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Sculpture

Masterpiece Story: Penitent Mary Magdalene by Donatello

Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, better known as Donatello, was a sculptor born around 1386 in Florence, which is also the city in which he died in...

Soledad Castillo Jara 5 April 2026

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QUIZ: Feminist Art (That Changed the Art World)

Ania Kaczynska 4 April 2026

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QUIZ: Museums Around the World! How Much Do You Know About Them?

Sandra Juszczyk 4 April 2026

Quiz

Bon Appetit! Foodie Quiz for Art Lovers

Candy Bedworth 4 April 2026

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12 Portraits QUIZ: One Painter by Another

Guest Author 4 April 2026

Quiz

QUIZ: Édouard Manet—Modernity on Canvas

Joanna Kaszubowska 4 April 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Rainy Season in the Tropics by Frederic Edwin Church

In our Masterpiece Stories series we have something truly beautiful for you. I want to discuss Rainy Season in the Tropics by Frederic Edwin Church,...

Zuzanna Stańska 3 April 2026

Alma Thomas, Earth Sermon – Beauty, Love And Peace, 1971, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA. Women Artists

Celebrating Alma Thomas: An African American Expressionist

Abstract Expressionism was a movement dominated by male artists. Painters such as Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning have held center...

Heather Johnson 3 April 2026

The Rainbow Portrait Renaissance

Masterpiece Story: The Rainbow Portrait

Queen Elizabeth I is known throughout history as one of the most famous British Queens. Even without a husband, she successfully ruled England for 45...

Anna Ingram 3 April 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Rainbow at Pontoise by Camille Pissarro

Camille Pissarro has an interesting portfolio of paintings. His works are divided between cosmopolitan views of Paris and countryside views of...

James W Singer 3 April 2026

Painting

Rainbows in Art History: A Symbol of Hope for a Better Future

Let us look at the significance of rainbows in art history across different cultures. Even though we now know the scientific reason behind rainbows,...

Anuradha Sroha 3 April 2026

Artist Stories

Let’s Sing Praises to Song Dynasty Genius Artist Ma Yuan

Ma Yuan (1160–1225) was a Southern Song Dynasty Chinese painter from an illustrious family of academy artists. He lived during a cultural zenith...

Barry Russell 2 April 2026