Art History – Page 2

Tintoretto’s 500th anniversary takes over Venice

September 8, 2018

The Art Newspaper - Among the celebrated painters of 16th-century Venice, Tintoretto was the most Venetian. Jacopo Robusti (around 1518-94), nicknamed “the little dyer” after his father’s cloth-dying trade, is ...

Art Berlin moves to historic Tempelhof airport—but will it take off?

Artery

August 21, 2018

Art and Culture, Art Fairs, Art History

The Art Newspaper -The second edition of the newly formed Art Berlin fair will take place next month (27-30 September) in one of the city’s most celebrated but controversial landmarks, the now decommissioned Te...

Monet’s cat, acquired at Christie’s Hong Kong, is now back in his house in Giverny. Photo: Martin Bailey

Monet’s lost cat returns home to Giverny

Artery

July 24, 2018

Art and Culture, Art History, Artists

The Art Newspaper - Monet’s cat has found its way home to the artist’s house in Giverny, in northern France. During the painter’s lifetime, the glazed biscuit pottery cat, made in Japan, spent many years curled...

Discovery of Jewish Mosaics in Israel Bring Color to Biblical Accounts

Artery

July 24, 2018

Architecture, Art and Culture, Art History

Hyperallergic - At the ancient site of Huqoq, near the Sea of Galilee in modern Israel, a number of stunning mosaics depicting biblical, astrological, and historical narratives have been uncovered in a Jewish ...

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Tate blockbuster to prove Pierre Bonnard was a great Modern painter

Artery

July 24, 2018

Art History, Museum News, Trending

The Art Newspaper - Bonnard’s place in Modern art has long been debated. Picasso delivered a particularly damning verdict on him. “That’s not painting, what he does,” he said, accusing him of producing “a potp...

The Insect That Painted Europe Red

Artery

February 13, 2018

Art and Culture, Art History

BBC - Truly vibrant red was elusive for many years: until a mysterious dye was discovered in Mexico. Devon Van Houten Maldonado reveals how a crushed bug became a sign of wealth and status. -...

The Cheese That Inspired Dali

Artery

May 18, 2017

Art and Culture, Art History

BBC - “Cheese,” as the US intellectual Clifton Fadiman put it, is “milk’s leap toward immortality.” And what milk began, generations of artists have been keen to develop. The humble food stuff has been muse t...

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The Army That Conquered the World

Artery

April 28, 2017

Art and Culture, Art History

BBC - In March 1974, Yang Zhifa, a farmer, along with his five brothers and their neighbour Wang Puzhi, were digging a well in pomegranate and persimmon fields an hour’s bus ride northeast of Xi’an, capital of ...

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Experts restore rare Dutch Golden Age map found stuffed up a chimney

Artery

March 22, 2017

Archeology, Art and Culture, Art History

The Art Newspaper - A rare Dutch Golden Age map of the world that was discovered, scrunched up in a ball, in a house in Aberdeenshire is on show at the National Library of Scotland (until 17 April). Claire Thom...

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Female Old Masters finally get their day in the sun

Artery

March 7, 2017

Art History, Trending

The Art Newspaper - Female Old Masters are enjoying a belated renaissance. A major survey of the 18th-century French portraitist Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun drew crowds at the Grand Palais in Paris, the Metr...