#Sebastiano Ricci

Hygiene Cleanliness, Mary Cassatt, Woman Bathing Painting

Hygiene and Cleanliness in Art

Did you shower today, or did you make do with a quick spritz of Axe body spray? Across history, hygiene and cleanliness in art have mirrored shifting...

Candy Bedworth 20 October 2025

Art State of Mind

The Allure of Ruins—Architectural Decay in Art

There is a haunting beauty in architectural ruins. War or the passage of time has ravaged the magnificent feats of earlier civilizations. But in...

Maya M. Tola 8 November 2024