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Exploring M.C. Escher’s Sites in Baarn, Netherlands

The Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher is well known for his mathematically inspired art. For nearly 30 years, he lived in the small town of Baarn, in...

Guest Author 26 May 2025

Rococo

Masterpiece Story: Marriage A-la-Mode by William Hogarth

The 18th-century British painter William Hogarth created an insightful series of paintings about the arranged marriages of his times, entitled...

Pola Otterstein 25 May 2025

Jean-François de Troy, Diana and Actaeon, 1734, Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Diana and Actaeon by Jean-François de Troy

Diana and Actaeon by Jean-François de Troy is a French masterpiece blending the exuberance of Rococo sensuality with the intellectualism of...

James W Singer 25 May 2025

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Madame de Pompadour by François Boucher

François Boucher (1703–1770) was the most celebrated French painter of the 18th century. His painting Madame de Pompadour captures the beautiful...

James W Singer 25 May 2025

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: La Toilette by François Boucher

The soft rustle of silky cloth and the hard crackling of burning wood echo against the yellow-papered walls of the boudoir. The small room is...

James W Singer 25 May 2025

Quiz

QUIZ: The Women of Surrealism—Dreamscapes and Rebels

Joanna Kaszubowska 24 May 2025

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QUIZ: Famous Art Couples

Zuzanna Stańska 24 May 2025

Quiz

How Well Do You Know Shakespeare? A Short Quiz with Henry Fuseli Paintings

Kate Wojtczak, Magda Michalska 24 May 2025

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QUIZ: Museums Around the World! How Much Do You Know About Them?

Sandra Juszczyk 24 May 2025

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Bon Appetit! Foodie Quiz for Art Lovers

Candy Bedworth 24 May 2025

Women Artists

Pre-Raphaelite Sisters: Five Female Painters to Know

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, an all-male artistic fraction active during the second half of the 19th century, has become synonymous today with...

Anastasia Tsaleza 23 May 2025

Artist Stories

Tarsila do Amaral: Joy is the Decisive Test

Tarsila do Amaral left behind 230 paintings, five sculptures, and hundreds of drawings, prints, and murals. She led Brazilian art into modernism. In...

Alicja Gluszek 23 May 2025