Nikko Toshogu Shrine: Japan’s UNESCO World Heritage Site
Among one of the most scenic areas of Japan, in the middle of the Honshu island, and at the foot of the Mt. Nantai volcano, lies the small city of...
Guest Profile 17 January 2022
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Four Women Impressionists You Shouldn’t Forget
Impressionism is not only limited to Monet, Renoir, and Degas. There were four women Impressionists who were all the members of the same circle and...
Zuzanna Stańska 14 January 2022
The Truth is in the Soil: The Elegiac Odyssey of Ioanna Sakellaraki
No phenomenon pertaining to human existence is as infallible and foundational as death. Expectedly, an occurrence that has this kind of defining...
Erol Degirmenci 13 January 2022
John Singer Sargent’s Charcoal Portraits at The Morgan Library
John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal opened at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York in October 2019. It was the first-ever museum...
Alexandra Kiely 12 January 2022
Puzzles with the Shade of Communism: 10 Great Soviet Mosaics in Russia
In the conditions of the rigid USSR system of control, impersonality of buildings was practically inevitable. However, there was one way of escape:...
Elizaveta Ermakova 11 January 2022
Finding Hitler’s Horses: Book Review of Arthur Brand’s True Story
When the year has come to an end it’s always fun to look back at the books that inspired and impacted us. For me, easily the most fascinating...
Nadine Waldmann 10 January 2022
Venice Carnival in Paintings
Venice is stunning all year round but during the carnival month, it becomes even more charming and mysterious. One stumbles upon princesses,...
Magda Michalska 10 January 2022
Crowning Glory – World’s Most Beautiful Tiaras
If you want to feel like a princess there is nothing like a tiara. We all wear earrings, rings, necklaces, but who casually pops a tiara on? Maybe we...
Joanna Kaszubowska 10 January 2022
Museo Soumaya – 21st Century Spectacle in Mexico City
Frida Kahlo’s self portraits and reproductions of Our Lady of Guadalupe are baked into the symbolism of Mexico City. Comparable to these...
Jennifer S. Musawwir 10 January 2022
Psychological Truth on the Verge of Modernity: Symbolism in Victorian Art
Symbolism in the late 19th century came out of the romantic movement and explored the meanings of forms, lines, shapes, and color. It drew on...
Wendy Gray 9 January 2022
Rothko: Eternal Symbols of Life
When you say Rothko, you think of large paintings of colorful rectangular form with frayed edges, horizontal, sometimes vertical as well, floating on...
Irina Diana Calu 9 January 2022
A Journey into the Cosy Danish Painting: Skagen Painters
Situated in the northernmost point of Denmark, the small town of Skagen is a quaint place with a lot of light and great views. As a result, the town...
Merve Parla 8 January 2022
