A Lesson in Illustration – The Whimsical Characters of Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter, best known for the charming tale of Peter Rabbit, inspired the minds of budding young novelists and illustrators alike. Her most...
Tony Heathfield 3 January 2024
Literature
Book Review: Sofonisba, Portraits of the Soul
Sofonisba, Portraits of the Soul is a book by Chiara Montani about the life and work of the Italian artist Sofonisba Anguissola. Sofonisba was an...
Errika Gerakiti 28 December 2023
Christmas Carol Illustrations by Arthur Rackham
Have a nostalgic look at Arthur Rackham’s illustrations of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens in the British Library edition from 1915. Arthur...
Magda Michalska 22 December 2023
Literature in the Pre-Raphaelite Paintings
From its very inception, subjects taken from the literature were a staple for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Shakespeare, Keats, and Tennyson were...
Anastasia Manioudaki 4 December 2023
Most Beautiful Qurans You Must See
Three monotheistic religions are the so-called “religions of the book”. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all refer back to a spoken, and...
Magda Michalska 13 November 2023
Titian’s Poesies: 7 Paintings Inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses
In the 1550s and early 1560s, Titian attempted to deliver a series of seven large canvases to King Philip II of Spain. Each translated a small...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 9 November 2023
Let Your Voice Be Heard: Ai Weiwei in 10 Artworks
Ai Weiwei is the world’s most famous art dissident. Here we take a tour of ten of his most significant works.
Candy Bedworth 24 October 2023
Medieval Mystery: Cities of Women – A New Novel by Kathleen B. Jones
Cities of Women is a novel spread across the centuries where we seek the female artist who produced one the finest medieval illuminated manuscripts in the world for Christine de Pizan.
Candy Bedworth 19 October 2023
The Best of Discarding Images
During the Middle Ages, illuminated manuscripts were first used in the Roman Catholic Church for liturgical services and prayers. The popularity of...
Anna Ingram 15 September 2023
Christian Dotremont: A Painter-Poet
Christian Dotremont was a Belgian artist and one of the founders of the CoBrA movement. What sets his art apart is his unique perspective on writing...
Tommy Thiange 22 August 2023
William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience Explained
William Blake was undoubtedly a genius. And, as it usually happens with geniuses and people ahead of their time, he was scorned and disregarded by...
Magda Michalska 22 August 2023
Luo Ping: 18th-Century Visionary Painter and Poet
Luo Ping, Freud’s godfather, proclaimed: “Kill or be killed…” But of course, Luo Ping was subtler than this; he only suggests what...
Barry Russell 22 August 2023
