Masterpiece Story: Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Belley by Girodet
Although representations of Black people were overlooked in European art for a long time, current social and political movements participate to...
Amélie Pascutto 10 December 2023
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Masterpiece Story: Great Princess Mama Occollo
Great Princess Mama Occollo is an amazing masterpiece of South American art from the 19th century in the collection of the Denver Art Museum. It...
James W Singer 9 December 2023
Masterpiece Story: Pilgrims Going to Church by George Henry Boughton
Today’s Masterpiece Story is about Pilgrims Going to Church by George Henry Boughton (1833-1905). Even though Boughton grew up in America, he was...
Alexandra Kiely 6 December 2023
How Did the Dutch Become Dutch: Propaganda Prints in the Dutch Golden Age
The Golden Age of the Dutch Republic was a flourishing period for culture and economy, yet it wasn’t characterized by peace. The Dutch Republic...
Andreea Iancu 20 November 2023
Like a Flame – Jean-Michel Basquiat in 5 Paintings
He started out a couch-surfing throwaway. One day, a painting of his would sell for the highest price ever for an American artist at a public...
Helen Jeffery 20 November 2023
Beautiful Chinese Porcelain in Dutch Still Lifes
Chinese culture has always been an object of European fascination – in art history, we see it in paintings, ornaments, architecture, fashion, and...
Nicole Ganbold 13 November 2023
Paul Gauguin – Master or Monster?
When Paul Gauguin visited Tahiti in the 1890’s was he a genius in search of paradise, or a seedy sex tourist? A painter, printmaker, sculptor,...
Candy Bedworth 6 November 2023
Masterpiece Story: Fons Americanus by Kara Walker
Kara Elizabeth Walker, born in 1969, is an American contemporary artist. She is known as a painter, silhouettist, print-maker, installation artist,...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 1 October 2023
Pritika Chowdhry: Evoking the History of the Indian Partition
The narrative of the Indian partition lingers in the secluded corners of memory and experience. The partition of India and Pakistan, and later...
Urvi Chheda 18 September 2023
Masterpiece Story: Double-Headed Serpent
Double-Headed Serpent is a masterpiece of Aztec art that combines religious and commercial significance. It is filled with hidden allusions under a...
James W Singer 5 August 2023
The True Story of Pocahontas Shown in Art History
If you ask any kid in America who Elizabeth Cady Stanton was, you’ll probably get a silent stare. Mention Pocahontas and the majority will light up...
Cecilia Dancourt 24 July 2023
Masterpiece Story: Two African Men by Rembrandt van Rijn
In the discourse on the Black presence in Western history, it is taken for granted that Africans in art represented solely enslaved people, and their...
Nicole Ganbold 15 July 2023
