Daily Dose of Art #23: Sandro Botticelli – Venus and Mars (c. 1485)
Botticelli is famous for his painting the Birth of Venus. This painting was probably made as a commemorate to a […]
Art in detail
Art in detail
Botticelli is famous for his painting the Birth of Venus. This painting was probably made as a commemorate to a […]
This Dutch merchant is surrounded by all the tools of his trade. He’s well off and living in a time […]
For us, it just looks like a painting of a rich moneylender in the city of Antwerp or Bruges, but […]
When her beloved Mark Antony was defeated at the battle of Actium in 31 B.C. Cleopatra committed suicide. Cagnacci made […]
A natural philosopher, the forerunner of the modern scientist, recreates one of Robert Boyle’s air pump experiments, in which a […]
The painting depicts Cossacks writing a reply to the demand of Turkish Sultan Mehmed IV to surrender (around 1670): As […]
As time progresses and death nears we lose our beauty, love, and hope. In this lovely painting, they fight back. […]
he invincible Samson fell in love with beautiful Delilah and told her the secret of his strength; his hair. For […]
In 1876 French critics didn’t like the painting, and it was immediately put in storage until 1892. When it was […]
The French frigate Méduse ran aground off the coast of today’s Mauritania on 2 July 1816. From the c. 147 […]