The Misconceptions of Greek Sculpture
Article by Slater Smith When we think of Greek sculpture, we tend to have beautiful white statues made of marble run through our heads. The figures are realistic, full of movement, and idealized. The Venus…
Neolithical art
Article from Chris Crombé From hunters/gatherers to farmers/shepherds In the history of prehistoric times one makes distinction between the old and the new Stone Age. Both in the Paleolithic and the Neolithic age people made…
Palaeolithic Art
Article from Chris Crombé When did the history of art start? The simplest answer is: the moment people started to create art. It has been assumed for a long time that the earliest form of…
Disappearing Tempera
Article from Slater Smith Tempera painting was once the primary way of applying pigment on canvas, its only rival being fresco painting. Every Old Master made tempera from scratch in their workshop, along with the…
Karl Bryullov – Russian Romantic School Painter
Karl Bryullov – Album Russian Romantic School Painter Right-click and choose “Save Link As” to save this Album. Download Album » Review by Vladimir London Karl Bryullov was born on 12 December 1799, in St.…
Herstory of Art
Article from Chris Crombé Women and art Throughout the ages Women were barely recognized as artists. It was partly thanks to the research of the first (1860) and the second (1960) emancipation wave, that their…
Three (almost) Forgotten Artists
Article from Luca Molnar Edwin Long (1829-1891) Raphael Delorme (1885-1952) Alphonse Mucha, the painter (1860-1939)…
Study of an Oriental Head for “The Marriage at Cana” Gaetano Gandolfi
Article from Coco Depink Gaetano Gandolfi was the most talented member of a family of artists that dominated Bolognese painting in the second half of the eighteenth century. Early in his life he studied with…
Was Sir Anthony van Dyck using Phthalo blue?
Article from Coco Depink Ovid in his Metamorphoses tells the story of Andromeda, the daughter of King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopea of Ethiopia. The mother’s claim to beauty so agreed the Nereids that Neptune sent…
5 Ways to get over a creative block
Article from Luca Molnar From time to time we all experience creative blocks, these can be some of the hardest times for an artist and it happens to all of us. Even if you don’t…
