Masterpiece Story: Magpie by Claude Monet
Magpie is a masterpiece by Claude Monet that captures the poetic play of light upon a winter landscape. It is a symphony of ivory and...
James W Singer 15 December 2024
Masterpiece Stories
Masterpiece Story: Snowy Landscape (Deep Winter) by Cuno Amiet
These are the shortest days of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s dark and cold outside, but there are two things that brighten the night...
Kate Wojtczak 15 December 2024
Masterpiece Story: Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose by John Singer Sargent
Known for his striking portraits of high-society figures, John Singer Sargent was one of the most successful painters of his day. But after causing a...
Natalia Iacobelli 13 December 2024
Edvard Munch’s Vampire: A Scary Femme Fatale or a Tender Lover?
Like The Scream or Madonna, Vampire is one of Edvard Munch’s most famous artworks. But what if we view it as something more than a folklore...
Guest Author 12 December 2024
Masterpiece Story: The Portrait of Empress Dowager Cixi by Katharine Augusta Carl
Art and politics have been closely intertwined throughout global history. This article studies the case of The Empress Dowager Cixi of China by...
Iolanda Munck 11 December 2024
Masterpiece Story: Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Gustav Klimt
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I is Gustav Klimt’s most significant work of portraiture. The famous Lady in Gold has as many eye-catching...
Emily Snow 11 December 2024
Woman with Stylus: What a Portrait Can Tell Us About Women in Ancient Rome
Woman with Stylus is an ancient Roman fresco unearthed in Pompeii nearly two millennia after the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE. Various details...
Natalia Iacobelli 10 December 2024
The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut in Egypt
Hatshepsut (c. 1507-1458 B.C.E.) was the fifth pharaoh of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty and arguably the most important among ancient Egypt’s many female...
Maya M. Tola 10 December 2024
Masterpiece Story: Young Woman Peeling Apples by Nicolaes Maes
Today’s Masterpiece Story is about this lovely genre painting by Nicolaes Maes (1634-1693), a Dutch Golden Age painter who specialized in...
Alexandra Kiely 8 December 2024
Masterpiece Story: Woman at Her Toilet by Jan Steen
Jan Steen’s Woman at Her Toilet is a provocative masterpiece of genre paintings because of its visual complexity and seductive allure, inviting...
James W Singer 8 December 2024
Masterpiece Story: Conscript’s Farewell by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller
Conscript’s Farewell is a masterpiece by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. It explores a family’s reaction to the conscription of their beloved...
James W Singer 8 December 2024
Masterpiece Story: The Peasant Wedding by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Kunsthistorisches Museum (the Museum of Art History) is located in Vienna, Austria. It is the largest art gallery in the country, housing the...
Anastasia Manioudaki 8 December 2024
