Literature in the Pre-Raphaelite Paintings
From its very inception, subjects taken from the literature were a staple for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Shakespeare, Keats, and Tennyson were...
Anastasia Manioudaki 4 December 2023
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Pre-Raphaelite Sisters: Five Female Painters to Know
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, an all-male artistic fraction active during the second half of the 19th century, has become synonymous today with...
Anastasia Tsaleza 4 December 2023
Siren Song: History of Mermaids in Art
Benevolent or deadly? There are so many depictions of this mythical creature. Let's explore how mermaids have been portrayed in art.
Candy Bedworth 1 December 2023
Rain in Japanese Art
Although Japanese weather varies greatly across the archipelago, the abundance of rain throughout the year remains a common phenomenon across Japan.
Maya M. Tola 29 November 2023
The Art of Wellbeing: Hygge Found in Masterpieces
In 2016, The Collins English Dictionary named “hygge” the runner-up word of the year. Since then, at least 20 books have been published on the...
Ledys Chemin 28 November 2023
Traveling Artists in Mexico: The First Generation
The 19th century was a tumultuous time for Mexico, to say the least. In 1821, it achieved its independence. However, the war devastated the country...
Jimena Escoto 27 November 2023
Mythological Femmes Fatales in Mysterious Symbolist Paintings
Symbolism developed in the 19th century. It began as a literary movement but quickly moved into other art forms. Symbolist painters rejected the...
Anastasia Manioudaki 20 November 2023
Joan Eardley: Scottish Passion for People and Places
Her career lasted barely 20 years but Joan Eardley (1921–1963) left behind a huge cache of monumental seascapes and poignant portraits which are...
Candy Bedworth 20 November 2023
Pieter Bruegel’s Children’s Games Explained
Children’s Games is one of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s most famous paintings. Just like in other works of his, it is debatable whether it was just...
Irina Diana Calu 20 November 2023
Tōkyō Thrift – Japonisme and the Japanese Bauhaus
The historical narrative of Modernism is overwhelmingly western. However, the history of the movement is, in reality, one of constant diffusion...
Geoffrey Bunting 18 November 2023
Japonisme: Western Fever for Japanese Art and Culture
During the mid-19th and 20th centuries, Western art saw the birth of Japonisme. The term was coined by Philippe Burty in 1872 and refers to the craze...
Jimena Escoto 18 November 2023
Around the World with a Painter: Frederic Edwin Church’s Travels
Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900) was a true world traveler. In his lifetime, Church visited the Arctic, Mexico, South...
Alexandra Kiely 17 November 2023
