
Painting of the Week: Francis A. Silva, Kingston Point, Hudson River

Literature in the Pre-Raphaelite Paintings
Painting of the Week: Winslow Homer, Summer Squall
October 11, 2020The crashing waves roar with a deafening thunder, and the foamy spray flies with a quickening speed. Great gusts of wind blow the waters over the rocks and over the sea shore. A storm of monstrous size lands...
The Victorians: an Unexpected World of Erotica and Pornography [18+]
October 2, 2020The subject of erotica is vast. Even reduced to only the Victorian world of erotica, it’s a challenge to write about in the space of an article. Really, it’s more the stuff of a book, and indeed many...
Get Inspired: Jewelry in Rossetti’s Paintings
September 17, 2020Each piece of jewelry in Rossetti’s paintings worn by his models wasn’t invented but copied from actual accessories from the artist’s collection. Pieces were carefully selected to complement the garment, color, and other aesthetic features of the painting....
Tattoos – Ancient Ink to Modern Celebrity
September 13, 2020Love them or loathe them, tattoos are a global phenomenon. Inserting pigment under the skin for decorative or ritualistic purposes has been around since prehistoric times. Tattooing is a close relative of scarification and piercing, and examples exist...
Mythological Femmes Fatales in the Mysterious Symbolist Paintings
September 9, 2020Symbolism developed in the 19th century, it began as a literary movement but quickly moved into other art forms. Symbolist painters rejected the advent of new technologies, scientific thought, and naturalism. Instead, they favored thoughts and feelings. Given...
Flaming June or Dorothy Dene? A Muse of Frederic Leighton
September 5, 2020In 1879, Frederic Leighton’s biographer and neighbor (that’s handy, isn’t it?), Mrs. Barrington, noticed “a young girl with a lovely white face, dressed in deepest black, evidently a model.” This girl was actress Dorothy Dene, a muse, and...
Royal Portraits: The Art of Image
August 16, 2020Shakespeare once wrote, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” For monarchs throughout history, the importance of their name went hand-in-hand with their image. How did one...
