The Architect’s Dream is an outstanding example of architectural genre. It was painted by American artist and founder of the Hudson River School Thomas Cole in 1840 for the New York architect Ithiel Town. The painting seamlessly stitches together Egyptian, Graeco-Roman and Gothic styles into a fantastical landscape.
Rucha Vijay Bodas 22 June 2025
Steam, breath, and sweat combine into a pulsating cloud filling the railway station with energy and anticipation. Everyone is in motion either...
James W Singer 22 June 2025
The women of the Bauhaus, attracted to the school by a lie, were marginalized by their male masters and forced into a single workshop. Under the...
Geoffrey Bunting 20 June 2025
As climate change’s effects appear to manifest more vividly and urgently with each passing day on a global scale—from torrid fires plaguing...
Guest Author 19 June 2025
Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012) stands tall as a monumental force in both art and social justice. With a career over seven dynamic decades, she...
Sabrina Phillips 19 June 2025
The thirteen self-taught artists below, from Bill Traylor to Nellie Mae Rowe, Thornton Dial to Mary T. Smith, among others, created some of the most...
Adam Oestreich 19 June 2025
Her career lasted barely 20 years but Joan Eardley (1921–1963) left behind a huge cache of monumental seascapes and poignant portraits which are...
Candy Bedworth 18 June 2025
Sculptor, ceramist, artist, and teacher. Valentine Schlegel (1925–2021) was a headstrong individual with fervent, creative independence who carved...
Marga Patterson 18 June 2025
During long, warm summer days it is hard not to dream about much-needed holidays. With that said I was reminded of my visit to Rome some time ago...
Nadine Waldmann 17 June 2025
Francesco Borromini (1599-1667) was the most innovative and imaginative architect of the Italian Baroque tradition. Along with his contemporaries...
Alexandra Kiely 17 June 2025
Can an artist single-handedly impact an entire city? Considering that the city in question is Rome, probably not. But add to the mix an influential...
Joanna Kaszubowska 17 June 2025
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 M. Tola 17 June 2025
