Painting of the Week: La Primavera by Sandro Botticelli
La Primavera, which means 'Spring' in Italian, is without a doubt the most famous painting of Sandro Botticelli. Its mysterious allure continues to ...
Anastasia Manioudaki 21 March 2021
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Birdies, Flowers and Virgins: the Real Meanings of Spring in Art
Spring is my favorite season and it seems to have been a favorite season of many artists throughout art history. Is it for its blossoming flowers, ...
Magda Michalska 19 March 2021
Around the World in Spring Through Paintings
Spring has inspired artists from all over the world for generations. The melting away of the cold winter and burgeoning of new life in every ...
Maya Tola 15 March 2021
10 Most Beautiful Artistic Flower Arrangements for Spring
Winter passed so quickly this year. The situation is still weird, to say the least, in several countries around the world. However, Spring has always ...
Errika Gerakiti 21 February 2021
Arcimboldo’s Allegories of the Seasons
Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s paintings of the four seasons have astonished audiences from the sixteenth century to this day. Even though, allegorical ...
Anastasia Manioudaki 24 September 2020
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
The Art of Botanical Illustration
Although the recent weather patterns here in the US might not suggest it, we are in the midst of Spring. It's that time of year where people are out ...
Rachel Witte 8 June 2020
Crowning the May Queen in Art
The May Queen is the personification of springtime. Crowned with fresh flowers, she leads her people to the Maypole for fun and frolicking. A maiden ...
Candy Bedworth 13 May 2020
David Hockney – iPad Images of Springtime from Quarantine
David Hockney is in lock-down in Normandy and spends most days in the garden, drawing the spring awakening on his iPad. In a series of letters ...
Isla Phillips 7 April 2020
Claude Monet, Springtime
Claude Monet's Springtime depicts his first wife, Camille Doncieux, seated serenely beneath a canopy of lilacs. The painting is presently held by the ...
Zuzanna Stańska 9 April 2017
