Masterpiece Story: Feast of Love by Jean-Antoine Watteau
Feast of Love is a beautiful painting by Jean-Antoine Watteau that explores the themes of love and impermanence. It holds a polished mixture of urban...
James W Singer 31 December 2022
European Art
Family Treasures – World’s Most Beautiful Tiaras
We all have family treasures, those mementos that matter to us so much because of their sentimental value and memories associated with them. Now,...
Joanna Kaszubowska 30 December 2022
Vivienne Westwood dies at 81: Read the Punk Fashion Queen Story
Vivienne Westwood dies at 81. She was a prolific fashion designer. She gained fame by making punk designs before it was cool and by bringing them to...
Errika Gerakiti 30 December 2022
The Lansdowne Heracles at the Getty Villa
Heracles (or Hercules) is perhaps the most frequently depicted hero in Greek and Roman art. This sculpture from approximately 125 CE, known as the...
Maya M. Tola 29 December 2022
Barcelona’s Hidden Modernista Gem: Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
When you think of architecture in Barcelona surely Antoni Gaudí comes to mind. Barcelona is peppered with his works like panettone with raisins. But...
Joanna Kaszubowska 29 December 2022
Masterpiece Story: Portrait of Eva Gonzalès by Édouard Manet
You’ve probably heard of the Impressionists: Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne, and Camille Pissarro. These guys are not only known for...
Abreeza Thomas 29 December 2022
Masterpiece Story: Young Woman Peeling Apples by Nicolaes Maes
Today’s Masterpiece Story is about this lovely genre painting by Nicolaes Maes (1634-1693), a Dutch Golden Age painter who specialized in...
Alexandra Kiely 28 December 2022
Masterpiece Story: Two African Men by Rembrandt van Rijn
In the discourse on the Black presence in Western history, it is taken for granted that Africans in art represented solely enslaved people, and their...
Nicole Ganbold 28 December 2022
Opera: A Brief History of the Total Work of Art
When we think of opera, art is not the first thing that comes to mind. Opera simply means “work” and it can sometimes seem over-the-top and...
Ledys Chemin 27 December 2022
Boxing Day with St. Stephen
According to the Catholic calendar, the second day of Christmas commemorates St. Stephen. He was a young deacon in the community of Jerusalem who...
Magda Michalska 26 December 2022
Christmas Cards from Hell
As the postman brings you cheery season’s greetings from your nearest and dearest, let me guess what the images are on the front of your Christmas...
Candy Bedworth 25 December 2022
