Unveiling the Work of a Master – Titian’s Portrait of Archbishop Archinto
His contemporaries called him “the sun amidst small stars”, the princes’ painter, the people’s painter, the prince of painters. In
Author: Meighan Maley
I tell my heart to go ahead – Artist Horace Pippin
Horace Pippin painted the memories that lingered. Some were terrifyingly painful. Others recalled the ease of a lazy Sunday morning
To Have and To Hold – Italian Renaissance Cassoni
Here I am baby Oh, you’ve got the future in your hand Signed, sealed, delivered, I’m yours – Stevie
Alone, Quiet, and Gloriously Free – Matisse’s Portrait of Mlle. Yvonne Landsberg
Henri Matisse’s painting of Mlle. Yvonne Landsberg is considered to be one of his most mysterious portraits. Strange curving lines
Follow the Money – Porcelain, Part 3
To learn more about the origins of porcelain in China and its cultural and economic impact upon Europe, please read
Come to Cold Mountain – Porcelain, Part 2
How was porcelain first created in China? Please see Porcelain, Part 1. In 1271, seventeen-year-old Marco Polo began a five-thousand-mile journey
When Thousands of Hands Held a Secret for a Thousand Years – Porcelain, Part 1
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science, said
