All posts tagged "portraits"
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...
19th Century
Beyond Madame X: Portraits by John Singer Sargent
August 11, 2020John Singer Sargent is one of art history’s most famous portrait painters. He was born in...
Artist
Lise Tréhot. The Mysterious Beauty from Renoir’s Paintings
August 2, 2020Born into a humble French family, Lise Tréhot (1848–1922) was an artist’s model who posed exclusively...
Art State of Mind
Football in Art and Art in Football
July 24, 2020Art History and Football are not commonly linked together. However football is a beloved and reflective...
dailyart
Painting of the Week: Thomas Gainsborough, Grace Dalrymple Elliott
July 19, 2020The Frick Collection has an amazing ensemble of European masters. For example, works by Vermeer, Fragonard,...
