QUIZ: Do You Know Your Renaissance Painters?
Joanna Kaszubowska 11 March 2024
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 11 March 2024
Coming face-to-face with a piece of art you’ve loved for years is a thrilling, exciting and oftentimes overwhelming experience. Such was the case...
Nadine Waldmann 11 March 2024
Forest Lane near Schärfling by Emil Jakob Schindler is a masterpiece of Austrian Impressionism. It is an enchanting place where the natural...
James W Singer 11 March 2024
Introducing the pioneers of contemporary interior design: these five remarkable women have revolutionized our perception of living, working, and...
Joanna Kaszubowska 11 March 2024
Cecilia Vicuña was the artist to occupy the Turbine Hall in Tate Modern from October 2022 to April 2023. The vast space has previously housed...
Natalia Tiberio 10 March 2024
Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish painter born in Antwerp (then Spanish Netherlands, now Belgium) in 1599 and passed away in London in 1641. From 1621...
Soledad Castillo Jara 10 March 2024
In the 17th century, it has been widely believed that insects were just spontaneously born of mud, dirt, or rotting flesh, but that notion has been...
Nicole Ganbold 9 March 2024
Aeneas Taken by the Sibyl to the Underworld is one of only 11 known surviving works by Jacob van Swanenburgh. It is a rare gem of late Renaissance...
James W Singer 9 March 2024
There is a lot happening in this Sistine Chapel altar-wall fresco. Narratives within other narratives that contain enough imagery to last scholars a...
Rachel Witte 9 March 2024
The female form has been revered since time immemorial and women adorn artworks of all mediums portraying all imaginable aspects of femininity. These...
Maya M. Tola 8 March 2024
Most people have heard stories of the most famous Greek gods and heroes: Zeus, Poseidon, Heracles, Hades, etc. But what about the tales and woes of...
Lauren Dorsey 8 March 2024