Behind the Masterpiece
Art history made digestible. Let's start at the beginning.
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The Mediums of Art: Drawing
2-Minute Summary:
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Drawing is a universal, sensory-based human act that predates writing and appears across many early civilizations.
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It was historically used for communication, artistic expression, and scientific observation.
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The Liminal Space: Art of the Commute
The commute is not where we expect to find meaning.
This liminal space within our real lives asks very little of us, and maybe that’s why we give so little back to it. Yet, we’re all familiar with it.
On average, we spend about 27 minute...
Your very own art history cheat sheet
Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605-1606)
I’ve always thought the real barrier to art history isn’t the paintings themselves, no, they welcome us, they look at us in the eye. It’s the language around it that seems to overwhelm and in...
Why Perspective Matters: Women Painting Women
Art history, like many established fields, has often been shaped by the documentation of men’s achievements. Until recently, the stories of women artists have been a footnote in the grand narrative.
From the Renaissance to modern times, w...
The Language of a Masterpiece: The Physical Techniques
The Terms you need to know
There’s a point when looking at paintings where you stop thinking about what you’re seeing and start noticing how it was made.
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