Edvard Munch was fascinated by the Norwegian summer light which evokes both tranquillity and anxiety, two feelings that Munch tried to capture in his...
Magda Michalska 12 December 2024
Self-Portrait with Her Daughter, Julie by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun is a portrait masterpiece blending fashionable elegance and emotional naturalism.
James W Singer 11 December 2024
Art and politics have been closely intertwined throughout global history. This article studies the case of The Empress Dowager Cixi of China by...
Iolanda Munck 11 December 2024
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I is Gustav Klimt’s most significant work of portraiture. The famous Lady in Gold has as many eye-catching...
Emily Snow 11 December 2024
Australian Impressionism might not be as well known as its French counterpart, but this late 19th-century art movement was important to the country.
Kelly Hill 11 December 2024
The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun was a landmark event in the study of history and archeology that captivated the world. The life, death, and...
Maya M. Tola 10 December 2024
Woman with Stylus is an ancient Roman fresco unearthed in Pompeii nearly two millennia after the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE. Various details...
Natalia Iacobelli 10 December 2024
Amenhotep IV, widely recognized as the notorious Akhenaten, was the enigmatic “heretic” pharaoh who ruled during the Eighteenth Dynasty.
Maya M. Tola 10 December 2024
Personal ornaments were favored by ancient Egyptians from the Predynastic to the late Roman periods, and most of them wore some type of jewelry. The...
Maya M. Tola 10 December 2024
Hatshepsut (c. 1507-1458 B.C.E.) was the fifth pharaoh of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty and arguably the most important among ancient Egypt’s many female...
Maya M. Tola 10 December 2024
The Ancient Egyptians revered cats of all kinds and honored them in their art. From servals to the mighty lion, cats were seen as powerful forces for...
Sarah Mills 10 December 2024
Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931) was a popular society portrait painter in turn-of-the-century France and England. His elegant portraits are still much...
Alexandra Kiely 9 December 2024
