Stop and Look – The Month of May by the Limbourg brothers
Paul, Jean and Herman de Limbourg’s Très Riches Heures portrayed the life of Duke Jean’s court.
Paul, Jean and Herman de Limbourg’s Très Riches Heures portrayed the life of Duke Jean’s court.
Mark Rothko favoured great size and enormous squares of colour hovering on top of each other, sometimes strongly contrasted.
Despite being one of the most famous portraits of the Italian Renaissance, historians have been unable to pinpoint exactly who painted it.
“Convoy Arriving with Wounded” was the first picture to be painted in the Sandham Memorial Chapel by Stanley Spencer.
The detail in Chardin’s paintings reveal his skill in drawing human characters with a sensitive tenderness.
Despite being one of his most famous works, this painting has little of the irregular picturesqueness that Hobbemas is known for.
This brightly-coloured painting by Édouard Manet marks a significant break from the style of his earlier exhibited works.
In this painting, Sir Joshua Reynolds depicts a beautiful woman as Hebe, cup-bearer to Jupiter.
The use of artificial intelligence in art history deserves more a more sceptical scrutiny.
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