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  • The Annunciation, with Saints Ansanus and Margaret and Four Prophets, 1333, The Virgin in Art
    Art,  English

    The presence of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Art

    December 21, 2021 / 0 Comments

    The art world is filled with the presence of the Virgin Mary – a fundamental symbol of motherhood, who has been radiating youthfulness, tenderness, and compassion for two thousand years. Finding in her an inexhaustible source of inspiration, artists have consistently used the image of the Virgin Mary to reflect our own sufferings and joys.

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    Exposición: Paul Gauguin

    October 23, 2017
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    Shelley’s Art Musings – Le grand mot en C…

    April 21, 2020
    Aestheticism in art

    Aestheticism: Where Art and Beauty Converge

    November 28, 2023
  • Léon Tolstoï Labourant, 1887
    Art,  Art Exhibition,  Français

    Ilya Répine – L’artiste talentueux du groupe connu sous le nom de « The Itinerants »

    December 17, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Ilya Répine était le plus doué du groupe que l'on appelait en Russie «Les Ambulants ». Dès l'âge de douze ans, il entre à l'atelier d'Ivan Bounakov pour apprendre le métier de peintre d'icônes. La représentation religieuse restera très importante pour lui.

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    Ah, Valentine’s day, the day of love… (Part 3)

    February 14, 2019
    La vierge Marie

    La Vierge Marie dans l’art de la Renaissance : foi, grâce et symbolisme

    May 1, 2026

    The Reinvention of Black

    September 17, 2015
  • Giovanni da Modena, The Punishments of the Damned in Hell, 1410
    English

    The depiction of Hell and Heaven in Art of the Eternal

    October 26, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Since the first funerary statues were placed in the first sepulchres, the ideas of death and the afterlife have always held a prominent place at the heart of the art world. In this work, Victoria Charles analyses how, through the centuries, art has become the reflection of these interrogations linked to mankind’s fate and the hereafter.

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    The Temple of Venus The Sex Museum, Amsterdam 1

    The Temple of Venus: The Sex Museum, Amsterdam

    February 24, 2020

    Paul Cézanne part 2: He paints as if he was Rothschild

    May 26, 2017
    Akbar Mausoleum, 1614

    Art of Islam – Splendours of Islam

    April 26, 2022
  • Le Cauchemar, 1781
    Français

    À la découverte de Satan et…L’Art du Diable

    August 6, 2021 / 0 Comments

    C’est le Diable qui tient les fils qui nous remuent! Satan, Belzébuth, Lucifer… Le Diable possède de multiples noms et visages qui étaient une grande source d'inspiration pour les artistes.

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    Maurice Denis, Portrait de Marthe Denis, la femme de l’artiste (Suzanne aux maisons jaunes), 1893

    Les Nabis : Aventure des artistes impressionnistes et postimpressionnistes

    September 3, 2021
    Léon Bakst

    De la scène à la toile – L’art unique de Léon Bakst

    May 2, 2025
    Pierre-Bonnard-Vue-de-Saint-Tropez-ou-L’Allée-1909

    Bonnard – La couleur de la mémoire

    January 15, 2019
  • Coppo di Marcovaldo, The Infernal Chaos around Satan, c. 1270
    English

    Exploring Satan and…Art of the Devil

    August 3, 2021 / 0 Comments

    "The Devil holds the strings which move us!". Literature dealing with the Devil has long offered inspiration to artists wishing to exorcise evil through images, especially the works of Dante and Goethe.

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    Where Mucha’s Magic Began: The Gismonda-poster

    April 20, 2016
    The Railway by Édouard Manet

    Little Girls – A few beautiful pictures of the book

    June 1, 2021

    Feetishism

    March 8, 2019
  • Madonna della Cintola, Benozzo Gozzoli, 1450-1452, Madonnen, Klaus Carl
    Deutsch

    Madonnen

    April 29, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Zur Zeit der Renaissance porträtierten die italienischen Maler traditionell die Frauen ihrer Mäzene als Madonnen. Über Jahrhunderte hinweg wurde die Jungfrau Maria in religiösen Gemälden als milde und beschützende Mutter Gottes gemalt.

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    Ilja Repin

    Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, Ilja Repin!

    August 7, 2025

    George Bush malt? Wie Chaim Soutine?!?

    June 24, 2015
    Tischuhr, Bleiverglasung, Tiffany, Charles De Kay

    Tiffany (deutsche Version)

    March 11, 2021
  • Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple, Nicolas Dipre, c.1500, Virgin Portraits, Klaus Carl
    English

    Virgin Portraits

    April 27, 2021 / 0 Comments

    During the Renaissance, Italian painters would traditionally depict the wives of their patrons as Madonnas, often rendering them more beautiful than they actually were. Over centuries in religious paintings, the Madonna has been presented as the clement and protective mother of God. However, with the passing of time, Mary gradually lost some of her spiritual characteristics and became more mortal and accessible to human sentiments.

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    Black art matters

    Black Art Matters

    June 24, 2020
    Leonardo

    The multifaceted genius of Leonardo da Vinci

    August 13, 2024

    Why We Owe Spain a Big “Gracias”

    May 28, 2013
  • Dante und Vergil in der Hölle auch Die Dante-Barke, Eugène Delacroix, 1822, Apokalypse, Camille Flammarion
    Deutsch

    Apokalypse (deutsche Version) – Camille Flammarion

    April 22, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Das letzte Buch der Bibel, die Offenbarung des Johannes (im Englischen auch "Apocalypse"), prophezeit das Ende aller Zeiten und schildert die Ereignisse, die das Weltende markieren werden. Dieses Buch bringt einige der berühmtesten Offenbarungsdarstellungen zusammen. Begleitet wird diese Visualisierung der Apokalypse von einem nuancierten Text zu den zahlreichen falsch datierten und nie gekommenen Weltuntergängen der Menschheitsgeschichte.

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    Schwarze Kunstsache

    July 2, 2020
    Salvador Dalí

    Das surreale Universum von Salvador Dalí

    May 9, 2024
    Mucha-job-2

    Mucha: Die Roten Rosen aus Prag

    January 17, 2018
  • The Opening of the Third Seal, Apocalypse, Camille Flammarion
    English

    Apocalypse (English Version) – Camille Flammarion

    April 20, 2021 / 0 Comments

    The final book of the Bible, known both as The Book of Revelation and The Apocalypse of John, is a prophesy of the events that will occur at the end of time. This book pools the most famous pieces of art inspired by this theme, such as the Apocalypse drapery from Angers Cathedral, the carved tympanum of the Autun Cathedral, and the fresco in Albi Cathedral.

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    Boucicaut Master, Marco Polo with Elephants and Camels Arriving at Hormuz on the Gulf of Persia from India (detail), from the Livre des Merveilles du Monde, c. 1410-1412

    Marco Polo and the Silk Road

    June 21, 2022
    Graffiti art

    From Vandalism to Veneration: American Graffiti art enters the gallery scene

    June 9, 2026

    Book on Cezanne

    August 10, 2017
  • Le Christ dans la maison de ses parents ou L’Atelier du menusier, 1849-1850, Le Christ dans l’art, Ernest Renan
    Français

    Le Christ dans l’art – Collection Temporis

    April 9, 2021 / 0 Comments

    La figure du Christ a, depuis toujours, inspiré les artistes. Déjà, dans les catacombes de l'Antiquité romaine, son portrait apparaissait sur les fresques murales. L'auteur, Ernest Renan, guide le lecteur à travers les représentations les plus iconiques du Christ dans l'art — des scènes de la Nativité de Cimabue aux portraits provocants de Salvador Dalí ou Andres Serrano.

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    Marine avec les Héliades en pleurs, vers 1640, L'Art Baroque

    Le Baroque: le goût du mouvement, de la dramatisation, de l’exubérance décorative

    July 29, 2022
    Roses

    Roses: La Vie en Rose …

    May 6, 2022
    Vase à décor marin, 1900

    Émile Gallé – L’Amoureux de la nature

    November 5, 2021
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