Best Male Nudes in Art History (NSFW!)
Nudity in art first became significant in ancient Greece. The athletic competitions at religious festivals celebrated the male body as an embodiment...
Anuradha Sroha 18 July 2020
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Depictions of Ajax in Ancient Greek Pottery
Ancient Greek literature is abundant in legendary heroes who live and die for everlasting glory. Their names and deeds echoed in the conscience of...
Erol Degirmenci 9 July 2020
William Waterhouse’s Love for Circe
Circe is one of the fascinating characters in Homer’s epic poem the Odyssey. Due to her complex and unconventional nature, many painters have...
Erol Degirmenci 21 May 2020
Agostino Arrivabene – A Modern Alchemist
Agostino Arrivabene (born in 1967) is a visionary yet secluded Italian contemporary artist who continues to produce outstanding surrealist works from...
Caroline Galambosova 28 April 2020
The Churning of the Ocean of Milk
The churning of the ocean of milk is a momentous event in Hindu mythology that appears in the Bhagwat Purana, Vishnu Purana, and the Mahabharata. It...
Maya M. Tola 24 March 2020
3 Things You Might Not Know About the Birth of Venus
It’s Valentines season, so what better thing to do than to meditate on the things you love, and of course, Venus definitively conquers all at...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 14 February 2020
Titian’s The Death of Actaeon (Metamorphoses VIII)
A whistle-stop tour of each of the seven Poesies, which the Renaissance master delivered Philip II of Spain in the 1550s and early 1560s, finally...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 13 January 2020
Titian’s Diana and Callisto (Metamorphoses VII)
In a series of articles we are meeting each of the seven Poesies, which Titian delivered Phillip II of Spain in the 1550s and early 1560s. So far we...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 6 January 2020
Titian’s Diana and Actaeon (Metamorphoses VI)
In a series of articles we are meeting each of the seven Poesies, which Titian delivered Phillip II of Spain in the 1550s and early 1560s. So far we...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 28 December 2019
Titian’s The Rape of Europa (Metamorphoses V)
In a series of articles we are meeting each of the seven Poesies, which Titian delivered to Phillip II of Spain in the 1550s and early 1560s. Every...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 23 December 2019
Titian’s Perseus and Andromeda (Metamorphoses IV)
In a series of articles we are meeting each of the seven Poesies, which Titian delivered Phillip II of Spain in the 1550s and early 1560s. Every...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 16 December 2019
Titian’s Venus and Adonis (Metamorphoses III)
In a series of articles we are going to meet each of the seven Poesies, which Titian delivered Phillip II of Spain in the 1550s and early 1560s.
Isla Phillips-Ewen 11 December 2019
