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Auguste Toulmouche 1829-1890 Frankrijk

The complete online catalogue of Johannes Vermeer's painting with critical assessements, background history and high_resolution images

The "Mona Lisa", "The Last Supper", "Starry Nights", and "Whistler's Mother" are paintings that have inspired and awed people for generations.

Probably on this day in 1483, Raphael Sanzio, one of the greatest Renaissance masters was born. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplato

Ramon “Richie” Lerma, director of Salcedo Auctions, was told he was inspecting photographs of a boceto of the “Spoliarium”—Juan Luna’s most celebrated, larger-than-life painting currently on display at the National Museum. A boceto, he explained to reporters, is a “prelude or study,” like a first draft for writers, of what a painter plans to execute…

Greetings, friends! We are back today with another foray into how art history and fashion history converge. Recently, on our Instagram account, we shared a cheeky little post featuring the painting Hearing: The Five Senses by Henri Guillaume Schlesinger. This example of genre painting is

By Rashi Paul UG3 Roll-10 The nude human form of both male and female varieties featured commonly in the Greco-Roman artwork of the classical a…

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius wiped out Pompeii in a suffocating cloud of ash, but, as historian Daisy Dunn explores, the buildings and remains buried beneath the debris provide a remarkable window into ancient Roman life

These are the most famous paintings ever created – can you name them all? Take the quiz to test your knowledge!