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  • Cultural trends and changes
    • Exploring Gustave Caillebotte’s Paris Street, Rainy Day
    • A very rich book for the very rich
    • Millet and the Angelus
    • The Two Women in White
    • Bruegel’s White Christmas: The Census at Bethlehem
    • Elsheimer’s Flight into Egypt: how it changed the boundaries between art, religion and science
    • The rescue of the fabulous lost library of Deir al-Surian
    • Feathers, fashion and animal rights
    • Lost masterpieces of ancient Egyptian art from the Nebamun tomb-chapel
    • On the Trail of the Last Supper
    • Floating pleasure worlds of Paris and Edo
    • The emergence of the winter landscape
    • Toulouse-Lautrec, the bicycle and the women's movement
    • From the Rokeby Venus to Fascism Pt 1: Why did suffragettes attack artworks?
    • From the Rokeby Venus to Fascism Pt 2: the Strange Allure of Fascism
    • The Futurists declare war on pasta
    • The art of giraffe diplomacy
    • Science becomes Art
  • Catastrophes and scandals
    • How one man saved the greatest picture in the world: Piero della Francesca’s Resurrection Page
    • Vermeer’s concert, the Gardner collection, and the art heist of the century
    • The Controversies of Constantin Brancusi: Princess X and the boundaries of art
    • Bernardo Bellotto and the reconstruction of Warsaw
    • Surviving the Black Death
    • Julie Manet, Renoir and the Dreyfus Affair
    • Art and Survival in Patagonia
    • The Isenheim Altarpiece Pt 1: Pestilence and the Concert of Angels
    • The Isenheim Altarpiece Pt 2: Nationalism, Nazism and Degeneracy
    • The shocking birth and amazing career of Guernica
  • Forgotten Women Artists
    • Forgotten Women Artists: introduction
    • Forgotten Women Artists: #1 Arcangela Paladini: The Rapid Rise and Fall of a Prodigy
    • Forgotten Women Artists: #2 Jane Loudon
    • Forgotten Women Artists: #3 Marie-Gabrielle Capet: Stepping out from the Shadows
    • Forgotten Women Artists #4: Michaelina Wautier: entering the limelight after 300 years
    • Forgotten Women Artists #5 Thérèse Schwartze and the business of painting
  • Lives and livelihoods
    • The Sphinx of Delft: Jan Vermeer’s demise and rediscovery
    • Rose-Marie Ormond: Sargent’s muse and “the most charming girl that ever lived”
    • The extraordinary career of Granville Redmond, deaf artist and silent movie actor
    • Dr Jekyll, Frankenstein and Shelley’s Heart
    • The Adventures of Nadar: photography, ballooning, invention & the Impressionists
    • Colonial artist, thief, forger and mutineer: Thomas Barrett's amazing career
    • Watchmen, goldfinders and the plague bearers of the night
    • Sarka of the South Seas
    • The discovery of an early graphic novel
    • Should artists get royalties?
    • Strange encounters: the collector, the artist and the philosopher
  • Techniques and technology
    • Art as a barometer of climate changes
    • The life and death of Mummy Brown
    • Egyptian blue: the colour of technology
    • Prussian blue and its partner in crime
    • Why wasn't photography invented earlier?
    • Comets in Art
    • Art in a Speeded Up World >
      • Overview
      • Pt 1: Changing concepts of time
      • Pt 2: The 'new' time in literature
      • Pt 3: The 'new' time in painting
    • Early influences of photography >
      • Pt 1: Initial impacts
      • Pt 2: Photography as a working aid
      • Pt 3: Photographic effects
      • Pt 4: New approaches to reality
  • Authenticity and meaning
    • Carpaccio's Miracle on the Rialto
    • Masters of All they Survey -- Gainsborough’s Mr and Mrs Andrews
    • Bruegel's Peasant Wedding Feast
    • Understanding Petrus Christus’ A Goldsmith in his Shop
    • Lost in Translation: Bruegel’s Tower of Babel
    • Perception and Blindness in the 16th Century
    • "All life is here": Bruegel's 'Way to Calvary'
    • Carpaccio’s double enigma: Hunting on the Lagoon and the Two Venetian Ladies
    • Bruegel's Icarus and the perils of flight
    • Michelangelo's disputed Entombment
    • Titian, Prudence and the three-headed beast
    • The origins of an Australian art icon
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country-by-country guide

Here is a list of articles in the Journal that significantly affect particular countries.
Argentina
Art and Survival in Patagonia

Australia
Feathers, fashion and animal rights

Colonial artist, thief, forger and mutineer:  Thomas Barrett's amazing career
The origins of an Australian art icon 
On the trail of the Last Supper
The surprising discovery of an early graphic novel
Should artists get royalties?
Early influences of photography on art:

Prussian blue and its partner in crime

Belgium: see entry for Netherlands, Flanders. Belgium


Chile
Art and Survival in Patagonia

China
Comets in Art

Egypt

The rescue of the fabulous lost library of Deir al-Surian
Elsheimer’s Flight into Egypt 
Lost masterpieces of ancient Egyptian art from the Nebamun tomb-chapel
The life and death of Mummy Brown
Egyptian Blue: the colour of technology
The art of giraffe diplomacy

Fiji
On the trail of the Last Supper

France - see also Tahiti
Exploring Gustave Caillebotte’s Paris Street, Rainy Day
A very rich book for the very rich
Millet and the Angelus
Rose-Marie Ormond: John Singer Sargent’s muse and “the most charming girl that ever lived”
Forgotten Women Artists #3: Marie-Gabrielle Capet: Stepping out from the Shadows
The adventures of Nadar: photography, ballooning, invention and the Impressionists:
The Controversies of Constantin Brancusi 
Comets in Art
Floating pleasure worlds of Paris and Edo
The emergence of the winter landscape: Bruegel and his predecessors
Toulouse-Lautrec, the bicycle and the women's movement
The Isenheim Altarpiece Part 1
Julie Manet, Renoir and the Dreyfus Affair
Strange encounters: the collector, the artist and the philosopher
Why wasn’t photography invented earlier?
Early influences of photography on art
Art in a speeded-up world
The art of giraffe diplomacy
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Germany
Elsheimer’s Flight into Egypt
Comets in Art
Prussian blue and its partner in crime
On the trail of the Last Supper
The emergence of the winter landscape: Bruegel and his predecessors
The Isenheim Altarpiece: Part 1
The Isenheim Altarpiece Part 2

Italy

How one man saved the “greatest picture in the world”: Piero della Francesca’s 15th century masterpiece The Resurrection
Carpaccio's Miracle on the Rialto 
Carpaccio's double enigma: Hunting on the Lagoon and the Two Venetian Ladies
Science becomes Art
The Futurists declare war on pasta 
Comets in Art
On the trail of the Last Supper
The emergence of the winter landscape: Bruegel and his predecessors
Surviving the Black Death
Art in a speeded-up world
The origins of an Australian art icon 
Michelangelo's disputed Entombment
Titian, Prudence and the three-headed beast
Forgotten Women Artists: #1 Arcangela Paladini

Japan
Comets in Art
Prussian blue and its partner in crime
Floating pleasure worlds of Paris and Edo

Netherlands, Flanders, Belgium
Vermeer’s concert, the Gardner collection, and the art heist of the century
Forgotten Women Artists #5 Thérèse Schwartze
Bruegel's Peasant Wedding Feast: the case of the missing bridegroom and other mysteries
A very rich book for the very rich

Understanding Petrus Christus’ A Goldsmith in his Shop
Bruegel’s White Christmas: The Census at Bethlehem
The Sphinx of Delft: the demise and rediscovery of Jan Vermeer
Lost in Translation: Bruegel’s Tower of Babel 
Perception and Blindness in the 16th Century: Bruegel’s The Blind Leading the Blind:
The emergence of the winter landscape: Bruegel and his predecessors
Bruegel's Icarus and the perils of flight 
“All life is here”: Bruegel’s Way to Calvary 
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Forgotten Women Artists #4: Michaelina Wautier

Toulouse-Lautrec, the bicycle and the women's movement

​Norway
Early influences of photography on art

Outer space (not really a country, but anyway...)
Comets in Art

Patagonia
Art and Survival in Patagonia

Peru
On the trail of the Last Supper

Poland
Bernardo Bellotto and the reconstruction of Warsaw 

Spain
The shocking birth and amazing career of Guernica
Art in a speeded-up world
Art and Survival in Patagonia
From the Rokeby Venus to Fascism Part 1

Tahiti
Early influences of photography on art
Sarka of the South Seas

United Kingdom
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Masters of All they Survey -- Gainsborough’s Mr and Mrs Andrews
The Two Women in White
Forgotten Women Artists #2: Jane Loudon 
Dr Jekyll, Frankenstein and Shelley's Heart
Feathers, fashion and animal rights
Lost masterpieces of ancient Egyptian art from the Nebamun tomb-chapel
Colonial artist, thief, forger and mutineer:  Thomas Barrett's amazing career
Science becomes Art
Comets in Art
Prussian blue and its partner in crime
Toulouse-Lautrec, the bicycle and the women's movement
Art in a speeded-up world
Early influences of photography on art
Watchmen, goldfinders and the plague bearers of the night
Should artists get royalties?
The life and death of Mummy Brown
Strange encounters: the collector, the artist and the philosopher
From the Rokeby Venus to Fascism Part 1
From the Rokeby Venus to Fascism Part 2

United States
Vermeer’s concert, the Gardner collection, and the art heist of the century
The extraordinary career of Granville Redmond, deaf artist and silent movie actor 
The Controversies of Constantin Brancusi 
On the trail of the Last Supper
Strange encounters: the collector, the artist and the philosopher
Early influences of photography on art
Sarka of the South Seas
Should artists get royalties?
The surprising discovery of an early graphic novel
Prussian blue and its partner in crime