Caspar David Friedrich was a master of romantic atmosphere. Gothic ruins, contemplative figures silhouetted against skies and morning mists were his...
Zuzanna Stańska 8 November 2024
Active volcanoes are great places to visit, but the danger of a potential eruption is always there. When some of them erupted with artists as...
Maia Heguiaphal 8 November 2024
Barcelona = Gaudí, we all know that. For football fans, it is also the famous Barça, the team with the motto: “More than a club”. And so it is...
Joanna Kaszubowska 7 November 2024
Although he is best known for his religious themes, Francisco de Zurbarán created wonderful still lifes that stand out for their simplicity and, at...
Andra Patricia Ritisan 7 November 2024
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 2024
The Fortune Teller is one of Georges de La Tour’s early masterpieces. The Baroque oil painting, once questioned by the Louvre Museum for its...
Anna Ingram 7 November 2024
Caravaggio made an impact on painting even during his lifetime. This was probably because he acted in defiance of all the norms of the Catholic...
Magda Michalska 7 November 2024
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 2024
Josef Hoffmann was the leading architect of the Secession and pupil of Otto Wagner, close friend and collaborator of Gustav Klimt and Koloman Moser,...
Magda Michalska 6 November 2024
René Lalique (1860-1945) was a French jeweler and one of Art Nouveau’s most renowned craftsmen. Trained in Paris and London, Lalique was unusual...
Europeana 6 November 2024
Heard of Bauhaus? Yes. Heard of De Stijl? Yes. Heard of Wiener Werkstätte? No. No?! That’s the problem: I hadn’t heard of Wiener Werkstätte...
Magda Michalska 6 November 2024
In 1873 when this painting was created by the Realist master Édouard Manet, the Gare Saint–Lazare was the largest and busiest train station in...
Zuzanna Stańska 5 November 2024
