Painting classical

Auguste Toulmouche 1829-1890 Frankrijk

NaPoWriMo #3 Poetry form: Common metre Two lovers lost from each other fell into deep despair; parted after a brief embrace after morning prayer. They could not come together, yet were never far…

Antonietta Brandeis (Miskowitz/Bohmen 1849-1910 Venedig) was one among many artists to make the artistic pilgrimage to Venice. The attraction of the city and its cultural history is conveyed in this painting through the artist's detailed depiction of the intricate Renaissance architecture. The contemporary nature of the subject is made more immediate by the two figures, however, and the bright Italian sunlight which inundates the scene.

Louis-Philippe, duc de Valois, au berceau, by Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, 1774. The duc de Chartres (later the duc d'Orléans, later still known as Philippe Égalité) gazes at his first-born son, one day to be King Louis-Philippe. Lépicié has also included a portrait of the Orléans' young black servant, Scipion. Die Sentimentale, by Johann Peter Hasenclever, circa 1846-47. The family of Arent Anthoni Roukens, by Willem Joseph Laquy, 1786. The battle-painter, Jørgen Sonne, in his studio, by Ditlev…

Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, the breakaway bestseller first published in 1994 was possibly the one book that touched off the notion of a self-esteem “crisis” in […]

Jean-Baptiste Greuze - Ariadne. 49 x 42.8 cm, Oil on mahogany panel, Wallace Collection, London

Has anyone ever asked you to read books to change your life? Here are the 21 best life-changing books that altered my understanding of life. (+ some more from recent years)

Maybe it's a Catavaggio painting?

Peter Schjeldahl reviews “The Sleeve Should Be Illegal: & Other Reflections on Art at the Frick” and explores his own relationship with the Frick Collection.