#art-history

#art-history

The art world has historically benefited the wealthy and privileged, creating barriers to entry based on elitism and exclusivity, which many feel prevents accessibility.

Celia Paul, known for her haunting portraits and landscapes, trained at the Slade and had a ten-year relationship with Lucian Freud, resulting in their son Frank.

"Most ancient pigments were derived from natural resources - ochre, charcoal, or lime, for example," writes Ben Seal at Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.

"A lot of people say that the varnish should never be removed, that that's a patina that is on the surface of the painting and that it adds to the painting's quality: it makes the painting look better, it makes it look more serious," says Baumgartner.

People should know that Mildred is firmly rooted in representing African American life and culture, from the historic to the contemporary, said Cheryl Ward, a San Francisco art collector.

We are greatly privileged to be showing this work. We admire Paula Rego's bravery, creativity, imagination and ability to deal with difficult but important subjects.

We cannot understand the culture of Renaissance Italy if we look only at the conscious intentions of the artists, writers and performers, since their work was shaped by institutions, expectations, and audiences.

The central theme of the 2025 Jubilee Year at Sienna's Duomo is 'Hope,' symbolized by a unique marble inlay designed for the occasion.

When I started working with pipe cleaners, I mostly made figurines. I was inspired a lot by anime, video games, and robots.

Fourmanoir, a Gauguin researcher who now lives in Mexico, takes a very different view. He dates the work to 1916, 13 years after Gauguin's death, and believes it was painted by Ky-Dong Nguyen Van Cam (1875-1929), a Vietnamese friend of the French artist on the Marquesan island of Hiva Oa.

"In the end we kept both copies, neither wanting to part with their own. And having two on the shelf seemed a clever reference to the notion of artistic duplication."

"The results were full of freaking treasures," Poundstone recalled. "Just stuff I had never seen and never would have expected to see. That was the beginning of this obsession to find more."

Should art historians choose? One of art history's many self-denying ordinances is to avoid “value judgements”. These are regarded as subjective expressions of feeling.

Neither English-born nor English-bred, Nikolaus Pevsner skillfully identified key attributes of English art: a tendency towards cuteness, compromise, and ornamental details.

The Gospels originally described the ornament bestowed on Jesus not as a 'crown' made of 'thorns,' but rather a 'wreath' made of acanthus, symbolizing renewal.

To view Der Führer in the store is a unnerving experience. The painting is imposing, at nearly one metre high. What leaps out is Hitler's prominent swastika-emblazoned armband and the steely determination in his eyes.