Dutch Golden Age Explained
When one thinks of any Golden Age, the first thing that comes to mind is the 17th-century Netherlands at its glory – the Dutch Golden Age. The most...
Nicole Ganbold 30 March 2026
Baroque
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 29 March 2026
Masterpiece Story: Girl in a Picture Frame by Rembrandt
The girl leans out of the painting as if she intends to cross the boundary between art and reality—she touches the frame and looks directly at the...
The Royal Castle in Warsaw 26 March 2026
Spanish Bodegones of the 17th Century
Looking at a painting and getting hungry? It might be a bodegón! Here we define the genre of Spanish bodegones in the context of 17th-century...
Soledad Castillo Jara 23 March 2026
Masterpiece Story: Portrait of Sofonisba Anguissola by Anthony van Dyck
Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) was a Flemish painter from Antwerp. Between 1621 and 1627, he worked in Italy, mainly in Genoa, studying the great...
Soledad Castillo Jara 19 March 2026
Artemisia Gentileschi: A Changing Landscape for the Discourse of Art History
A lot of 16th and 17th-century art focuses on mythological tropes and origin stories that are deeply embedded in misogyny and sexual violence.
Guest Author 2 March 2026
Disobedient — A Novel About Artemisia Gentileschi
Review of Disobedient by Elizabeth Freemantle. A novel about the early life of Baroque Italian artist Artemesia Gentileschi
Candy Bedworth 2 March 2026
10 Paintings About Love from the Dutch Golden Age
Love is everywhere in 17th-century Dutch painting, but it rarely announces itself loudly. Instead, it is subtle and nuanced, seen through half-open...
Tom Anderson 12 February 2026
Rococo and Baroque Architecture in Turkey
Representing splendor, opulence, and brilliance, Rococo art prevailed in Europe from the year 1700. It followed the Baroque period in art, which...
Merve Parla 11 February 2026
Masterpiece Story: The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velázquez
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599–1660) was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV and one of the most important painters of...
Joanna Kaszubowska 8 February 2026
QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Rembrandt?
Anna Ingram 31 January 2026
