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
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
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
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
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
The meaning of Caravaggio’s 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
