Masterpiece Story: Two African Men by Rembrandt van Rijn
In the discourse on the Black presence in Western history, it is taken for granted that Africans in art represented solely enslaved people, and their...
Nicole Ganbold 15 July 2023
Masterpiece Stories
Masterpiece Story: The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt van Rijn
Rembrandt painted this group portrait of seven surgeons and the physician Nicolaes Tulp in 1632. He was only 26 years old at that point. Nicolaes...
Zuzanna Stańska 15 July 2023
Masterpiece Story: Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1656) was the most accomplished female painter of the Italian Baroque. She specialized in Biblical scenes of strong...
James W Singer 8 July 2023
Masterpiece Story: Man Offering Money to a Young Woman by Judith Leyster
Judith Leyster was a powerhouse female artist of the Dutch Golden Age. Man Offering Money to a Young Woman is one of her many...
James W Singer 2 July 2023
Masterpiece Story: Children Eating Grapes and a Melon by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Children Eating Grapes and a Melon, currently located in the Alte Pinakothek, is one of the most famous paintings by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. This...
Vithória Konzen Dill 30 June 2023
Masterpiece Story: Louise de Lorraine by François Clouet (School)
Portrait of Louise de Lorraine is a French Renaissance painting that exudes the artistic ideas of its time and captures the queen’s personal and...
James W Singer 29 June 2023
Andy Warhol’s Ladies and Gentlemen
A club The Gilded Grape, situated in the no man’s land of Eighth Avenue and West 45th Street in New York City, was a hub of drag queens and Black...
Magda Michalska 28 June 2023
Masterpiece Story: Muisca Raft
The Muisca Raft is a masterpiece of Pre-Columbian art. It was created by the Muisca people who lived in a region of today’s Colombia. Muisca...
James W Singer 27 June 2023
Masterpiece Story: The Barque of Dante by Eugène Delacroix
Welcome to Hell—tonight, our guide will be Virgil, Dante, and of course Eugène Delacroix. The Barque of Dante, the first major painting by French...
Anastasia Manioudaki 26 June 2023
Masterpiece Story: Sagrada Familia by Antoni Gaudí
Today’s modern construction techniques allow us to build huge structures in just a few months or years. For example, the Shard in London was built...
Joanna Kaszubowska 25 June 2023
Masterpiece Story: Capturing the Moment by Joaquín Sorolla
The Spanish artist Joaquín Sorolla spent most of his summers with his family in French Biarritz, 35 kilometers from the border with Spain. The beach...
Zuzanna Stańska 18 June 2023
Goya’s Ghosts: The Disasters of War Print Series
Francisco Goya (1746-1828) is considered to be the founder of the national genre in Spain. He was talented in many areas: portraits, historical...
Elizaveta Ermakova 17 June 2023
