Art Nouveau Explained
Art Nouveau is one of the most distinguished styles in art. Even though its duration was brief, it quickly became a fetish of the elite. It spread...
Errika Gerakiti 8 August 2022
European Art
The Art of Ekphrasis: Shakespeare’s Lucrece
It is most common to talk about paintings or sculptures inspired by a piece of literature. Yet, this relationship between arts is not unidirectional.
Jimena Escoto 5 August 2022
Henry VIII’s Story of Abraham Tapestries
Everyone knows King Henry VIII for having six wives and an infamous divorce that shook England’s religious core. He is renowned due to art...
Anna Ingram 4 August 2022
The Erotic Drawings of Francesco Hayez (+18)
The Venetian painter Francesco Hayez is considered a genius of historical Romanticism. In addition to the quality and refinement of his artworks, he...
Rute Ferreira 4 August 2022
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Portraying Misia Natanson at the Theater
Henri Toulouse-Lautrec is famous for his portrayals of Parisian nightlife: cabarets, theaters, and brothels. He showed us a world of decadence and...
Alicja Gluszek 4 August 2022
The Unfinished Works of Leonardo da Vinci
As one of the most influential artists of the High Renaissance, Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci left a prolific legacy in the realm of the arts.
Maya M. Tola 4 August 2022
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 4 August 2022
Masterpiece Story: Michelangelo’s Bacchus
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known as Michelangelo, is undoubtedly among the world’s most treasured artists. His connection to...
Maya M. Tola 3 August 2022
The Veiled Christ: Art or Alchemy?
In the nave of the Sansevero Chapel in Naples there is a unique sculpture depicting Jesus after the crucifixion. His body is covered with a thin...
Rachel Istvan 3 August 2022
Donatello’s Mary Magdalene: Penitence and Salvation
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, better known as Donatello, was a sculptor born around 1386 in Florence, which is also the city in which he died in...
Soledad Castillo Jara 3 August 2022
Masterpiece Story: Cupid and Psyche by Antonio Canova
A true gem of virtuosity, Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss is a marble sculpture made between 1787 and 1793 by Antonio Canova. The sculptor...
Montaine Dumont 3 August 2022
Aubette: Neoplasticist Gesamtkunstwerk in Strasbourg
Have you ever visited Strasbourg in Alsace, France? It’s a charming city full of picturesque narrow and tiny houses scattered along the canals.
Magda Michalska 2 August 2022
