The Hidden Meanings of Nature in Čiurlionis’ Paintings
What’s nature like outside your window today? Is it calm and relaxing, or maybe there’s a frightening storm swaying the trees? Perhaps you are...
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The Tiny Big World of Kamal al-din Bihzad – A Persian Miniature Painter
In today’s article, we want to present you with a story of Kamal al-din Bihzad, a renowned Persian miniature painter and head of the royal...
Magda Michalska 2 September 2021
How Japanese Woodcuts Are Made
Hokusai’s Great Wave from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji and Hiroshige’s The Plum Garden in Kameido from One Hundred Famous Views of...
Irina Diana Calu 28 August 2021
Japan’s Greatest Masterpiece: (Thirty) Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai
Everyone knows The Great Wave off Kanagawa, the print created by the Japanese Ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai. But not everyone knows that The...
Zuzanna Stańska 25 August 2021
The Beauty of Folding Screens: Namban Byōbu of Japan
Masterfully crafted into hinged leaves and enclosed within a lacquer frame, the Japanese Namban folding screens or the Namban byōbu contain a...
Maya Tola 23 August 2021
Alexander Iolas, The Greek Patron of the Arts
Alexander Iolas was a very important gallerist and art collector of the second half of the 20th century. He was born in 1907 in Alexandria of Egypt...
Errika Gerakiti 14 July 2021
Scrimshaw: True American Art
Despite the enormity of whales, those pursuing them could go weeks, even months at a time without seeing a single one. With all that time between...
Anthony de Feo 4 June 2021
The Most Beautiful Anatomical Theaters in Italy
Anatomical Theaters were one of the most important institutions in the history of medicine. They were used in teaching anatomy at early modern...
Zuzanna Stańska 23 March 2021
Birdies, Flowers and Virgins: the Real Meanings of Spring in Art
Spring is my favorite season and it seems to have been a favorite season of many artists throughout art history. Is it for its blossoming flowers,...
Magda Michalska 19 March 2021
Around the World in Spring Through Paintings
Spring has inspired artists from all over the world for generations. The melting away of the cold winter and burgeoning of new life in every corner...
Maya Tola 15 March 2021
Robert S. Duncanson: African-American Painter in the Spotlight
Nearly 150 years after his death, African-American landscape painter Robert S. Duncanson made headlines last month. This happened when his Landscape...
Alexandra Kiely 27 February 2021
Language of Flowers: Hidden Messages in Flora
In 2021, we have texting and email. Social media and telephone calls. But a century ago, it was not quite as easy to get a message or love note...
Rachel Witte 16 February 2021
