Suzanne de Court’s Enamel Masterpieces
Suzanne de Court was a French artist who was active at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. She focused on the production of enamel pieces with...
Jimena Escoto 24 April 2023
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Masterpiece Story: Beat The Whites With The Red Wedge by El Lissitzky
Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge (Клином красным бей белых!) is a 1919 lithographic Soviet propaganda poster by artist Lazar...
Zuzanna Stańska 24 April 2023
Hieronymus Bosch and His Fascinating World: The Garden of Earthly Delights
Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights remains a mystery to this day. The most respected experts in late gothic iconography...
Marta Loza 20 April 2023
7 Amazing Chinese Museums
Thanks to the Internet, we can virtually explore the great museums that China has to offer. The country has hundreds of museums worth visiting, so...
Joanna Kaszubowska 20 April 2023
Qi Baishi, China’s Master of the Ordinary in an Extraordinary Way
Qi Baishi is probably not someone you expect to become one of the highest-valued artists in the world, right next to Andy Warhol and Picasso, but he...
Barry Russell 20 April 2023
Vase of Flowers: The WWII Theft of a Dutch Still Life
What happens to artworks and cultural treasures as a nation prepares for war? In the case of Jan van Huysum’s Vase of Flowers, the Dutch still...
Natalia Iacobelli 17 April 2023
Trompe L’oeil: How Artists Deceived Our Eyes Throughout the Ages
Without knowing, you have more than likely seen an example or two of trompe l’oeil in art. It is a term that encompasses many art forms in its...
Rachel Witte 13 April 2023
Anna Bilińska’s Parisian Career and Tragic Life
Read the story of Anna Bilińska, a Polish painter who spent her life in Paris. Discover her moving portraits and the fascinating story of her...
Magda Michalska 12 April 2023
Four Groundbreaking Buildings by Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini (1599-1667) was the most innovative and imaginative architect of the Italian Baroque tradition. Along with his contemporaries...
Alexandra Kiely 10 April 2023
Rococo and Baroque Architecture in Turkey
Representing splendor, opulence, and brilliance, Rococo art prevailed in Europe from the year 1700. It followed the Baroque period in art, which...
Merve Parla 10 April 2023
History of Medicine in Art: Collection of Artworks at Wellcome Library in London
London is a great place to be for the curious and inquisitive. Public museums, galleries, and libraries are homes to a vast collection of wonderful...
Bolor Jargalsaikhan 7 April 2023
An Artsy Travel to the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka
Many edifices, shrines, dagobas, and colossal figures attest to the glory of Polonnaruwa, the second (and strikingly beautiful) capital of ancient...
Elsa Vallarino 6 April 2023
