in the 16th century. Due to her...
Anna Ingram 22 February 2024
“Who is this beauty with an eyepatch?” you may ask. Is she some sort of pirate queen? No, but you are not far from the truth. Ana de Mendoza de...
Joanna Kaszubowska 22 February 2024
In the history of art, so much has been written and said about the close relationship between music and painting. Numerous painters have declared...
Guest Profile 21 February 2024
Portraits of Black people are rare in European art history. Let’s be clear: they were there, in society, but they rarely made it into art, except...
Candy Bedworth 20 February 2024
White subjects have dominated the Western art tradition for millennia, while people of color have been vastly underrepresented and misrepresented.
James W Singer 20 February 2024
Although representations of Black people were overlooked in European art for a long time, current social and political movements participate to...
Amélie Pascutto 20 February 2024
For centuries, Black women appeared in Western art as slaves, servants, or exotic novelties. But as regal queens and leaders? Shamefully not. We will...
Candy Bedworth 20 February 2024
Kate Wojtczak 19 February 2024
Conscript’s Farewell is a masterpiece by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. It explores a family’s reaction to the conscription of their beloved...
James W Singer 18 February 2024
Funeral by Frants Henningsen is a Danish masterpiece of emotions. It examines the different psychological reactions to love, loss, and...
James W Singer 18 February 2024