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When This Feisty Woman Reclaimed Female Nudity
When This Feisty Woman Reclaimed Female Nudity
The exuberant and defiant self-portrait of Florine Stettheimer
Christopher P Jones
Jun 15, 2022
Analysis of The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David
Analysis of The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David
The Artwork that Captures Socrates’ Noble Suicide
Christopher P Jones
Jun 2, 2022
Why Does this Painting Show An Ostrich Egg Hanging From the Ceiling?
Why Does this Painting Show An Ostrich Egg Hanging From the Ceiling?
Hidden symbols in the Brera Madonna by Piero della Francesca
Christopher P Jones
Apr 28, 2022
How to Read Paintings: A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet
How to Read Paintings: A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet
A painting of ambiguous beauty and unsettling dynamics
Christopher P Jones
Aug 3, 2021
A Pair of Eyes Between Her Fingers?
A Pair of Eyes Between Her Fingers?
How to read this fascinating painting by Francesco del Cossa
Christopher P Jones
Mar 29, 2022
How to Read Paintings: Venus by Diego Velázquez
How to Read Paintings: Venus by Diego Velázquez
A painting that continues to provoke and beguile
Christopher P Jones
Nov 4, 2021
Andy Warhol’s Rise to Success
Andy Warhol’s Rise to Success
The early years of Pop Art’s grandee
Christopher P Jones
Sep 9, 2020
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Christopher P Jones
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The best writers of art who have revolutionised my view of history
Christopher P Jones
Oct 25, 2022
Why this Unknown Artwork Is One of the Greatest of the 20th Century
Why this Unknown Artwork Is One of the Greatest of the 20th Century
A female artist from Germany who broke the rules
Christopher P Jones
Sep 20, 2022
Here’s What’s Inside My New Book
Here’s What’s Inside My New Book
A selection of vital questions about art
Christopher P Jones
Sep 7, 2022
What this Edward Hopper Painting Means to Me
What this Edward Hopper Painting Means to Me
Reading Hopper’s “Two on the Aisle”
Christopher P Jones
Jul 21, 2022
Three Artworks that Tell of Venus’ Triumph Over Mars
Three Artworks that Tell of Venus’ Triumph Over Mars
When Love Conquers War
Christopher P Jones
May 4, 2022
What Art Means to Me
What Art Means to Me
How I believe art is best appreciated
Christopher P Jones
Mar 17, 2022
The Art of Rubens and His Fascination With “Plump” Women
The Art of Rubens and His Fascination With “Plump” Women
The reasons behind his voluptuous nudes
Christopher P Jones
Feb 24, 2022
The Controversies of Les Demoiselles d’Avignon by Pablo Picasso
The Controversies of Les Demoiselles d’Avignon by Pablo Picasso
The Controversies of Les Demoiselles d’Avignon by Pablo Picasso
Christopher P Jones
Feb 17, 2022
Five Sublime Scandinavian Artists You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Five Sublime Scandinavian Artists You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Light, colour and atmosphere through five masterful painters
Christopher P Jones
Feb 4, 2022
Degas’ Art and his Complex Relationship with Women
Degas’ Art and his Complex Relationship with Women
Exploring the art of Edgar Degas
Christopher P Jones
Jan 18, 2022
The Remarkable Illusionism of this Lesser-Known Dutch Artist
The Remarkable Illusionism of this Lesser-Known Dutch Artist
How to Read Paintings: Vanitas Still Life by Gijsbrechts
Christopher P Jones
Dec 17, 2021
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