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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
Finding Hidden Symbols in the Brera Madonna by Piero Della Francesca
Finding Hidden Symbols in the Brera Madonna by Piero Della Francesca
Renaissance painting at its best
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
How to Read Paintings: Saint Lucy by Francesco del Cossa
How to Read Paintings: Saint Lucy by Francesco del Cossa
Understanding the symbolism in this fascinating painting
Christopher P Jones
Mar 29, 2022
How to Read Paintings: Venus by Diego Velázquez
How to Read Paintings: Venus by Diego Velázquez
An image 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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The Radical Brilliance of This “Rediscovered” Female Artist
The Radical Brilliance of This “Rediscovered” Female Artist
The effervescent Helene Schjerfbeck
Christopher P Jones
Jun 1
The Art of Looking: A Guide to Reading and Appreciating Renaissance Paintings
The Art of Looking: A Guide to Reading and Appreciating Renaissance Paintings
Discovering the messages in historical art
Christopher P Jones
Nov 23, 2022
Art Historians Who Have Influenced Me
Art Historians Who Have Influenced Me
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
Reflecting on Hopper’s ‘Two on the Aisle’
Christopher P Jones
Jul 21, 2022
Three Artwork Styles that Depict Venus and Mars
Three Artwork Styles that Depict Venus and Mars
The iconography of love triumphing over 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 Curious Relationship with Women
Degas’ Art and His Curious Relationship with Women
Exploring the work of Edgar Degas
Christopher P Jones
Jan 18, 2022
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