Art Forms
The Charm of Colorful and Shiny Italian Maiolica Ceramic Wares
Maiolica ceramic wares are exquisitely decorated and vibrantly colored handmade artworks made...
Bodies And Erotic Art
Body Positivity in Art: Paintings That Will Make You Feel Better About Your Body
If you happen to feel negative about your body size, your weight,...
History
A Tribute to Medical Services: Doctors in Paintings
March 30, 2021In the months weeks, we have heard a lot about doctors and healthcare workers, thinking of them as present-day heroes facing up to death. But what do they usually do in everyday life? This journey will go through...
Women Artists
Elisabetta Sirani: The Glory of the Female Sex
March 29, 2021Elisabetta Sirani (1638–1665) was born in Bologna, a progressive city with a liberal attitude towards educating women. She was a pioneering female artist who established an academy for other women aspiring to become painters. Sirani was only 27...
Music
How to Show Music in Paintings? Best Depictions of Music in Art
March 29, 2021There is an undeniable symbiosis between painting and music. The influence of one medium on the other is profoundly apparent in the works of many artists such as Wassily Kandinsky or Paul Klee. Artists have often explored tunes and...
Post-Impresionism
Henri de Toulouse Lautrec Portraying Misia Natanson in a Theater
March 28, 2021Henri Toulouse Lautrec is famous for his portrayals of Paris nightlife: cabarets, theaters, and brothels. He showed us a world of decadence and escape from urban malaise where his friends, muses, and patrons collided. He portrayed one of...
Painting of the Week
Painting of the Week: Anne Vallayer-Coster, Still Life with Mackerel
March 28, 2021Anne Vallayer-Coster was one of the foremost still-life painters in 18th century France. She was enormously prolific and extremely popular. Her works were highly esteemed among private collectors and public institutions. Vallayer-Coster displayed at the Salon de Paris,...
Artists' Stories
The Story of Norman Rockwell’s Forgotten Model
March 27, 2021Much has been written about many of Norman Rockwell’s neighbors who posed as models for his many illustrations and Saturday Evening Post covers. Now 86, but looking decades younger, Cathy Burow, née Smith, laughs about her fleeting fame. Norman...
Art Forms
Opera: A Brief History of the Total Work of Art
March 27, 2021When we think of opera, art is not the first thing that comes to mind. Opera simply means “work” and it can sometimes seem over-the-top and old-fashioned to our modern tastes. However, when we consider that opera has...
Art Forms
Artistic Cartography 1: The Fascinating World of Old Maps
March 26, 2021Cartography is the production of geographical maps and globes and it has existed more or less since forever. It can be considered both a science and an art. Why? Let’s travel between geography and art discovering old beautiful...
20th century
Theater and Cinema in Edward Hopper’s Paintings
March 26, 2021Edward Hopper was a prominent American realist painter and printmaker. He was famous for two types of paintings in particular: first, one focused on the common features of American life (gas stations, motels, restaurants, theaters, railroads, and street scenes)...
Museums And Exhibitions
The Best Museum Instagram Accounts
March 25, 2021We all love to scroll through Instagram for an aesthetically pleasing distraction from the real world. Museums arguably provide some of the most compelling posts, as well as creating their own memes to stay on-trend. This post will...
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...
Sculpture
Six Ancient Greek Sculptures Everyone Should Know
November 21, 2020Greek art and sculpture has had a profound effect on art throughout the ages. Many of...
Bodies And Erotic Art
All You Must Know About Japanese Erotic Art, Shunga (18+)
October 2, 2020Ukiyo-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 from Mental Illness (and How It Affected Their Art)
October 6, 2020The painter Vincent van Gogh is well-known for his artwork and for a particular aspect of...
Bodies And Erotic Art
Greek Mythological Creatures that Combine Female Beauty and Beastly Ugliness
September 12, 2020Gods, 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...
20th century
Jeff Koons and His Balloon Dogs
July 3, 2020What do Jeff Koons, Jay Z, Christie’s, and clowns have in common? Balloon dogs! Read how...
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