Eight real places that inspired famous paintings
Being an “artist” is not something easy to define. The artist lives in another dimension, his environment is extended, his
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Category: Art
When Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring was sold for two guilders
There is much talk of how subjective and contestable the definition of “quality art” is in the contemporary world, with
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Night Fishing at Antibes: the analysis & meaning of Picasso’s anti-war painting
The most famous painting in history able to condemn the horrors of war is certainly Guernica, the monumental painting by
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The meanings of Salvador Dalí’s Persistence of Memory
It is said that in adulthood, Salvador Dalí will define the day of his birth as the reminiscence of the
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Manet’s Olympia: the big art scandal of 1800’s Europe
There were days when people had a completely different opinion of him, but what moves Édouard Manet has always been
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Caravaggio’s death and request for mercy: David with the Head of Goliath
Caravaggio has always been basically a provocator. He was so in his turbulent private life, which often carried him in
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