The Erotic Drawings of Francesco Hayez (+18)
The Venetian painter Francesco Hayez is considered a genius of historical Romanticism. In addition to the quality and refinement of his artworks, he...
Rute Ferreira 16 May 2022
Romanticism
Masterpiece Story: Woman on the Balcony by Carl Gustav Carus
Woman on the Balcony is an intimate portrait of a person lost in thought. There is no action and no obvious story to interpret. However, its quiet...
James W Singer 25 April 2022
Liberty Leading the People: Delacroix, French Revolution, and Coldplay
I present to you a masterpiece by one of the greatest artists of French Romanticism Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, probably his...
Rute Ferreira 26 January 2022
Atala: The Tragedy that Transcended Pages
In the 19th century, Europeans went crazy for one story: Atala, or the Story of Two Lovers in the Desert. It is a novel by René de Chateaubriand...
Jimena Escoto 3 January 2022
The Mysterious Pinturas Negras Reveal Goya’s Darkest Secrets
There are already several articles that treat in detail the life and works of Francisco Goya. If you want to learn about his career or most famous...
Magda Michalska 3 December 2021
The Troubadour Style: Fantasized Rediscovery of the Middle Ages in Painting
The rediscovery of medieval civilization is one of the most striking French intellectual curiosities of the later 18th century and early 19th...
Montaine Dumont 28 September 2021
9 Facts About Caspar David Friedrich You Should Know
Caspar David Friedrich, one of the most important German artist of his generation, was born on this day in 1774. He is mostly known for...
Zuzanna Stańska 5 September 2021
10 Most Famous Works of Caspar David Friedrich
Caspar David Friedrich’s works changed the face of landscape painting with his intense and emotional focus on nature, and became a key member...
Zuzanna Stańska 31 August 2021
Goya’s Ghosts: The Disasters of War Print Series
Francisco Goya (1746-1828) is considered to be the founder of the national genre in Spain. He was talented in many areas: portraits, historical...
Elizaveta Ermakova 29 June 2021
The Great Vision of Nature: Constable and McTaggart
During his lifetime, captivated by the beauty of nature, John Constable’s landscapes received mixed reviews. He thought he was never going to...
Gokce Dyson 16 March 2021
Wagnerism in Art: Painting Music or Listening to Pictures
What is Wagnerism? There are perhaps no other cultural movements in the world that we have named after one person. Wagnerism was admiration for...
Alina Manevskaya 14 January 2021
Somewhere at Sea: Ivan Aivazovsky and his Marine Art
Many artists painted the sea, but only Ivan Aivazovsky was completely devoted to it. Over his long life (1817-1900), he dedicated thousands of...
Elizaveta Ermakova 13 November 2020
