Music and Art: Tanto Bravura!
Music and art have long been closely tied together, each taking inspiration from the other (for better or for worse). Some remarkable music has been...
Sarah Mills 30 April 2022
Painting
Masterpiece Story: Artist’s Studio–The Dance by Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein was a famous American Pop artist, most well known for his original technique of mixed media on canvas, which was meant to remind the...
Magda Michalska 29 April 2022
Masterpiece Story: Woman on the Balcony by Carl Gustav Carus
Woman on the Balcony is an intimate portrait of a person lost in thought. There is no action and no obvious story to interpret. However, its quiet...
James W Singer 25 April 2022
Tenebrism 101: All You Need to Know
The Baroque movement, which characterizes much of the European art of the 17th century, is known for its dramatic flair. Gods, demigods, and saints...
Anastasia Manioudaki 24 April 2022
Caravaggisti: Fans, Epigons, Masters?
Caravaggio made an impact on painting even during his lifetime. This was probably because he acted in defiance of all the norms of the Catholic...
Magda Michalska 24 April 2022
The Anti-Painting of Joan Miró
Joan Miró is an artist who is very difficult to categorize. In general, he is considered to be a Surrealist. However, his works show a great...
Errika Gerakiti 20 April 2022
What Bunnies Are Capable Of – Bunny Paintings Not Only for Easter
I had already written about eggs and how often they feature in art (quirky…). This Easter it is time for another symbol: the Easter Bunny! The...
Magda Michalska 17 April 2022
Olga Boznanska: The Uneasy Story of a Polish Painter
Olga Boznanska was one of the most famous female Polish Post-Impressionists. Her multiple portraits of fragile women and children are permeated with...
Magda Michalska, Aniela Rybak 14 April 2022
Aristocratic Marriage Like in the Bridgerton Series
Three Ladies Adorning a Term of Hymen is a huge triple portrait of the Montgomery sisters by Sir Joshua Reynolds. It thematizes aristocratic marriage...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 11 April 2022
Raphael and La Fornarina – The Love Story
Margarita Luti is also known as “La Fornarina”, which means “the baker’s daughter”. According to legend, she was the...
Zuzanna Stańska 10 April 2022
Art in the Golden Hour
The golden hour is a brief and awe inspiring moment filled with the most radiant light, intense colors, and deep shadows. For centuries artists have...
Marga Patterson 7 April 2022
Female Painters of the Hudson River School, Part Two
In the previous article on Hudson River School, I introduced six female artists of this important landscape painting movement in 19th-century...
Alexandra Kiely 5 April 2022
