Hiroshige’s Winter Views of Edo
One of the most famous woodblock printers of the late Edo period in Japan, Utagawa Hiroshige, produced a series of a hundred views showing Edo city...
Magda Michalska 7 January 2025
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Shadows in Japanese Culture
Jun’ichirō Tanizaki (1886–1965) was an important Japanese writer, mainly during the Shōwa period. One of the author’s most important essays...
Luciana Craciun 7 January 2025
Autumn Moon in Japanese Woodblock Prints
Does anyone here live by the water? If you do, you will probably confirm that evenings have something transcendental when the moon reflects on the...
Magda Michalska 7 January 2025
Auguste Rodin in 10 Sculptures
Auguste Rodin, hailed as the father of modern sculpture, transformed art with innovative techniques and emotional depth. He bridged the academic...
Jimena Aullet 6 January 2025
Let Your Voice Be Heard: Ai Weiwei in 10 Artworks
Ai Weiwei is the world’s most famous art dissident. Here we take a tour of ten of his most significant works.
Candy Bedworth 6 January 2025
All You Need to Know About the Epiphany
The Epiphany was already a popular subject in painting in the Middle Ages, yet it became a topos during the Renaissance when each respected painter...
Magda Michalska 6 January 2025
The Adoration of the Magi: Depictions in Christian Art
The Adoration of the Magi (or the Adoration of the Kings) is one of the two biblical accounts that convey the birth of Jesus Christ and describes the...
Maya M. Tola 6 January 2025
Lee Krasner—Artist of Many Faces
For a long time, Lee Krasner’s (1908–1984) art has been overshadowed by that of her husband Jackson Pollock. Difficult to categorize, her work...
Michel Rutten 6 January 2025
Masterpiece Story: Breakfast of Birds by Gabriele Münter
Gabriele Münter (1877–1962) was a German Expressionist painter born in Berlin and most known for her landscapes and use of color. She developed a...
Heidi Werber 5 January 2025
Masterpiece Story: Threatened Swan by Jan Asselijn
Swans are normally characterized as graceful birds. They are magnificent and majestic. However, Jan Asselijn displays another side of these elegant...
James W Singer 5 January 2025
Expressionism 101: All You Need to Know
Expressionism developed the ideas of Post-Impressionism and became another prominent trend in the history of art. Some of its most remarkable...
Nataliia Pecherska 3 January 2025
Käthe Kollwitz: Germany’s Greatest Female Artist
Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945) was one of Germany’s greatest artists. She holds the distinction of being the only woman artist to make it into Ernst...
Chris Dobson 3 January 2025
