Painting en plain air is intertwined with histories of painting hierarchies and the invention of the paint tube.

At $236.4 million, a portrait by Gustav Klimt is the second most expensive painting sold at auction, while Maurizio ...

His new body of work, History Painting, takes a similar technical approach, although rather than interpret a specific scene, ...

Traditional European history painting showed scenes from scripture or Greco-Roman history. These were the most important paintings because they showed the most important subjects. The ...

'Psyche Bidding Her Family Farewell' was the first history painting shown at the Paris salon by a woman artist. Marie-Guillemine Benoist, Psyche Bidding Her Family Farewell (1791). Collection of the ...

Introduction to the histories of art and the practice of art history. You will encounter a range of arts (including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, prints) and artistic practices from ...

Vikrant Bhise, "Quest of Existence of Being" (2023), acrylic on canvas, 72 x 120 inches (all images courtesy the artist and Anant Art Gallery) Already a member? Sign in here. We rely on readers like ...

A young woman stands defiantly as two police officers clad in body armor and riot helmets attempt to arrest her. They reach for her and yet seem to fall away, as though her poise repels them. The ...

What a ruckus! What panic! And why not? Until the appearance of photography, painters had nearly a monopoly on artistic representation. Their craft was regarded as the primary means to concoct images.

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