15 Fascinating Facts About Hieronymus Bosch’s ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’
The Garden of Earthly Delights is a piece so ripe with symbolism that it inspires intense curiosity more than 500 years after it was painted.
2023-11-16 06:23
15 Facts About Édouard Manet’s ‘Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe’ (‘Luncheon on the Grass’)
Today, ‘Luncheon on the Grass’ (or ‘Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe’) is regarded as 19th century French painter Édouard Manet's greatest triumph.
2023-09-13 06:15
15 Facts About ‘A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884’
A close look at Georges-Pierre Seurat's 'A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884' reveals much more than a warm portrait of a sunny day in a lovely park.
2023-09-13 03:22
14 Facts About Salvador Dalì’s ‘The Persistence Of Memory’
'The Persistence of Memory' is the most recognizable work by Salvador Dalì, who painted it in the midst of a hallucination.
2023-09-06 01:51
11 Things You Didn’t Know About Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’
The famous 1889 painting was the artist's second depiction of a twinkling night sky.
2023-08-15 02:25
15 Things You Might Not Know About ‘American Gothic’
While this deceptively simple portrait has clearly captured the imagination of the nation, the story behind its creation and rise to fame makes it all the more compelling.
2023-07-13 02:45
16 Things You Didn’t Know About the ‘Mona Lisa’
Her tricky smile and timeless allure have inspired academic study and artistic emulation for more than five centuries. But the story of this perplexing portrait of 'Mona Lisa' is even richer than it looks.
2023-06-29 00:51