All posts tagged "portraits"
Ancient Egypt
The Lifelike Death Fayum Portraits of Roman Egypt
November 21, 2020Though they are often referred to as “Fayum portraits” – taking their title from the location...
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...
Baroque
Vermeer’s Desperate Housewives
October 23, 2020Johannes Vermeer was a master of ambiguity. His silent and calm interiors, and beautiful Dutch women,...
Artist
Nine Reasons to Smile with Frans Hals
October 21, 2020Frans Hals (c. 1582–1666) was one of the Dutch Golden Age painters. Born in Antwerp, he...
dailyart
The Lost Portrait of Henry VIII: Art in Service of Power
October 16, 2020Posing proudly in front of the fascinated spectator, a monarch fixes us with his majestic gaze....
19th Century
Art History 101: Self-Portraits You Should Know
October 11, 2020Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? Self-portraits are closely tied with...
19th Century
Royal Portraits: The Art of Image
August 16, 2020Shakespeare once wrote, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other...
Nature
The Fantasy World of Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s Portraits
August 15, 2020Giuseppe Arcimboldo was the King of Mannerism. If you see a human portrait made of plants,...
20th century
The History of Amedeo Modigliani’s Portraits
August 14, 2020Amedeo Modigliani painted so many portraits of women – especially nude ones – that people began to see him as a...
dailyart
The Government Venus: Top Five Portraits of Elisabeth of Russia
August 12, 2020Elisabeth of Russia (1709-1761) was the most beautiful empress from the Romanov dynasty. Contemporaries called her...
