Aeneas Taken by the Sibyl to the Underworld is one of only 11 known surviving works by Jacob van Swanenburgh. It is a rare gem of late Renaissance ...
James W Singer 10 October 2021
In the art world, it is commonly agreed upon that still life painting as a genre rose in the Northern and Spanish Netherlands in the last quarter of ...
Irina Diana Calu 14 August 2021
You may think that all those marvelous Dutch still lifes from the 16th and 17th centuries were just some random sets of fruits, vegetables, and ...
Zuzanna Stańska 13 August 2021
Jacek Malczewski is one of the most important Polish symbolist painters. Malczewski is associated with the Young Poland movement (Młoda Polska), a ...
Magda Michalska 15 July 2021
What do Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck have in common with a tiny village in Lincolnshire and the funerary art of medieval England? Say ...
Guest Profile 15 May 2021
Death continues to be one of the greatest fears of human society. Since the dawn of recorded history through the centuries of plague, pestilence, and ...
James W Singer 9 May 2021
Though they are often referred to as “Fayum portraits” – taking their title from the location of a region in Egypt where Pharaoh ...
Anthony de Feo 21 November 2020
Danse Macabre (Dance of Death) - a weird dance between people and skeletons. You might think that it is a scene from a horror movie. But ...
Zuzanna Stańska 7 July 2020
Sadness and desolation fill this scene like an oppressive melancholy. The sun is dying behind the horizon as fog enshrouds the ground. Skeletal trees ...
James W Singer 14 June 2020
Orlando (1992) is a British period drama based on the Virginia Woolf novel of the same name and is directed by Sally Potter. Orlando, played by ...
Kateryna Martynova 2 June 2020
Damien Hirst - a prominent Young British Artist (YBAs) and now a billionaire - creates sculptures, paintings and drawings. In all of these forms his ...
Isla Phillips 24 September 2019
Raphael Santi, one of the greatest Renaissance painters died on this day, on Good Friday in 1520. He was only 37 years old and at the peak of his ...
Zuzanna Stańska 6 April 2017
