most recent articles
Here are articles that have recently been included in the Journal:
Perception and Blindness in the 16th Century: Bruegel’s The Blind Leading the Blind: our analysis of this painting by Bruegel, a work that has been described as one of the finest pictures ever painted
The rescue of the fabulous lost library of Deir al-Surian. The momentous rescue of one of the greatest libraries in Christendom, from the desolate wastes of the Egyptian Desert (June 2018)
Forgotten Women Artists #3: Marie-Gabrielle Capet: In the third in our series on forgotten women artists, we look at the life and works of the talented but obscure 18C French painter Marie-Gabrielle Capet (Mar 2018)
Forgotten Women Artists #2: Jane Loudon: in the second of our series on forgotten women artists, we examine the life and works of the remarkable 19C artist, futurist, horticulturist and author Jane Loudon (Nov 2017)
Forgotten Women Artists: #1 Arcangela Paladini: as the first in an upcoming series, we look at the life and works of the 17th century Italian prodigy Arcangela Paladini (Sept 2017)
“All life is here”: Bruegel’s Way to Calvary: a detailed exploration of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s famously complex and intriguing Way to Calvary (June 2017)
Dr Jekyll, Frankenstein and Shelley's Heart: the curiously intertwined lives and works of the Shelleys and Robert Louis Stevenson
Elsheimer’s Flight into Egypt: how this tiny painting revolutionised the boundaries between art, religion and science
The adventures of Nadar: photography, ballooning, invention and the Impressionists: the life of a truly extraordinary, multi-talented nineteenth century Frenchman
Feathers, fashion and animal rights: The powerful role played by images in the fight against the controversial Plumage Trade
Art as a barometer of climate changes: how much can artworks tell us about climate changes that occurred in past eras?
The Controversies of Constantin Brancusi: the two scandals that made the sculptor Brancusi into a public figure and helped define the boundaries of art
Bernardo Bellotto and the reconstruction of Warsaw: how a hidden cache of 18th century artworks provided a blueprint for the resurrection of a destroyed city
Carpaccio's double enigma: Hunting on the Lagoon and the Two Venetian Ladies: the unlikely story of how two contrasting paintings have turned out to be one
Lost masterpieces of ancient Egyptian art from the Nebamun tomb-chapel: a story of survival, censorship and adaptation
Colonial artist, thief, forger and mutineer: Thomas Barrett's amazing career
Was this the shortest artistic career in history? Barely four weeks passed between the creation of the eighteenth century convict Thomas Barrett’s first work of art and his execution by hanging.
Bruegel's Icarus and the perils of flight
Bruegel's enigmatic Landscape with the Fall of Icarus has inspired some radically different interpretations but still remains a mystery.
Science becomes Art
How Joseph Wright’s paintings of scientific experiments exploited brilliant light to depict a new type of knowledge (and what a “freeborn mouse” thought about it all).
The art of giraffe diplomacy
How an African giraffe walked across France and became a pawn in an international power struggle.
The Futurists declare war on pasta
What does one make of a twentieth century art movement that glorifies war, gets a kick out of steam locomotives and puts out a cookbook?
Comets in Art
Reflecting changing social attitudes, comets have come to be represented in art in a multitude of ways, from objects of terror and portents of disaster right through to badges of prestige or of divine guidance
Prussian blue and its partner in crime
While the discovery of Prussian Blue was hailed as a breakthrough for artists, and led to a revolution in Japanese art, its derivatives have killed countless thousands.
From the Rokeby Venus to Fascism
In Part 1 we examine the art slashers of the suffragette movement in Britain, and in Part 2 we analyse why some militant suffragettes made the unlikely graduation to Fascism.
Perception and Blindness in the 16th Century: Bruegel’s The Blind Leading the Blind: our analysis of this painting by Bruegel, a work that has been described as one of the finest pictures ever painted
The rescue of the fabulous lost library of Deir al-Surian. The momentous rescue of one of the greatest libraries in Christendom, from the desolate wastes of the Egyptian Desert (June 2018)
Forgotten Women Artists #3: Marie-Gabrielle Capet: In the third in our series on forgotten women artists, we look at the life and works of the talented but obscure 18C French painter Marie-Gabrielle Capet (Mar 2018)
Forgotten Women Artists #2: Jane Loudon: in the second of our series on forgotten women artists, we examine the life and works of the remarkable 19C artist, futurist, horticulturist and author Jane Loudon (Nov 2017)
Forgotten Women Artists: #1 Arcangela Paladini: as the first in an upcoming series, we look at the life and works of the 17th century Italian prodigy Arcangela Paladini (Sept 2017)
“All life is here”: Bruegel’s Way to Calvary: a detailed exploration of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s famously complex and intriguing Way to Calvary (June 2017)
Dr Jekyll, Frankenstein and Shelley's Heart: the curiously intertwined lives and works of the Shelleys and Robert Louis Stevenson
Elsheimer’s Flight into Egypt: how this tiny painting revolutionised the boundaries between art, religion and science
The adventures of Nadar: photography, ballooning, invention and the Impressionists: the life of a truly extraordinary, multi-talented nineteenth century Frenchman
Feathers, fashion and animal rights: The powerful role played by images in the fight against the controversial Plumage Trade
Art as a barometer of climate changes: how much can artworks tell us about climate changes that occurred in past eras?
The Controversies of Constantin Brancusi: the two scandals that made the sculptor Brancusi into a public figure and helped define the boundaries of art
Bernardo Bellotto and the reconstruction of Warsaw: how a hidden cache of 18th century artworks provided a blueprint for the resurrection of a destroyed city
Carpaccio's double enigma: Hunting on the Lagoon and the Two Venetian Ladies: the unlikely story of how two contrasting paintings have turned out to be one
Lost masterpieces of ancient Egyptian art from the Nebamun tomb-chapel: a story of survival, censorship and adaptation
Colonial artist, thief, forger and mutineer: Thomas Barrett's amazing career
Was this the shortest artistic career in history? Barely four weeks passed between the creation of the eighteenth century convict Thomas Barrett’s first work of art and his execution by hanging.
Bruegel's Icarus and the perils of flight
Bruegel's enigmatic Landscape with the Fall of Icarus has inspired some radically different interpretations but still remains a mystery.
Science becomes Art
How Joseph Wright’s paintings of scientific experiments exploited brilliant light to depict a new type of knowledge (and what a “freeborn mouse” thought about it all).
The art of giraffe diplomacy
How an African giraffe walked across France and became a pawn in an international power struggle.
The Futurists declare war on pasta
What does one make of a twentieth century art movement that glorifies war, gets a kick out of steam locomotives and puts out a cookbook?
Comets in Art
Reflecting changing social attitudes, comets have come to be represented in art in a multitude of ways, from objects of terror and portents of disaster right through to badges of prestige or of divine guidance
Prussian blue and its partner in crime
While the discovery of Prussian Blue was hailed as a breakthrough for artists, and led to a revolution in Japanese art, its derivatives have killed countless thousands.
From the Rokeby Venus to Fascism
In Part 1 we examine the art slashers of the suffragette movement in Britain, and in Part 2 we analyse why some militant suffragettes made the unlikely graduation to Fascism.