All posts tagged "artists"
Artist
Five Artist Models You Should Know About
July 26, 2020Did you know that many well-known artworks were modeled on living figures? In fact, the real...
19th Century
10 Things You Should Know About the Pre-Raphaelites
June 16, 2020Just about all of us have a tiny inkling about Impressionism, the Renaissance, maybe even Expressionism...
Art Travels
Monet: Using the Home and Garden as Inspiration
June 9, 2020We are currently confined to the spaces of our homes and gardens. Claude Monet used his...
Artist
Painting of the Week: Artemisia Gentileschi, Self Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria
March 24, 2019Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 – c. 1656) was ‘one of the best Italian Baroque painters.’ Despite this, you...
Cinema
Representation vs Reality: Artists Portrayed in Midnight in Paris. Part I
January 3, 2019In Woody Allen’s 2011 Midnight in Paris, Owen Wilson plays a nostalgic screenwriter who somehow finds...
Middle Ages
Let It Be: The Annunciation In Medieval And Renaissance Christian Art
August 28, 2018Religious themes in art have prevailed throughout time. Whether it is Catholicism, Judaism, Islam, or Hinduism...
Sculpture
Laocoön: The Work of a Lifetime
August 27, 2018The subject The statue “Laocoon and his sons”, attributed to Greek sculptors Agesander, Athenodorus and Polydorus,...
20th century
Seven Haunting Town Paintings by Egon Schiele
July 2, 2018Austrian artist Egon Schiele is best known for his shamelessly erotic and frank representations of the human...
Painting of the Week
Painting of the Week – In the Studio by William Merritt Chase
July 1, 2018William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) was an important American artist and teacher. He also had a really...
20th century
Pictures On My Wall – The Art Of Polish Film Posters
May 29, 2018The emergence of the poster as a fresh, creative medium was a timely episode in an...
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Mothers in Art: DailyArt’s Celebration of Mother’s Day
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Giovanna Garzoni – A Baroque Painter Inspires an Art Challenge
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The Pre-Raphaelites and the Wombat
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Six Exquisite Mother-of-Pearl Artifacts from Gujarat
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5 Artists Who Likely Suffered From Syphilis
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Art History 101: Twelve Portraits You Should Know
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Four Women Impressionists You Shouldn’t Forget
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The Dreamlike, Queer Femme Paintings of Marie Laurencin
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Käthe Kollwitz: Germany’s Greatest Female Artist
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Vive la Belle Époque! Giovanni Boldini & Franca Florio
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