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Striding Lion, 604-562 BCE, glazed clay bricks, Processional Way, Babylon, Iraq, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Striding Lion from the Ishtar Gate

Striding Lion is a masterpiece of Mesopotamian art with monumental size and composition. It symbolizes the strength of King Nebuchadnezzar II and the...

James W Singer 24 July 2025

Asian Art

A Luxurious Desire: Ancient Near Eastern Ivory Carvings

The allure of ivory, a lustrous material that gleams and glows when polished, exudes warmth and mysterious beauty. Near Eastern ivory carvings are...

Marga Patterson 24 July 2025

Parthian female Statuettes Ancient Art

Mysterious Female Nude Statuettes of the Parthian Empire

Several female nude statuettes have been unearthed from the subterranean landscape of ancient Iraq. Rendered in the Greco-Babylonian style, these...

Marga Patterson 24 July 2025

Contemporary Art

What You See Is Not What It Seems: Olafur Eliasson in 6 Artworks

For Olafur Eliasson, the creation of artwork is a collaborative endeavor that involves a dedicated team of experts spanning various disciplines...

Seoyoung (Alyssa) Kim 23 July 2025

Women Artists

Hilma af Klint: Pioneer of Abstract Art

Who invented abstract art? The advent of abstraction has historically been attributed to male artists. However, Hilma af Klint, a Swedish painter and...

Emily Snow 23 July 2025

Expressionism

Edvard Munch and His 7 Portrayals of Death

“Illness, madness, and death were the black angels that watched over my cradle and have since followed me through life,” Munch wrote in his...

Zuzanna Stańska 23 July 2025

Impressionism

Fanny Brate: An Everyday Painter You Need to Know

Fanny Brate was born in Stockholm in 1861. Showing great potential from a young age, she started taking drawing and painting classes when she was...

Gokce Dyson 23 July 2025

Impressionism

A Journey into the Cosy Danish Painting: Skagen Painters

Situated in the northernmost point of Denmark, the small town of Skagen is a quaint place with a lot of light and great views. As a result, the town...

Merve Parla 23 July 2025

Quiz

In the Shadows of Solitude: An Edward Hopper QUIZ

Joanna Kaszubowska 22 July 2025

A painting showing four isolated individuals sitting in a diner on a deserted street corner in the late hours. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Nighthawks by Edward Hopper

Edward Hopper was one of America’s most celebrated artists, renowned for delving into themes of loneliness and isolation in both urban and...

Nikolina Konjevod 22 July 2025

Edward Hopper, Automat, 1927, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, US, Wikimedia Commons. Realism

Edward Hopper in 10 Paintings

Edward Hopper (1882–1967) was one of the greatest painters to ever come out of the United States. A leading painter of American Realism and modern...

Sam Malone 22 July 2025

Video

Watch Edward Hopper in Rare Studio Footage

This rare documentary footage shows artist Edward Hopper painting in his studio on Washington Square North in New York in 1965, two years before he...

Zuzanna Stańska 22 July 2025