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Goodbye to Christo
Christo, I hope you will be wrapping up heavens. Below we’re sharing...
Artists' Stories
Photos of Famous Artists When They Were Kids
Sometimes it is hard to remember that famous artists were also children...
Seasons
Birdies, Flowers and Virgins: Real Meanings Of Spring In Art
March 28, 2017Spring is my favourite season and it seems to be a favourite season of many artists throughout history. Is it for its blossoming flowers, singing birds and longer days? Or is it rather for its many symbolic connotations,...
20th century
Watch Francis Bacon Talking About Brutality of Fact
March 27, 2017Francis Bacon and brutality – two words that matches perfectly together. Bacon (1909 – 1992) was an Irish figurative painter known for his bold, grotesque and raw imagery. He was very interested in creating imagery that people would...
Painting of the Week
Paul Gauguin, The Yellow Christ
March 26, 2017Yellow Christ is a painting created by Paul Gauguin in 1889 in Pont-Aven. Now it is owned by Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Pont-Aven was a very important place for Gauguin’s oeuvre. He first visited it in 1886 and became fascinated...
Artists' Stories
Gustav Klimt And Emilie Flöge – The Everlasting Friendship
March 25, 2017Gustav Klimt and Emilie Flöge were inseparable for years. Although it was never proven that there was something romantic between the two of them the story of their relationship (friendship only?) lasted for 27 years, until Klimt’s death. Klimt...
Ancient Egypt
Blue Faience Hippopotamuses Of The World, UNITE!
March 24, 2017Blue faience hippopotamus was a popular statuette in Ancient Egyptian art. Some times ago in our app DailyArt we have presented such a blue faience hippopotamus from Metropolitan Museum of Art. Hippos were frequently the subject of ancient...
Bodies And Erotic Art
Lesbianism in Art? Warning: Erotic Scenes In Abundance
March 23, 2017Ever wondered about the presence of homosexuality in art? Today we’ll travel a bit in time to see how art treated the subject of lesbianism. Of course, there aren’t that many representations of homosexuals as of the heterosexuals,...
Museums And Exhibitions
If You Love Pre-Raphaelite Art You Must Know This Museum
March 22, 2017For all Pre-Raphaelite fans England is an obvious pilgrimage site. But United States has also something great to offer. Delaware Art Museum in the city of Wilmington has long boasted the largest and most significant collection of Pre-Raphaelite...
Painting of the Week
7 Things You Didn’t Know About Primavera by Botticelli
March 21, 2017Primavera by Sandro Botticelli is one of the most famous paintings of the Renaissance. Its fame rests not just on its visual appeal but on the tangled story behind it and its unfathomable symbolism. Here are 7 things...
Artists' Stories
Venice In The Eyes Of Claude Monet
March 20, 2017Claude Monet fell in love with Venice the first time he saw it. He was 68 years old and he went for a trip with his wife, Alice Hoschedé. Venice’s light and colors seduced the painter, like many...
Fashion
Edgar Degas And The Paris Milliners
March 18, 2017When we think of Edgar Degas, we see his depictions of ballet dancers, nude bathers and racetracks. But Degas had another favorite subject – the milliners. Degas was enthralled by high-fashion hats and the women who created them. Paul...
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Just Weird
ALL Art In BoJack Horseman We Could Find Gathered In One Place (6th Season Update)
May 5, 2020We love it when pop culture adopts, uses, and remixes art history, especially when that mixture...
Art History 101
10 Most Scandalous Nudes in Art (NSFW)
September 21, 2017We’re here to let you in on a pretty widely known secret about art history: it...
Ancient Greece
Six Ancient Greek Sculptures Everyone Should Know
October 25, 2016Greek art and sculpture has had a profound effect for art throughout the ages. Many of...
Bodies And Erotic Art
All You Must Know About Japanese Erotic Art, Shunga (18+)
February 16, 2017“Ukiyo-e” pictures, pictures of the “floating world.” are famous among everyone interested in art history. Everyone knows Hokusai’s...
Artists' Stories
4 Artists Who Suffered Mental Illness (And How It Affected Their Art)
April 4, 2018The painter Vincent Van Gogh is well-known for his artworks and for a particular aspect of...
20th century
Frida Kahlo And The Symbolism In Her Art
August 8, 2017Frida Kahlo who lived during the first half of the 20th century changed the art history...
Ancient Greece
Greek Mythological Creatures That Combine Female Beauty And Beastly Ugliness
December 8, 2017Gods, goddesses, demigods, horrible monsters and beasts of hybrid forms roam the world of Ancient Greek...
Artists' Stories
The Mystery of Vincent Van Gogh’s Death
March 30, 2017Vincent van Gogh’s death occurred in the early morning of 29 July 1890, in his room...
20th century
Pablo Picasso And His Women
November 28, 2017Pablo Picasso perhaps the most influential and recognizable painter of the 20th century, is well known...
21st century
The Story Of Damien Hirst’s Famous Shark
September 4, 2017This shark is considered the iconic work of British art in the 1990s, and has become...
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