Masterpiece Story: Yaxchilán Lintel 24
Yaxchilán Lintel 24 is an iconic image of Pre-Columbian art. It easily represents the vitality, mystery, and fascination surrounding the Mayan...
James W Singer 23 November 2022
Art Forms
Beyond Frida – Amazing Modern Mexican Art Collection You Didn’t Know About: Andrés Blaisten Museum
With over 12,000 works of art—including paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints—the Andrés Blaisten Collection is considered the...
Kate Wojtczak 23 November 2022
Exploring the History of Mexico in the Murals of The Big Three
Although most commonly associated with the works of Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican muralism has actually...
Kacper Grass 23 November 2022
A Very Florentine Story: Perseus and the Head of Medusa by Benvenuto Cellini
Benvenuto Cellini’s Perseus and the Head of Medusa is a sculpture that is commonly overlooked. In fact, it could be the most regularly overlooked...
James Wray 22 November 2022
A New Guidebook for Artists and Art Lovers: The Oil Painter’s Color Handbook
As someone who spends a lot of time thinking about paintings, I still often lose sight of how they’re actually made. Theoretical and historical...
Louisa Mahoney 21 November 2022
What Did Belle Époque Artists from Midnight in Paris Look Like in Real Life?
In Woody Allen’s 2011 Midnight in Paris, the main character, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself transported back in time to Paris from the...
Rachel Witte 19 November 2022
An Illuminated Year with Limbourg Brothers
Just imagine you are an extremely rich duke living in the 15th century who likes pretty books and magnificent castles. What do you do to have them...
Magda Michalska 15 November 2022
Medieval Take on Comic Books – Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
The Middle Ages have a very sketchy reputation. On one hand, we know that a lot of amazing art was created during that time. On the other hand,...
Joanna Kaszubowska 15 November 2022
Travel Around the World Through Tile Designs
Traditional Tile Designs of the World, the result of a UK design wholesaler’s marketing efforts, presents a colorful display of tile designs...
Alexandra Kiely 9 November 2022
El Greco: The Grandfather of Expressionism
The guide to the Prado Museum describes El Greco as a “philosopher, as an intellectual and as a sensitive and idiosyncratic artist.” It is these...
Wendy Gray 7 November 2022
An Orientalist from the Orient: Theodoros Rallis
Not every Orientalist painter journeyed to the Orient or the Levant to observe and interact with the socio-cultural fabric they intended to portray...
Erol Degirmenci 3 November 2022
Art Only Exists Because Death Exists. Skulls in Art
Dia De Los Muertos is celebrated every year across Mexico. A far cry from the Western commercial horror-fest of Halloween, it is a glorious...
Candy Bedworth 2 November 2022
