Alberti's Window

Almost exactly five years ago, I gave my first research presentation in a graduate seminar. This seminar was dedicated to Northern Baroque...

Some of my long-time readers will remember my previous post on Saint Lucy , whose iconography (or visual symbol) is a pair of eyeballs. I re...

Since Halloween is here, I wanted to highlight a creepy painting to delight (and horrify!) my readers. If you think that Peter Paul Ruben...

About a week ago, my brother-in-law asked if I knew of any 20th century still-life paintings which "quoted" or were influenced...

Like many other art historians, I have learned that Vermeer probably used the camera obscura to help in the creation of his art.  However...

I love when contemporary artists use historical art for inspiration. Kehinde Wiley is one such artist, who often creates portraits of Afri...

I was recently asked a question something like, "If you had to choose a favorite god or goddess from ancient Greek/Roman mythology, who...

I remember being surprised to learn that the Ghent Altarpiece (1432) that exists today is not entirely a product of the fifteenth century. ...

Lately there have been some connections between bathrooms and the discoveries of great/important art. Yep - I'm not kidding. Remember ...

Christmas art = a smorgasbord. There is so much art associated with Christmas. I would bet there there are over a million different depic...

During the 17th-19th centuries, colonization and global expansion were growing trends in European culture. Although many Europeans enjoyed...

I have been thinking a lot about Vermeer's The Milkmaid (c. 1660) lately, mostly because of the publicity given to the current special ...

If you thought that the painting above, Woman Reading Music (Rijksmuseum), was by Vermeer, you're mistaken. Don't feel too bad - f...

It was recently mentioned in a post by Lee Rosenbaum that this painting, Young Woman Seated at a Virginal , may actually not be painted by ...

There is an interesting article in today's edition of the New York Times that discusses the downside of Rembrandt's career during ...

J and I obviously didn't plan on celebrating our anniversary apart from each other. I teased J that he was lucky to get out of planning...