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Cardon State of Oaxaca. José María Velasco, Cardón, State of Oaxaca, 1887, National Museum of Art, Mexico City, Mexico. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Cardón, State of Oaxaca by José María Velasco

The Mexican identity, science, and themes of man versus nature—José María Velasco has so much more to convey in Cardón, State of Oaxaca, a...

Jimena Escoto 22 February 2026

Painting

Masterpiece Story: Vision of Spain by Joaquín Sorolla

Joaquín Sorolla’s monumental series, Vision of Spain, stands as one of the most ambitious and celebrated works of his career. Commissioned by the...

Nikolina Konjevod 22 February 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Pilgrimage to the Isle of Cythera by Jean-Antoine Watteau

Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721) was the most influential French painter of the 18th century. His painting Pilgrimage to the Isle of Cythera...

James W Singer 22 February 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Flaming June by Sir Frederic Leighton

We have prepared a story about this truly warm painting that can leave you in flames…  Ladies and Gentlemen, Flaming June by Sir Frederic...

Joanna Kaszubowska 22 February 2026

Quiz

QUIZ: Guess the Painting Within a Painting!

Kate Wojtczak 21 February 2026

Quiz

QUIZ: Who Painted This Dog? Canines in Art

Candy Bedworth 21 February 2026

Quiz

QUIZ Hats in Art Part 2—Whose Hat Is That?

Kate Wojtczak 21 February 2026

Quiz

QUIZ: Art and Artists of the Harlem Renaissance

Theodore Carter 21 February 2026

Quiz

Back To School: Art History Basics QUIZ

Alessia Caldana 21 February 2026

Review

Dressing Up, The Women Who Influenced French Fashion

Dressing Up, The Women Who Influenced French Fashion is a 2021 book written by art historian Elizabeth L. Block. She is the Senior Editor in the...

Errika Gerakiti 20 February 2026

Fashion

5 Most Beautiful Dresses in Art

The cross section where art and fashion meet is two-fold. While beautiful dresses can be art of their own accord, let’s look at beautiful...

Rachel Witte 20 February 2026

Fashion

Dressed in Power: Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo by Agnolo Bronzino

The best-known image of Eleanor of Toledo also features one of the most beautiful dresses in art history. Don’t be too distracted by the beauty of...

Vithória Konzen Dill 20 February 2026