Gods of the Hindu Trinity. Representation in Art
The Hindu trinity comprises Brahma, the creator; Vishnu, the preserver and Shiva (or Mahesh), the destroyer. These three Gods represent the cyclical...
Maya Tola 23 October 2019
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Open to Influences – Arthur Hacker and his Mary with Many Qualities
Arthur Hacker was a painter of the late Victorian era. Painting a spectrum of subjects, everything from society portraiture, classical, religious and...
Hannah Demaine 12 October 2019
Lakshmi in Art. The Goddess of Wealth
Lakshmi is a prominent Hindu deity who is also revered by Buddhists and Jains. Her eminent position in the Hindu pantheon emanates not only from...
Maya Tola 12 September 2019
“Angel with Attitude”. Grumpy Angel from The Hyde Collection
Angel is a painting by Niccolò di Ser Sozzo, c. 1350, owned by The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, NY. This is an unusual depiction of an angel with...
Alexandra Kiely 17 August 2019
Thawan Duchanee: “Paintings Are a Way of Expressing Feelings Without Any Explanation”
Thawan Duchanee (1939-2014) was a painter, sculptor and architect from Chiang Rai, northern Thailand. He is Thailand's most celebrated...
Isla Phillips 30 July 2019
A Special Appearance of Leonardo’s Saint Jerome
A very special painting has just arrived in New York! To honor the five hundredth anniversary of the artist's death, Leonardo da Vinci's Saint Jerome...
Alexandra Kiely 13 July 2019
Gentle Giant in the River. Medieval Representations of Saint Christopher
In 1904, an extensive report made for the British Archaeological Association revealed that in England there were more wall paintings of Saint...
Guest Profile 21 May 2019
Ten Gorgeous French Churches (That Aren’t Notre-Dame de Paris)
Still remember the Notre-Dame de Paris? It suffered a horrible fire in April 2019. Notre-Dame is by far France’s most famous church, but it...
Alexandra Kiely 15 May 2019
Mormon Art: Painting the Gospel
The Church of the Latter Day Saints (also known as the LDS or Mormon Church) was founded by Joseph Smith in the 19th Century and currently has over...
Heather Johnson 2 May 2019
More than a Stone. Representation of the Kaaba by Hamra Abbas
The 17th century world map from an Ottoman book on the discovery of the Americas “Tarih-i Hind-i Garbi” (“History of the West Indies”) points...
Magda Michalska 14 March 2019
A Complex Polyptych About Pain and Passion
Today’s work by Matthias Grünewald is a polyptych about pain and passion put on view. It's a complex painting consisting of several parts and...
Magda Michalska 22 January 2019
The Complicated Meaning and Mysterious Origin of The Cloisters Cross
The Cloisters Cross is a beautiful English Romanesque walrus ivory cross, likely dating to the middle of the 12th century. From the moment it...
Alexandra Kiely 19 January 2019
