Masterpiece Story: Self-Portrait at 28 by Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer loved self-portraits. In the first half of his life, he made a series of them. The earliest is from 1484, when the artist was a...
Zuzanna Stańska 9 November 2025
European Art
Masterpiece Story: Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
Why is art history predominantly focused on male artists? Are there not enough female artists to fill textbooks? Of course, there are enough, but the...
James W Singer 9 November 2025
QUIZ: Love in Art
Anastasia Manioudaki 8 November 2025
QUIZ: Do You Know Your Renaissance Painters?
Joanna Kaszubowska 8 November 2025
Tenebrism 101: All You Need to Know
The Baroque movement, which characterizes much of the European art of the 17th century, is known for its dramatic flair. Gods, demigods, and saints...
Anastasia Manioudaki 7 November 2025
Mary Magdalene in Candlelight by Georges de La Tour
In the 17th century, Mary Magdalene was a popular subject in art, symbolizing sin, repentance, and redemption. Georges de La Tour, the French Baroque...
Kinga Dobosz 7 November 2025
Francisco de Zurbarán: The Spanish Caravaggio
Francisco de Zurbarán was one of the major Spanish painters of the 17th century. He is especially known for his religious subjects and for the...
Vithória Konzen Dill 7 November 2025
Masterpiece Story: Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1656) was the most accomplished female painter of the Italian Baroque. She specialized in Biblical scenes of strong...
James W Singer 7 November 2025
Together Apart: Kandinsky and Malevich’s Paths to Abstraction
Though Kandinsky and Malevich came from different backgrounds, their paths converged in shaping the Russian avant-garde. Each developed a radically...
Catherine Razafindralambo 6 November 2025
Masterpiece Story: At the Moulin Rouge, The Dance by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Tonight the Moulin Rouge is bursting at the seams. Men in dark coats and distinguished women dance and converse on the buzzing floor. Each has a...
Ruxi Rusu 6 November 2025
In a Cabaret with Toulouse-Lautrec’s Posters
On the outskirts of Paris, a working-class district with cabarets and dance halls called Montmartre became the bohemian center of the city.
Magda Michalska 6 November 2025
Masterpiece Story: Aristide Bruant in His Cabaret by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
In the 1890s, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was part of a group of young avant-garde artists whose color lithography served as a vehicle for innovative...
Zuzanna Stańska 6 November 2025
