Byzantine Icons – Who, What, When, and Where
Byzantine icons are more of a prayer object than anything else. Though likened to idolatry, the icons mean more than what can be confined by that...
Rachel Witte 13 March 2019
Byzantine icons are more of a prayer object than anything else. Though likened to idolatry, the icons mean more than what can be confined by that...
Rachel Witte 13 March 2019
In terms of Ancient Greek mythology, the term muse refers to nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, with each daughter having her own attribute, which...
Rachel Witte 26 January 2019
Gustav Klimt, born in Austria in 1862, is celebrated as one of the most valued artists in the history of art. But, why is Klimt famous? Why exactly...
Bolor Jargalsaikhan 28 March 2018
One of the unquestionable masters of Dutch genre painting was Jan Vermeer. However, today I want to present two less known painters: Peter de Hooch...
Magda Michalska 11 January 2018
Painting and sculpture have always had a rather complicated relationship, with artists arguing for the superiority of one or the other. Yet, in the...
Magda Michalska 29 November 2017
How well do you know your Christian iconography? All Saints is over but it’s never too late for a little quiz! Are you able to recognize saints...
Magda Michalska 3 November 2017
When did Mannierism give way to a new style? Was it with Caravaggio‘s dramatic lighting, or Rubens‘s opulence? Can we distinguish a...
Magda Michalska 27 September 2017
Young artists who left workshops in the years following the activity of Michelangelo and Raphael must have had a very hard time: how could one create...
Magda Michalska 19 September 2017
When French artist Edouard Manet finished his well -known painting “Olympia” in 1863, lot changed in the history of art because of his technique...
Emre Kagitci 14 July 2017
If you ever see a painting presenting a girl with a swan – it must be Leda. Leda and the Swan is a story from Greek mythology in which the god...
Zuzanna Stańska 3 February 2017
Judith and Holofernes is one of the most feminist themes in the history of art. It is a biblical story written in the apocryphal Book of...
Zuzanna Stańska 27 September 2016