Masterpiece Story: The Music Lesson by Johannes Vermeer
Music was a big part of daily life in Holland in Johannes Vermeer’s time. As a testament to that, 14 Vermeer paintings include a musical...
Tom Anderson 13 April 2025
Art Movements
Masterpiece Story: Art of Painting by Johannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer is an enigmatic figure in the history of art. He is considered one of the most famous artists of the Dutch Golden Age. Why are his...
James W Singer 13 April 2025
Masterpiece Story: The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer
Among many representations of domestic scenes of respectable Dutch middle-class households, there is one that never ceases to impress and capture the...
Giordana Goretti 13 April 2025
Masterpiece Story: Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer
The Girl with a Pearl Earring is usually the first image that comes to mind when we think of Johannes Vermeer. It has inspired multiple references in...
Soledad Castillo Jara 13 April 2025
François Boucher in 10 Paintings
François Boucher (1703–1770) was one of the major exponents of the Rococo style in the 18th century. His paintings showed the ostentation and...
Jimena Escoto 10 April 2025
5 Famous Painters of American Realism
At the end of the 19th century in the United States, the romance of the Hudson River School gave way to artists determined to show the ordinary...
Theodore Carter 10 April 2025
William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love—A New Book by Phillip Hoare
William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love (2025, Pegasus Books) by award-winning author Philip Hoare takes the life and career of William Blake...
Catriona Miller 9 April 2025
Between Art and Engineering: Kinetic Beasts by Theo Jansen
Theo Jansen, a Dutch contemporary artist, a sculptor, an engineer, and most significantly, a visionary. The universe in his mind along with his...
Caroline Galambosova 8 April 2025
Blue Faience Hippopotamuses: The Cutest Animals of Ancient Egypt!
Blue faience hippopotamus was a popular statuette in ancient Egyptian art. It was considered to have positive traits associated with fertility and...
Zuzanna Stańska 8 April 2025
Demystifying Cycladic Figurines
Cycladic figurines have a mythical aura. Their gleaming abstract forms speak of timeless beauty. But what actually are they? Why do they look like a...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 7 April 2025
Inside the Bizarre Surrealist House of Edward James
Edward James saw himself as more than just a patron of Surrealism—he considered himself intimately connected with the movement and the ideas it...
Nikolina Konjevod 7 April 2025
Mona Lisa’s Illnesses
Everyone has heard about the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece at the Louvre in Paris. But you have probably never heard about… her...
Camilla de Laurentis 7 April 2025
