European Art

Women Artists

Mastering Details: Heads and Hands in Käthe Kollwitz’s Art

The focus of Käthe Kollwitz’s art is the human being. Above all, a compassionate, humane outlook is characteristic of her approach. She was mainly...

Petra Dragasevic 16 May 2025

Baroque

At the Crossroads of East and West: What Qing-Dynasty Export Porcelain Tells Us About Global Artistic Exchanges

Mount Olympus, Homeric Troy, Renaissance Venice, Golden Age Delft. At the outset, Western art history hardly bears any connections with its Eastern...

Guest Author 15 May 2025

The White Cat painting by Franz Marc Expressionism

Wild Spirits: 5 Animal Paintings by Franz Marc

Examining Franz Marc’s most iconic animal paintings reveals how the German Expressionist used color and form to convey the spiritual essence of...

Lisa Scalone 15 May 2025

Zeus' lovers:Dosso Dossi, Jupiter and Semele, 1520s, private collection. Wikimedia Commons (public domain). Ancient Art

Top 5 Zeus’ Lovers and Their Crazy Stories

The Almighty Zeus was the god of skies and thunders in the ancient Greek mythology, who ruled as the king of the gods of Mount Olympus. His name is...

Zuzanna Stańska 14 May 2025

Ancient Greece

Mythological Heroes in Art: Triumph & Tragedy

Mythological heroes have been depicted in artworks countless times throughout history. We are constantly returning to their timeless tales in art and...

Jenna Burns 14 May 2025

Myth and Legend, John Singer Sargent, Orestes pursued by the Furies, 1921, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA Herstory

5 Mythological Superheroes Who Could Star in Marvel Movies

Superheroes are nothing new, they were praised throughout antiquity. We present 5 Goddesses who could be the next movie legends!

Candy Bedworth 14 May 2025

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7 Things That Could Only Happen to You in Greek Mythology

Thinking your luck couldn’t get any worse? Well, brace yourself for a humorous journey into the world of Greek mythology, where even the mighty...

Ania Kaczynska 14 May 2025

Jean-François Millet, The Gleaners, 1857, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France Artist Stories

Jean-François Millet: The Peasant Painter

French artist Jean Francois Millet painted some the world’s best known artworks of peasants toiling in rural landscapes. Explore his life and work!

Candy Bedworth 13 May 2025

Realism

European Realism in 10 Paintings

Realism with a capital “R” was an art movement in the middle years of the 19th century. It was not just about representing real life—the...

Catriona Miller 13 May 2025

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: The Iron Rolling Mill (Modern Cyclopes) by Adolph Menzel

The 19th century, the age of steel and steam, witnessed not only the development of the industry but also the new themes in painting. Now, simple...

Kate Wojtczak 13 May 2025

Love Story

Living in the Shadow—Marie and Peder Severin Krøyer

Marie and Peder Severin Krøyer were a 19th and early 20th-century artist couple. Although their marriage and lives were far from ideal, history has...

Pola Otterstein 13 May 2025

Alexandre Cabanel, The Fallen Angel, 1847, Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France. Painting

Alexandre Cabanel in 10 Paintings—Master of French Academic Painting

Alexandre Cabanel rose to fame for his historical, classical, and religious subjects, all executed in the refined style of French academic painting.

Errika Gerakiti 12 May 2025