Spot a Rug: Ottoman Carpets in Renaissance Paintings
Art history has always been inseparable from international trade exchanges and the mingling of nations and cultures. Manuscripts, works of art,...
Magda Michalska 20 October 2021
European Art
Parmigianino: Capturing Everyday Renaissance Life through Drawings
Francesco Mazzola, known as Parmigianino, produced many drawings that captured normal scenes of everyday life during the Renaissance. These drawings...
Nina Relf 20 October 2021
The Italian Renaissance: A Brief Guide
To the general public, the Italian Renaissance is the pinnacle of art history. More than 500 years on, it’s still the subject of blockbuster...
Alexandra Kiely 20 October 2021
The Renaissance Splendour: Meet Four Powerful Women of Bronzino
Agnolo di Cosimo (1503-1572), known as Bronzino, was an Italian Mannerist painter. He lived and worked in Florence and became the court painter of...
Joanna Kaszubowska 20 October 2021
Prost! Oktoberfest in Paintings
Oktoberfest, as the name suggests, is a traditional German beer festival held annually in October. Unfortunately this year, as well as last year, the...
Magda Michalska 16 October 2021
Unhappily Ever After: Unequal Marriage by Vasili Pukirev
Vasili Pukirev’s painting Unequal Marriage has a legend about it: allegedly, after looking at it, all the elderly grooms refused to marry their...
Elizaveta Ermakova 7 October 2021
Here’s the Duomo of Florence!
Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore or the Duomo of Florence along with Giotto’s Campanile and Baptistery of Saint John are designated UNESCO...
Maya Tola 4 October 2021
Picasso and His 15 Versions of Les Femmes d’Alger
When the Algerian War of Independence began on 1st November 1954, Pablo Picasso felt an urge to somehow respond to the violence and suffering that...
Magda Michalska 3 October 2021
How Galileo Galilei Changed the Moon Forever
While our old pal, Moon, was always shining above us; it wasn’t always obvious how does it really look like. For a long time, this astronomical...
Marta Wiktoria Bryll 24 September 2021
Living in the Shadow – Marie and Peder Severin Krøyer
Marie and Peder Severin Krøyer were a 19th and early 20th century couple, and, while their marriage and lives were far from ideal, history has...
Pola Otterstein 8 September 2021
Beyond the Biennale – Top Five Art Museums to Visit in Venice
Venice, with its long history, is an open museum that will leave none unsatisfied. La Serenissima is a dream destination for every art lover. Apart...
Anastasia Manioudaki 1 September 2021
5 Things You Should Know About Michaelina Wautier
Michaelina Wautier was born in Mons in 1604. This Flemish painter has been absent in art history for many years, but her life and work are slowly...
Vithória Konzen Dill 20 August 2021
