What Destiny Holds For Painter Ferdinand Hodler
Ferdinand Hodler, one of the leading figures in modern European paintings, developed outside the mainstream of the so-called avant-garde, and…
Famous Ossuaries From Around The World – Take The Tour!
Ossuaries are containers of bones, ranging from buildings to boxes. They have a very long history, with some common threads…
Dadaism – The Negation Of Art At Its Finest
As a reaction to World War I, a little something called Dada – the artistic and literary global movement –…
Every Day Is Halloween – The Symbolic Meaning Of Skulls In Art
If you’ve ever walked through a museum, through the galleries of European paintings, you might have noticed something a little…
The Portraits Of Arcimboldo – Strange Amusements Of The Hapsburg Court
When you think of the art of the late 16th and 17th centuries, you likely picture the early stages of…
What Is Expressionism In Art?
Expressionism is one of a number of art “isms” from the early 20th Century. The movement developed between 1905 and…
David Lynch’s Sons – Who Are They?
With the long-anticipated Twin Peaks Showtime reboot just around the corner (set to premiere April 2017), it seems no one…
What Is Renaissance Art All About?
After the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 AD, there was a time for a few hundred years known…
Dark Surrealist Art
The concept of dark surrealist art has been a major aspect of surrealist work from its very beginnings. Surrealism (or…
Three Contemporary Surrealists You’ve Got to See
Surrealist art is a movement that began in the 1920’s and is still quite lively today. Surrealist art aims to…