Commedia dell’Arte Characters in Art
Commedia dell’arte is a form of theater popular from the 16th to the 18th century. The name means comedy of art indicating that the performers were...
Anastasia Manioudaki 19 October 2026
Theater & Cinema
Masterpiece Story: Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth by John Singer Sargent
On December 29th, 1888, John Singer Sargent went to the Lyceum Theatre in London to watch the premiere of Shakespeare’s Macbeth starring Henry...
Catriona Miller 20 September 2026
7 Paintings That Inspired Game of Thrones
It has been a while since Game of Thrones ran its course. Are you planning to re-watch it anytime soon? Trying to escape our current bleak world, for...
Joanna Kaszubowska 17 September 2026
Jean Cocteau—Prince of Parisian Bohème
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (1889–1963) was a prince of bohème. A significant figure in the European art of the 20th century, Cocteau...
Valeria Kumekina 15 September 2026
Mariano Fortuny—The Artist Who Turned Venice Into His Creative Laboratory
Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo was not originally from Venice, as he was born in Granada, Spain, in 1871, as the son of a painter also called Mariano...
Magda Michalska 3 September 2026
How Disney’s Sleeping Beauty Was Inspired by the Late Medieval Tapestry
In Charles Perrault’s 17th-century literary world, knights, dragons, and spellbound princesses persisted centuries after the topic diminished. As...
Anna Ingram 25 August 2026
Shakespeare’s Plays in Art
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.” And indeed wicked it is! From Macbeth to Romeo and Juliet, William...
Ruxi Rusu 24 August 2026
The Scenes You Might Know from Anime: Outstanding Prints of Hasui Kawase
Hasui Kawase (1883–1957) was one of Japan’s most important and prolific printmakers and artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As a...
Isabella Hill 20 August 2026
Meet Wojtek Siudmak, The Artist Who Inspired Villeneuve’s Dune
Frank Herbert’s Dune is a complex universe, rich in cultural references and profound elements. Denis Villeneuve’s newest cinematic...
Errika Gerakiti 14 August 2026
The Artist Behind Star Wars—How Ralph McQuarrie Created the Iconic Galaxy
Most people recognize the look of Star Wars instantly. Few, however, know the name of the artist who built it. Ralph McQuarrie’s concept art...
Errika Gerakiti 4 August 2026
Luncheon of the Boating Party in the Movie Amélie
The best of all partnerships is the one within the Arts. Among so many worthy examples, we would like to tell you about the painting Luncheon of the...
Giordana Goretti 3 August 2026
Dreams That Money Can Buy: Crazy Visions by 6 Dadaist Artists
Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947) is a Dadaist portmanteau movie, an unknown cinematographic masterpiece combining surrealistic and experimental...
Caroline Galambosova 20 July 2026
