Masterpiece Story: Donkey Rides on the Beach by Isaac Israëls
As part of our link-up with the Rijksmuseum, here is one of Isaac Israel’s beach scenes. Donkey Rides is painted with a breezy freedom that...
Catriona Miller 20 July 2025
Art Movements
The Tang Shipwreck—Southeast Asia’s Maritime Heritage
Discovered near the Belitung Island in Indonesia, the Tang Shipwreck is a momentous archaeological discovery of recent times that provides...
Maya M. Tola 18 July 2025
The Sutton Hoo Ship Burial and Its Anglo-Saxon Treasures
A 2021 Netflix production called The Dig is a fictionalized story about the 1939 discovery of the Sutton Hoo ship burial. It is based on John...
Alexandra Kiely 18 July 2025
Have You Ever Seen Ancient Sculptures’ Colors?
We admire the beauty and plasticity of ancient sculptures, how harmoniously they fit into the surrounding landscape. But we rarely ask ourselves the...
Elizaveta Ermakova 18 July 2025
Pompeii of the Aegean: Thera Wall Paintings on Santorini
The Thera wall paintings on Santorini reveal the bustling civilization that existed on the southernmost island of the Cyclades circa 1600 BCE. Around...
Anastasia Manioudaki 18 July 2025
Masterpiece Story: Sphere Within Sphere by Arnaldo Pomodoro
The world has recently bid farewell to Arnaldo Pomodoro, the Italian sculptor whose name became synonymous with monumental bronze spheres—enigmatic...
Lisa Scalone 17 July 2025
Woman with Stylus: What a Portrait Can Tell Us About Women in Ancient Rome
Woman with Stylus is an ancient Roman fresco unearthed in Pompeii nearly two millennia after the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE. Various details...
Natalia Iacobelli 17 July 2025
Zdzisław Beksiński in 5 Photographs
The name of Zdzisław Beksiński is mostly associated with surreal images filled with gloom and anxiety. Although the artist is mainly known for his...
Guest Author 17 July 2025
Fascinating (and Creepy) Coffin Portraits of the Polish Nobility
In the 17th and 18th centuries, Poland was a much bigger and more important country than it is today, as it encompassed some parts of the territories...
Magda Michalska 17 July 2025
