Expressionism 101: All You Need to Know
Expressionism developed the ideas of Post-Impressionism and became another prominent trend in the history of art. Some of its most remarkable...
Nataliia Pecherska 3 January 2025
Art History 101
Heirs to Dada: 6 Avant-garde Art Movements Inspired by Dadaism
Dada was certainly the most virulent of European avant-garde art movements. Its members attacked not only artistic creation but society as a whole.
Amélie Pascutto 19 December 2024
Pop Art 101: Everything You Need to Know
Everyone is familiar with Pop Art and everyone can recognize its most iconic artists and artworks. Cartoon characters, food, everyday products, are...
Errika Gerakiti 19 December 2024
Artists and Paintings: Everything You Need to Know About Impressionism
Impressionism has become one of the most significant movements of modern art. The names of Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, or Edgar Degas are...
Nataliia Pecherska 8 December 2024
5 Myths About Dada Deconstructed
Considered a pivotal moment in art history, a lot has been said about the Dada movement. Rejecting everything (even themselves!) Dada members...
Amélie Pascutto 3 December 2024
Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain and Why It Matters
Few artists have been as versatile and as bold as Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968). He was a painter, a sculptor, and a photographer; he was a seminal...
Guest Author 3 December 2024
A Small Guide to Still Life Symbols
You may think that all those marvelous Dutch still lifes from the 16th and 17th centuries were just some random sets of fruits, vegetables, and...
Zuzanna Stańska, Nicole Ganbold 26 November 2024
Genres Explained: Still Life in 10 Paintings
Let’s explore the history of still life through a selection of 10 paintings corresponding to two key moments: the 17th century in the Netherlands,...
Soledad Castillo Jara 26 November 2024
Fruits, Flowers, and Death: Still Lifes in Art History
Still lifes are one of the most recurrent and well-known themes in art history. These subjects are usually representations of inanimate objects such...
Andra Patricia Ritisan 26 November 2024
Les Nabis 101
“Nabis” in Hebrew means “prophets.” In the Fall of 1888, a group of students at the Parisian Académie Julian disappointed with the strict...
Magda Michalska 25 November 2024
Caravaggisti: Fans, Epigons, Masters?
Caravaggio made an impact on painting even during his lifetime. This was probably because he acted in defiance of all the norms of the Catholic...
Magda Michalska 7 November 2024
Saint Luke: The Ultimate Holy Painter
Christianity has a saint for everything, literally everything. So let’s talk about Saint Luke. Not only is he one of the Four Evangelists and...
Jimena Escoto 1 November 2024
