Sacred Signs – Prehistoric Sculpture
It seems that forming figurative shapes out of natural materials has always been with us. As humans developed, a bigger, more sophisticated brain...
Candy Bedworth 12 September 2024
Art Movements
Portable Prehistoric Gods and Goddesses
Our prehistoric ancestors moved around a lot. It was a short and brutal life back then – you needed the protection and guidance of your gods and...
Candy Bedworth 12 September 2024
Lower Pecos Rock Art: Prehistoric Painting in North America
On the Texas-Mexico border, there are treasures of prehistoric art: hundreds of painted caves and rock shelters dating as early as 2000 BCE. Filled...
Alexandra Kiely 12 September 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 September 2024
How Did the Dutch Become Dutch: Propaganda Prints in the Dutch Golden Age
The Golden Age of the Dutch Republic was a flourishing period for culture and economy, yet it wasn’t characterized by peace. The Dutch Republic...
Andreea Iancu 9 September 2024
3 Dutch Old Masters You Should Know
You probably are familiar with the names of the famous painters from the Netherlands like Rembrandt, Bosch, Vermeer… But have you heard of Joachim...
Magda Michalska 9 September 2024
4 Surprising Facts About Haarlem in the Dutch Golden Age
The city of Haarlem in the Netherlands was one of the flourishing art centers in the 16th and 17th century. Today, you can walk the streets of the...
Rachel Witte 9 September 2024
Masterpiece Story: Monomaniac of Envy by Théodore Géricault
Théodore Géricault (1791-1824) was one of the most influential artists of French Romanticism. In Monomaniac of Envy, the artist tries to paint the...
James W Singer 8 September 2024
Masterpiece Story: Malle Babbe by Frans Hals
Although Frans Hals’ Malle Babbe was always considered a tronie or a fictional character study, the portrait is based on a woman whom the Dutch...
Nicole Ganbold 8 September 2024
Mothers of Invention: The Feminist Roots of Contemporary Art – Book Review
The book Mothers of Invention: The Feminist Roots of Contemporary Art comprises an innovative collection of essays by four different authors. Each...
Kaena Daeppen 6 September 2024
Japonisme: Western Fever for Japanese Art and Culture
During the mid-19th and 20th centuries, Western art saw the birth of Japonisme. The term was coined by Philippe Burty in 1872 and refers to the craze...
Jimena Escoto 5 September 2024
Julie Manet – Who Was This Pretty Girl Immortalized by the Impressionists?
Julie Manet – called the beauty of Impressionism – was the daughter of the wealthy, well-connected painter Berthe Morisot and Eugène Manet,...
Pola Otterstein 5 September 2024
