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The Donne Triptych — Hans Memling
The Donne Triptych — Hans Memling
One of the best examples of the importance of triptychs throughout the most prolific period of Flemish art.
Alejandro Orradre
Sep 4
Painting Ugliness
Painting Ugliness
The emergence of a more exhaustive search for reality gave prominence to different ways of understanding human beauty.
Alejandro Orradre
Aug 27
The Importance of Painting the Space
The Importance of Painting the Space
Techniques that helped to amplify the dimensionality of the painting.
Alejandro Orradre
Aug 21
3 Front Portraits
3 Front Portraits
The importance of this specific composition in the portrait influenced the History of Art.
Alejandro Orradre
Jun 11
Denis Lennon and Mary Mullin were the Real Life Jack and Rose of the Titanic
Denis Lennon and Mary Mullin were the Real Life Jack and Rose of th...
A young couple boarded the Titanic to escape a disapproving family, only to perish in the sinking.
Liz Jin
Jun 19
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The Intervention of the Sabine Women — Jacques Louis David
The Intervention of the Sabine Women — Jacques Louis David
One of the great moments of a pre-modern feminism, a demonstration of the power of women to stop even a bitter war and thirst for revenge.
Alejandro Orradre
Sep 22
Why Giotto Is the Father of Renaissance Painting
Why Giotto Is the Father of Renaissance Painting
His figure, overshadowed by the artists who emerged after him, deserves to be vindicated and put the Italian painter in the place he…
Alejandro Orradre
Sep 20
The Representation of Women in Toulouse-Lautrec’s Work
The Representation of Women in Toulouse-Lautrec’s Work
How the artist took a fresh look at women’s bodies
Johanna Da Costa
Sep 15
Did Larry Silverstein Buy Terrorism Insurance Days Before 911 For The World Trade Center?
Did Larry Silverstein Buy Terrorism Insurance Days Before 911 For The World Trade Center?
Just days before the horrific incident of 9/11 took place, Larry Silverstein bought terrorism insurance and did a bunch of other weird…
Paradoxon
Sep 15
Coxey’s March on Washington Was a Wizard of Oz Moment
Coxey’s March on Washington Was a Wizard of Oz Moment
Desperate people journeyed to a center of power in 1894
C.S. Voll
Sep 15
Why Do We Like Art
Why Do We Like Art
The mystery of the attraction to artistic expression and its influence on our inner human being.
Alejandro Orradre
Sep 15
JFK And Jackie’s Last Surviving Child: Where Is That Child Now?
JFK And Jackie’s Last Surviving Child: Where Is That Child Now?
The Sole Surviving Child of JFK and Jackie
Rameen Zeeshan
Sep 15
The Art of Roberto Ferri
The Art of Roberto Ferri
One of the most famous painters of today is a devout Caravaggio follower. His paintings are an echo of Baroque through actual artistic…
Alejandro Orradre
Sep 12
Sadly, a Gag Order For Slavery is Not New. It's American Tradition
Sadly, a Gag Order For Slavery is Not New. It's American Tradition
John Quincy Adams' fight to discuss enslaved people's experiences echos scholars of today
Allison Wiltz
Sep 9
The One Place You Should Go Before It’s Gone
The One Place You Should Go Before It’s Gone
A visit to the “backbone of the world”
L.C. Bird
Sep 4
The Election that Turned America Upside Down
The Election that Turned America Upside Down
No, not 2016… it was 1968 that re-shaped the country
Barry Silverstein
Aug 24
Ada Lovelace: Weaving Dreams into Code
Ada Lovelace: Weaving Dreams into Code
In the heart of the 19th century, when the world danced to the rhythms of Victorian elegance, a remarkable woman emerged from the shadows…
Sandhya Hegade
Aug 21
The Rise of Phrenology Shows Why We Need More Black History, Not Less
The Rise of Phrenology Shows Why We Need More Black History, Not Less
Measuring someone's skull reveals nothing about their character
Allison Wiltz
Aug 14
French Painting
French Painting
The pictorial history of the French school is subject to the great European canons and taught its particular way of depicting monarchies.
Alejandro Orradre
Aug 9
Autistic Traits of E. E. Cummings
Autistic Traits of E. E. Cummings
Between “mostpeople” and “ourselves”
Daijiro Ueno
Aug 9
I Was Struck by This Painting
I Was Struck by This Painting
When visiting a temporary exposition about Degas, I surely did not expect to find an artwork about such a topic
flawrite
Aug 7
Why did we forget the perspective in the Middle Ages?
Why did we forget the perspective in the Middle Ages?
For centuries painting forgot the techniques of spatial depth and focused on fulfilling a divine hierarchy.
Alejandro Orradre
Aug 3
My Journey of Epic Space Race
My Journey of Epic Space Race
A Historic Duel for the Stars!
Paradoxon
Aug 2
Political Rorschach Test in Denim
Political Rorschach Test in Denim
Most see what they want to see in Try That in a Small Town
Scott Trotter
Aug 1
She Spent One Year at the Spanish Front — and She Stayed on
She Spent One Year at the Spanish Front — and She Stayed on
It’s not an understatement to call Robert Capa a legend in photography. He was the only photographer allowed on board the US navy…
flawrite
Aug 1
Surprising Facts About Ancient Landmarks
Surprising Facts About Ancient Landmarks
Wonders of the world, in history’s hands.
Chronicler
Jul 31
The World’s First Cloned Arctic Wolf Is Now 100 Days Old
The World’s First Cloned Arctic Wolf Is Now 100 Days Old
Maya, the Arctic Wolf Clone, Inspires Hope!
Chronicler
Jul 31
The President’s Wild Child
The President’s Wild Child
Teddy Roosevelt’s free-spirited daughter was one of a kind
Barry Silverstein
Jul 29
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