Japanese Interiors: An Ode to Exterior Within Interior
In an essay included in his book Design as Art, published in 1966, artist and designer Bruno Munari lauded the simplicity, luminosity, and...
Ania Kaczynska 27 November 2024
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A Small Guide to Still Life Symbols
You may think that all those marvelous Dutch still lifes from the 16th and 17th centuries were just some random sets of fruits, vegetables, and...
Zuzanna Stańska, Nicole Ganbold 26 November 2024
Genres Explained: Still Life in 10 Paintings
Let’s explore the history of still life through a selection of 10 paintings corresponding to two key moments: the 17th century in the Netherlands,...
Soledad Castillo Jara 26 November 2024
Beautiful Chinese Porcelain in Dutch Still Lifes
Chinese culture has always been an object of European fascination – in art history, we see it in paintings, ornaments, architecture, fashion, and...
Nicole Ganbold 26 November 2024
Fruits, Flowers, and Death: Still Lifes in Art History
Still lifes are one of the most recurrent and well-known themes in art history. These subjects are usually representations of inanimate objects such...
Andra Patricia Ritisan 26 November 2024
Hokusai’s Great Wave Explained
You might not know the title of Hokusai’s print, but Under the Wave off Kanagawa is almost instantly recognizable. His Great Wave reveals...
Marina Kochetkova 25 November 2024
5 Guises of Maurice Denis
Maurice Denis was a French Symbolist painter, known as a prominent member of the Nabis. His work was influenced by the art of the Renaissance,...
Valeria Kumekina 25 November 2024
Les Nabis 101
“Nabis” in Hebrew means “prophets.” In the Fall of 1888, a group of students at the Parisian Académie Julian disappointed with the strict...
Magda Michalska 25 November 2024
Women That Inspired Vuillard
Jean-Édouard Vuillard was a French painter and decorator who was active in Paris at the turn of the 20th century. He distinguished himself for his...
Maya M. Tola 25 November 2024
Masterpiece Story: Sailboats by Lyonel Feininger
Cubism – the word instantly evokes images of Picasso and his figures with multiple noses. However, there is more than just Picasso who excels in...
James W Singer 24 November 2024
Masterpiece Story: Kingston Point, Hudson River by Francis A. Silva
The wind gently blows on the water of the lapping shore, and the light gently glows on the sailcloth of the floating boat. All is gentleness and...
James W Singer 24 November 2024
Masterpiece Story: Trouville, Jetties, High Tide by Eugène Boudin
Eugène Boudin could be considered one of the fathers of Impressionism. It was he who met and influenced a young Claude Monet in 1858 with his...
James W Singer 24 November 2024
