Masterpiece Story: Truth Coming Out of Her Well by Jean-Léon Gérôme
A fair-skinned woman, nude. Mouth open in either shock, rage, or maybe even disgust, as she emerges from a well. One leg is already draped over the...
Kristin Urban 14 July 2024
Academic Art
Art Crimes: What Is Artnapping?
It can be quite surprising to consider art as one of the items moved in the world’s black-market economy, alongside some of the more expected...
Nikolina Konjevod 11 January 2024
Robert of the Ruins: Idealized Ruins by Hubert Robert
Hubert Robert was an immensely popular French painter from the 18th century best known for his skillful landscapes, particularly his landscapes that...
Maya M. Tola 11 September 2023
Portrayal of an Abandoned Hero: Philoctetes
How would you feel if your friends abandoned you on an uninhabited island with a limited amount of food and no shelter just because you were injured?...
Erol Degirmenci 30 August 2022
Highlights of the Clark Art Institute
The Clark Art Institute, often referred to as “The Clark,” was founded in 1950 to house the extensive art collection of Sterling and Francine...
Anastasia Manioudaki 15 October 2020
Best Male Nudes in Art History (NSFW!)
Nudity in art first became significant in ancient Greece. The athletic competitions at religious festivals celebrated the male body as an embodiment...
Anuradha Sroha 18 July 2020
Roman Holidays: Italian Landscapes Through the Eyes of Russian Artists
It is well known that Italy is a motherland of world masterpieces. Renaissance paintings, baroque architecture and Italian opera are the children of...
Guest Author 23 April 2020
Visit Eugène Delacroix Exhibition at the Louvre with Mr. Bacchus
The early 19th century is a period when France is going through historical changes on all fronts. The anger of the people roars, the streets of Paris...
Christopher Michaut 11 May 2018
Time For… The Intervention of the Sabine Women
The Intervention of the Sabine Women is one of these paintings that is widely known, and considered to be a “classic” but rarely someone...
Zuzanna Stańska 5 November 2017
