Miró and Picasso: A Transcendent Artistic Friendship
In the vibrant tapestry of art history, few relationships resonate as profoundly as that of Joan Miró and Pablo Picasso. These two titans of...
Celia Leiva Otto 13 February 2024
Art Movements
The Story of an Excessively Electric Friendship Between Van Gogh and Gauguin
People say that you shouldn’t live with your friends because your friendship may deteriorate. The story of the friendship between Vincent van...
Magda Michalska 13 February 2024
American Colorist: Milton Avery
American artist Milton Avery employed wide strokes of vivid colors and simple forms in his acclaimed portraits, still lifes, and landscapes. Abstract...
Nikolina Konjevod 12 February 2024
QUIZ: Can You Guess These Post-Impressionist Painters?
Ania Kaczynska, 12 February 2024
Arte Povera: Aesthetics of the Ordinary
In memory of the world-famous Italian art critic Germano Celant, who himself in 1967 invented the term Arte Povera, translated as “Poor Art”, we...
Caroline Galambosova 12 February 2024
Visit Astonishing Halls of Maps and Globes
Cartography is the production of geographical maps and globes. It has evolved both as a science and as an art. This is why powerful people love...
Camilla de Laurentis 12 February 2024
Masterpiece Story: Ramesses II
The statue of Ramesses II is a masterpiece of ancient Egyptian sculpture that proclaims the royal majesty and prowess of Ramesses the...
James W Singer 11 February 2024
Masterpiece Story: Bacchus by Michelangelo
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known as Michelangelo, is undoubtedly among the world’s most treasured artists. His connection to...
Maya M. Tola 11 February 2024
Masterpiece Story: The Princesses Monument by Johann Gottfried Schadow
An unassuming and charming statue group, The Princesses Monument (Prinzessinnen-Denkmal) or Princesses Group (Prinzessinnengruppe) made by Johann...
Nadine Waldmann 11 February 2024
Ancient Greek Splendour: The Erechtheion Caryatids
I visited Athens, Greece in the summer of 2016. Naturally, a visit to the Acropolis was mandatory, and it was as beautiful and epic as you can...
Nadine Waldmann 9 February 2024
The Ancient Greek Kouros and Kore
Classical Greek statues depicting male and female bodies are iconic and legendary: they set the standards for numerous artists and art movements to...
Nadine Waldmann 9 February 2024
There Were Really Hot Guys in Ancient Greece: The Barberini Faun
Drunk, sleeping men are rarely, if ever, beautiful and sexually appealing, but this is not the case with this really sexy faun from ancient Greece.
Marta Loza 9 February 2024
