Titian Revisited: Grand Old Man of the Renaissance or Dirty Old Man?
Titian’s sensuous interpretation of Classical myths of love, temptation, and punishment came together for the first time in nearly 500 years, at...
Guest Profile 13 October 2021
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The First-Ever Femme Fatale: Lilith in a Painting by John Collier
The apparent sweetness of this work by John Collier (1850–1934), a Pre-Raphaelite painter, is a wonderful testimony of the two sides of Lilith’s...
Guest Profile 29 September 2021
Symbolism Special: Jacek Malczewski’s Dates with Death
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
These Romantic Paintings of Edward Burne-Jones Will Make You Miss the Middle Ages
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet ARA, was a British artist and designer closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement. Middle Ages,...
Zuzanna Stańska 11 May 2021
Victorian Feminists and Their Supernatural Powers
The Victorian feminists in 19th century England paved the way for the women’s movement across the world. The “New Woman,” as she was...
Anastasia Manioudaki 3 April 2021
Five More Things Everyone Should Know About the Victorians
The last time that we talked about the Victorian era, we looked at steam travel, Alice in Wonderland, Romanticism, the Pre-Raphaelites and Sherlock...
Sarah Mills 2 April 2021
Masterpiece Story: Flora by Rembrandt van Rijn
Rembrandt painted his wife Saskia van Uylenburgh as Flora, goddess of spring and flowers, three times during their relatively short but meaningful...
Zuzanna Stańska 21 February 2021
Romeo and Juliet of the East: Laila and Majnun
Laila and Qays are the Romeo and Juliet of the East. The tragic tale of these ill-fated lovers has been widely featured in Asian and Middle Eastern...
Maya M. Tola 12 February 2021
#MeToo and the Medusa Myth
The Medusa story – terrifying or tragic? Some months ago, a controversial new statue of Medusa was unveiled in New York, so let’s take this...
Candy Bedworth 21 January 2021
Masterpiece Story: King Lear Weeping over the Dead Body of Cordelia by James Barry
King Lear by William Shakespeare is a great tragedy that centers around ideas such as loyalty, familial bonds, and remorse. The painter of this work,...
Merve Parla 29 November 2020
Story of Pygmalion and Galatea by Sir Edward Burne-Jones
The story of Pygmalion and Galatea is an enchanting myth about a Cypriot sculptor who fell in love with his own sculpture. He prays to goddess...
Bolor Jargalsaikhan 19 November 2020
The Women Blessed by Dionysus: Maenads
One of the reasons why we find Greek mythology so fascinating is because of its incredibly diverse structure. All of the gods and goddesses have...
Erol Degirmenci 2 November 2020
