QUIZ: How Much Do You Really Know About the Renaissance?
Javier Abel Miguel 16 May 2026
Renaissance
Masterpiece Story: Madonna and Child with Two Angels by Fra Filippo Lippi
On the surface, Fra Filippo Lippi’s Madonna and Child with Two Angels appears to be another typical Renaissance painting of the Virgin Mary and the...
James W Singer 10 May 2026
Masterpiece Story: Death and the Miser by Hieronymus Bosch
Death and the Miser is a masterpiece of morbid curiosity. It reflects on the tension between the pursuit of wealth and the inevitability of death,...
James W Singer 8 May 2026
What Is a Wunderkammer? Best Cabinets of Curiosities
The characteristic of arousing surprise for the observer is typical for the so-called Wunderkammer or Cabinet of Curiosities. These are real rooms of...
Caroline Galambosova 4 May 2026
The Original Influencer: Raphael at the Met
Any content creator entering the exhibition Raphael: Sublime Poetry might feel a twinge of FOMO at the opening wall text-the Metropolitan Museum of...
MJ Rivera 30 April 2026
QUIZ: The Italian Art Odyssey
Joanna Kaszubowska 25 April 2026
Why Were Children in Art History Covered with Jewelry Like Miniature Adults?
While researching 17th-century portraiture, especially those by Lavinia Fontana, I started noticing the children bedecked in jewelry like miniature...
Kitty Perring 20 April 2026
Listen to the Butt Music on Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights
Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights is a three-part altarpiece showing the Garden of Eden on the left and a vision of hell on the right.
Zuzanna Stańska 14 April 2026
Masterpiece Story: Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian
Titian’s Bacchus and Ariadne captures the vibrancy of a Greco-Roman myth through the lens of an Italian Renaissance painter. Learn about the...
James W Singer 13 April 2026
Too Much Love Will Kill You—The Death of Raphael
Raphael Sanzio, one of the greatest Renaissance painters, died on Good Friday in 1520. He was only 37 years old and at the peak of his artistic...
Zuzanna Stańska 6 April 2026
Venetian Art in 10 Paintings: A Journey Through Color and Light
Venice has always been more than canals and carnival masks—it’s a city that helped shape the course of European art. From the Byzantine...
Alessia Caldana 6 April 2026
Is This Unicorn a Dog? Uncovering the Mysteries of Raphael’s Masterpiece
Portrait of a Young Woman with Unicorn by Raphael is one of the gems from the Galleria Borghese in Rome. Long misattributed and repainted, this...
Ela Bobek 6 April 2026
