All posts tagged "literature"
19th Century
The Musician, the Faun, and the Sunrise—Impressionism in Three Arts
January 13, 2021What do you get when you add some light, some inspiration, and some musical color? You...
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Painting of the Week: James Barry, King Lear Weeping over the Dead Body of Cordelia
November 29, 2020King Lear by William Shakespeare is a great tragedy that centers around ideas such as loyalty,...
19th Century
Story of Pygmalion and Galatea by Sir Edward Burne-Jones
November 19, 2020Read more about art of the Pre-Raphaelites:
Literature
Book Review: Frida Kahlo’s Unimaginable Life
November 17, 2020Fridamania is contagious. Reading the Frida Kahlo book written by Hettie Judah almost drags us to...
Literature
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Spoiler Alert!)
November 7, 2020The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is a perfect example of where art and...
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Wonderful Paintings Inspired by Famous Literary Couples
November 6, 2020Art & Literature have been ‘a thing‘ for centuries and they’re still at it. We have...
19th Century
The American Artist Who Loved Everything British: Edwin Austin Abbey’s Shakespeare Paintings
November 5, 2020Painter and illustrator Austin Abbey was born in America, but he loved all things British, particularly...
19th Century
Literature in the Pre-Raphaelite Paintings
November 3, 2020From its very inception, subjects taken from literature were a staple for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Shakespeare,...
Art State of Mind
The Art of Ekphrasis: 5 Novels that Deftly Describe Art
November 2, 2020Describing works of art is an essential part of art history and even as a research method...
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Micha Ullman’s Empty Library: An Ode to Culture
September 14, 2020A symbol of education in the city of Berlin, the Bebelplatz Square was chosen on May...
