A Perfect World of Perfect Women in James Tissot’s Paintings
This title might be a little controversial. In fact, critics find the term demimondaine to be more accurate when describing James Tissot’s series...
Magda Michalska 23 February 2023
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An Avant-Garde Love Story: Goncharova and Larionov’s Romance
Today I’ll show you an avant-garde love story, not because it’s very different from all other ones, but because it involves two avant-garde...
Magda Michalska 23 February 2023
10 Rabbits in Asian Art for the Year of the Rabbit
Happy Year of the Rabbit, everyone! January 22, 2023, in the Chinese lunisolar calendar, marked the beginning of the Year of the Water Rabbit. Lunar...
Ela Bobek 22 February 2023
The 10 Most Scandalous Nudes in Art (NSFW)
We’re here to let you in on a pretty widely known secret about art history: it is all about sex. Nude representations of men and women caused...
Zuzanna Stańska 21 February 2023
Tarsila do Amaral: Joy is the Decisive Test
Tarsila do Amaral left behind 230 paintings, five sculptures, and hundreds of drawings, prints, and murals. She led Brazilian art into modernism. In...
Alicja Gluszek 19 February 2023
Homage to Carmen Herrera, An Artist That Never Gave Up
On February 12th, 2022, the world lost one of its greatest contemporary artists. Carmen Herrera had a long and prolific career, working every day in...
Natalia Tiberio 19 February 2023
The Beautiful Self-Portraits of Abigail de Andrade
History of art is full of fascinating female artists: Artemisia Gentileschi, Mary Cassatt, Tarsila do Amaral, Tamara de Lempicka… Now, I would like...
Rute Ferreira 19 February 2023
Anita Malfatti: The First Modernist of Brazil
Portraits of women made by other women are always worthy of attention. The representation of a woman by another is often less idealized or...
Rute Ferreira 19 February 2023
Fat Thursday: Keep Eating and Never Regret
Doughnuts, doughnuts… who wouldn’t be tempted by one freshly out of the bakery, covered in a sweet coating and with a warm, creamy...
Magda Michalska 16 February 2023
Blue Faience Hippopotamuses of the World – Unite!
Blue faience hippopotamus was a popular statuette in ancient Egyptian art. They considered it to have positive traits associated with fertility and...
Zuzanna Stańska 15 February 2023
Masterpiece Story: Eruption of Mount Vesuvius by Pierre-Jacques Volaire
The ground shakes and rumbles as the nearby mountain awakens with smoke emerging from its peaks. The land trembles more and a fiery blast shoots...
James W Singer 12 February 2023
The Art of Botanical Illustration
Today’s photographic capabilities are a better means of capturing the beauty and inner workings of plants; however, that has not always been the...
Rachel Witte 11 February 2023
