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Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Sleeping Venus by Giorgione and Titian

Giorgione and Titian’s Sleeping Venus is a masterpiece of the Venetian Renaissance school of painting. It explores sensual nudity through a...

James W Singer 29 December 2024

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Cupid Untying the Zone of Venus by Sir Joshua Reynolds

Cupid Untying the Zone of Venus by Sir Joshua Reynolds is a complex masterpiece of mythological allusion, seductive implications, and historical...

James W Singer, 29 December 2024

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velázquez

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599–1660) was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV and one of the most important painters of...

Joanna Kaszubowska 29 December 2024

Quiz

Feathered Masterpieces: The Ultimate Bird Art Quiz

Candy Bedworth 28 December 2024

Quiz

QUIZ: How Well Do You Know the Impressionists?

Candy Bedworth 28 December 2024

Art movements quiz: Salvador Dali, "The Persistence of Memory", Quiz

QUIZ: Brush Up Your Art History! Guess the Art Movement

Tommy Thiange 28 December 2024

Quiz

QUIZ: Are You a Japanese Art Lover?

Katerina Papouliou 28 December 2024

Renaissance

Here’s an EASY QUIZ about Leonardo da Vinci. Will You Get 100% Correct Answers?

Zuzanna Stańska 28 December 2024

Photography

The Women Who Changed Photography: Book Review

Established writer of photography Gemma Padley has created an overview of significant women photographers in her newest book, The Women Who Changed...

Mary Margaret Swets 27 December 2024

Review

Disobedient — A Novel About Artemisia Gentileschi

Review of Disobedient by Elizabeth Freemantle. A novel about the early life of Baroque Italian artist Artemesia Gentileschi

Candy Bedworth 27 December 2024

Literature

5 Books about Famous Artists You Need to Read This Winter

It is about that time of the year when all we can do is wait impatiently on the upcoming holidays and the new year. How do you intend to spend the...

Zuzanna Stańska 27 December 2024

Review

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 27 December 2024