Artists' Stories
David Bowie, from Popstar to Neo-expressionist Painter
Most people know David Bowie as a popstar and performer, but do...
Chinese art
The Growing Terracotta Army
When people mention the terracotta army, the first thing that comes to...
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Seasons
Christmas Cards from Hell
December 24, 2019As the postman brings you cheery season’s greetings from your nearest and dearest, let me guess what the images are on the front of your Christmas cards. Chubby robins? Jolly Santas? Snowy picturesque villages? And of course, the...
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Renaissance
Titian’s The Rape of Europa (Metamorphoses V)
December 23, 2019In a series of articles we are meeting each of the seven Poesies, which Titian delivered to Phillip II of Spain in the 1550s and early 1560s. Every painting-poem translated a small section of the Epic poem Metamorphoses, by...
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Painting of the Week
Annunciation and Adoration of the Magi by Fra Angelico
December 22, 2019Our Christmas week Painting of the Week is Annunciation and Adoration of the Magi (c. 1431-2) by Fra Angelico, a panel painting that includes two scenes closely related to the story of Christmas. Fra Angelico (born Guido di...
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Japanese art
Hiroshige’s Winter Views of Edo
December 21, 2019One of the most famous woodblock printers of the late Edo period in Japan, Hiroshige, produced a series of a hundred views showing Edo city (today’s Tokyo) from unusual viewing angles, which revealed the hidden beauty of everyday...
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Dadaism
Max Ernst’s Collaged Memories
December 20, 2019Long time no see, it feels like home to be back at DailyArt! As Christmas approaches I finally have time to write for DailyArt Magazine again. To kick off the season of lights floating in the air with...
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Renaissance
The Story of the Lost Raphael’s Portrait of a Young Man
December 19, 2019Have you seen this painting? It is missing. Since 1945. On the day of reopening the Princes Czartoryski Museum, let’s explore the story of one of the most important paintings to have gone missing during World War II....
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Love Story
Romeo and Juliet of the East: Laila and Majnun
December 18, 2019Laila and Qays are the Romeo and Juliet of the East. The tragic tale of these ill-fated lovers has been widely featured in Asian and Middle Eastern folklore. The story of their unconsummated love has been told many...
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20th century
Dan Flavin: Art is Thought and Fluorescent Lights
December 17, 2019Dan Flavin (1993-1996) was an American artist and pioneer of Minimalism. He is famous for making sculptural objects and installations from fluorescent lights. “I like art as thought better than art as work… It’s important to me that...
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Renaissance
Titian’s Perseus and Andromeda (Metamorphoses IV)
December 16, 2019In a series of articles we are meeting each of the seven Poesies, which Titian delivered Phillip II of Spain in the 1550s and early 1560s. Every painting-poem translated a small section of the Epic poem Metamorphoses, by...
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Painting of the Week
Winter in Paris: Gustave Caillebotte, Rooftops in the Snow
December 15, 2019You open your eyes to the early morning light filtering through your windows. You instantly feel the cold air of the bedroom as you see your warm breath rise in clouds above your bed. It is a cold...
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Cinema
ALL Art In BoJack Horseman We Could Find Gathered In One Place (5th Season Update)
September 13, 2018We love it when pop culture is adopting, using and remixing art history, especially when that...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Bodies And Erotic Art
Why Is St Sebastian A Gay Icon?
September 9, 2017One may think that Christian saints have little in common with the gay culture. But there...
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