19th century – Page 6

In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Pygmalion was a Cypriot sculptor who was not interested in real women, as he was “shocked at […]

Historical paintings usually depict either a victory of some sort or a past injustice. A good example of the last […]

Even in this early work by Turner, you can see his love of light and colours which will become so […]

The dramatic lighting focuses both on the shipwreck in the front (a popular theme in 19th-century marine paintings) and Mount […]

The painting depicts a Russian aristocratic wedding in the 17 century at the moment when the guests toast the bridal […]

Dante’s description of hell and its sinners in his Divine Comedy (written 1308 – 1320) has had a huge impact […]

The painting depicts Cossacks writing a reply to the demand of Turkish Sultan Mehmed IV to surrender (around 1670): As […]

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 […]

This is the third painting of a series of four about the life cycle of empires. Cole was inspired by […]