All You Need to Know About Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa is an icon and masterpiece featured in numerous movies, television shows, and music videos. It is famous for being Leonardo da...
Anna Ingram 6 January 2023
Renaissance
Most Famous Winter in Art History: Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel
In the Bruegel Room in Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, 12 paintings hang in the space. They cover the final ten year period of the life of Pieter...
Wendy Gray 21 December 2022
Iconic Pieter Bruegel’s Hunters in the Snow in Movies
The Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel the Elder belongs to the magnificent collection of Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Discover its story...
Zuzanna Stańska 11 December 2022
A Very Florentine Story: Perseus and the Head of Medusa by Benvenuto Cellini
Benvenuto Cellini’s Perseus and the Head of Medusa is a sculpture that is commonly overlooked. In fact, it could be the most regularly overlooked...
James Wray 22 November 2022
The First Kiss in Art History
It was back in the year 1305 when Giotto di Bondone painted a fresco capturing the moment when Virgin Mary’s parents, Joachim and Anne, kissed...
Petra Dragasevic 28 October 2022
Proto-Renaissance 101: From Guilds to Giotto
A lot of focus is put on the Renaissance when learning art history. It spans a few centuries and is known as a period of great change in European...
Rachel Witte 28 October 2022
The Surprising Career of Lavinia Fontana: Painter of Popes, Nudes, and Noblewomen
There weren’t many women who became successful artists in Renaissance Europe. However, there were probably more than most people think, and we try...
Alexandra Kiely 25 October 2022
Masterpiece Story: Self-Portrait with Madrigal by Marietta Robusti
The Venetian Renaissance painter Marietta Robusti has recently caused a stir in the art history world. Although only a few works are attributed to...
Anna Ingram 21 October 2022
Remember Me: Seven Intriguing Renaissance Portraits
The most important function of portraits is to preserve the memory of the sitter. The desire for being remembered is a natural human trait that is...
Nicole Ganbold 21 October 2022
Meet Catharina van Hemessen: The Female Renaissance Artist You Haven’t Heard About
Do you know which artist created the very first self-portrait depicting themselves at work? Let me introduce you to Catharina van Hemessen. She was...
Anna Ingram 28 September 2022
Everything You Need to Know About Plautilla Nelli
Sister Plautilla was a Florentine nun and artist who lived in the 16th-century Italy. After centuries of neglect, her work is finally being...
Vithória Konzen Dill 28 September 2022
Meet Mona Lisa’s Twin!
Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world. But did you know that she has a twin? Covered with multiple layers of dark and cracked varnish,...
Zuzanna Stańska 14 September 2022
