Art History

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Ford Madox Brown’s The Coat of Many Colours — There are some paintings that last the test of being looked at again and again. They provide an experience for the eye, one that deepens with each visit. This image, with its rich and somewhat theatrical first impression, is one such painting. Not a square inch of the canvas is…

Famous Boulders From Around The World — People form intimate relationships with boulders. Like caves, boulders are a big deal in our collective unconscious. Archaeologist Christopher Tilley (2004) argues that our prehistoric identities were created for the most part near irregular stone outcroppings in the landscape. These stones were considered ancestors, gods, social sites, and landmarks —…

An open discussion around the morality of destroying Art, specifically regarding political and human rights debates. — “[people] break pictures and sculptures; they mutilate them, kiss…

A revolutionary work in detail. — There are exceptional moments in history when patterns are broken, and something new is created. A turning point that drives events and stirs the waters of progress. Giotto’s existence and legacy, the result of the work of his predecessors and the inspiration for those who would come later, is one…

Let us enter the studio of Harold Cohen, a British artist who, in the quiet hum of late 1960s London, embarked on a journey blending oil paint and binary code. Cohen was born in the heart of London in 1928. His humble beginnings were soon outstripped by an exceptional creative…

European settlers and their descendants of Australia have evolved their art world distinctive from the rest of western countries since the 1800s. Immense and sublime nature and abundant life nurtured from fertile soil and bountiful ocean influenced Australian art throughout its history. Sydney, a vibrant and multicultural capital, has two…

One of the great representatives of the mannerist style and is unique in its styling. — Among the countless wonders that one can find in the Uffizi Gallery is a portrait of Parmigianino (who was called Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) that surprises and shocks at first glance, as it breaks with many established norms during the Italian Renaissance. Framed within the mannerist movement and being one…

In April 1846 there were two exhibitions at the Egyptian Hall in London. One had crowds queuing down the street. The other... It was the ‘General Tom Thumb, the Midget’ exhibition that seems to have pushed Benjamin Robert Haydon over the edge. Haydon (1786–1846) had achieved early success as a…