The Lifelike Death Fayum Portraits of Roman Egypt
Though they are often referred to as “Fayum portraits” – taking their title from the location of a region in Egypt where Pharaoh...
Anthony de Feo 21 November 2020
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The Bust of Nefertiti: Ancient Masterpiece or Genius Hoax?
On December 6, 1912, a team of excavators from the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft, led by Ludwig Borchardt, unearthed a wonderful work of art. They...
Montaine Dumont 20 November 2020
Story of Pygmalion and Galatea by Sir Edward Burne-Jones
The story of Pygmalion and Galatea is an enchanting myth about a Cypriot sculptor who fell in love with his own sculpture. He prays to goddess...
Bolor Jargalsaikhan 19 November 2020
Portable Prehistoric Gods and Goddesses
Our prehistoric ancestors moved around a lot. It was a short and brutal life back then – you needed the protection and guidance of your gods...
Candy Bedworth 18 November 2020
Book Review: Frida Kahlo’s Unimaginable Life
Fridamania is contagious. Reading the Frida Kahlo book written by Hettie Judah almost drags us to the brink of melancholic stroke despite being armed...
Urvi Chheda 17 November 2020
The Allure of Ruins — Architectural Decay in Art
There is a haunting beauty in architectural ruins. War or the passage of time has ravaged the magnificent feats of earlier civilizations. But in...
Maya M. Tola 16 November 2020
The Vibrant Paintings of Henrietta Berk
Born in Wichita, Kansas, Henrietta Berk (1919-1990) was known for painting in bold and bright colors. She moved to San Francisco with her family when...
Anuradha Sroha 16 November 2020
The Art of Mandala – Matrix Reloaded
The art of the mandala is like a secret language of the soul. It represents both a map of the cosmos and the soul’s progress through meditation...
Marina Kochetkova 15 November 2020
Ars et Virtus: Croatia-Hungary. 800 Years of Common Heritage
On 24th September 2020 the Klovićevi Dvori Gallery in Zagreb, Croatia, opened an exhibition named Ars et Virtus. Croatia-Hungary, 800 Years of...
Marija Canjuga 13 November 2020
Somewhere at Sea: Ivan Aivazovsky and his Marine Art
Many artists painted the sea, but only Ivan Aivazovsky was completely devoted to it. Over his long life (1817-1900), he dedicated thousands of...
Elizaveta Ermakova 13 November 2020
Michael West, Woman Artist Excluded from the Ab-E Gang
The American art world in the era of the post war boom of Abstract Expressionism was definitely male-oriented. And the career of Corinne Michelle...
Magda Michalska 12 November 2020
Pollen, Purity and Patience: A Journey of Creation with Wolfgang Laib
Wolfgang Laib (born 1950) is a contemporary German sculptor. He works with natural materials that emanate life energies: milk, pollen, rice and...
Marga Patterson 11 November 2020
