Highlights from the Alte Pinakothek in Munich
The Alte Pinakothek is an art museum in Munich, Germany. The name Alte, meaning Old, refers to the time span which the collections cover: the 14th to...
Anastasia Manioudaki 30 January 2022
Painting
Masterpiece Story: Flight into Egypt by Adam Elsheimer
Flight into Egypt is a masterpiece found in the collection of the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, Germany. Human dramas are depicted with vivid...
James W Singer 30 January 2022
Masterpiece Story: Children Eating Grapes and a Melon by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Children Eating Grapes and a Melon, currently located in the Alte Pinakothek, is one of the most famous paintings by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. This...
Vithória Konzen Dill 30 January 2022
Travel in the Footsteps of Henri Matisse in Morocco
Until the advent of mass tourism, North Africa’s jewel, Morocco remained a relatively unknown world of Sultans, spices and sparse deserts. A number...
Charlotte Stace 29 January 2022
Artists’ Beloved Travel Destinations as Seen Through Their Art
The summer months are coming soon; a time generally seen as an opportunity for traveling. A time for flying to far off destinations; a respite from...
Rachel Witte 29 January 2022
Liberty Leading the People: Delacroix, French Revolution, and Coldplay
Liberty Leading the People is probably the best-known artwork of one of the greatest artists of French Romanticism Eugène Delacroix. The painting,...
Rute Ferreira 26 January 2022
Artists and Industrial Revolution: Images of the Changing World
The Industrial Revolution brought fundamental and irreversible social changes. But what was its influence on art and artists? Discover works by...
Europeana 26 January 2022
Commedia dell’Arte Characters in Art
Commedia dell’arte is a form of theater popular from the 16th to the 18th century. The name means comedy of art indicating that the performers...
Anastasia Manioudaki 24 January 2022
What Do Édouard Manet and Saint Francis Have in Common?
Édouard Manet once remarked: “I should like to be the Saint Francis of still life”. While the comparisons between Manet and Saint Francis may...
Marta Loza 23 January 2022
Manet’s Philosophers
The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California is hosting two masterpieces by 19th century French artist, Édouard Manet from the permanent...
Maya M. Tola 23 January 2022
Feeling Blue? Color Psychology and Its Use in Art
The year was 1901 when Picasso’s dear friend, Carles Casagemas, committed suicide. That same year, Picasso sunk into a deep depression during...
Bruno Guerra 22 January 2022
What Makes an Artwork Famous?
Michelangelo. Leonardo da Vinci. Pablo Picasso. Georgia O’Keeffe. Rembrandt. The Renaissance. Cubism. Impressionism. More than likely, you have...
Rachel Witte 20 January 2022
