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    • Gabriel Metsu and the gentle art of letter writing
    • 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
    • Elsheimer’s Flight into Egypt: how it changed the boundaries between art, religion and science
    • Feathers, fashion and animal rights
    • On the Trail of the Last Supper
    • Floating pleasure worlds of Paris and Edo
    • 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
    • Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Marat
    • Millais, Charles Dickens and the Holy Family
    • How one man saved the greatest picture in the world: Piero della Francesca’s Resurrection
    • 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
    • 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
    • Forgotten Women Artists: Christina Robertson: A Scottish artist in Russia
  • Lost and found art
    • Emerging from Obscurity: Georges de La Tour's Musicians' Quarrrel
    • Murder, Caravaggio and The Taking of Christ
    • The rescue of the fabulous lost library of Deir al-Surian
    • Lost masterpieces of ancient Egyptian art from the Nebamun tomb-chapel
    • The Sphinx of Delft: Jan Vermeer’s demise and rediscovery
    • Carpaccio’s double enigma: Hunting on the Lagoon and the Two Venetian Ladies
    • Bernardo Bellotto and the reconstruction of Warsaw
    • The discovery of an early graphic novel
    • Michelangelo's disputed Entombment
  • All about Bruegel
    • Seeing the light: Bruegel's Conversion of Saul
    • Bruegel’s White Christmas: The Census at Bethlehem
    • The emergence of the winter landscape
    • Bruegel and the Two Faces of Summer
    • Bruegel's Peasant Wedding Feast
    • Lost in Translation: Bruegel’s Tower of Babel
    • Perception and Blindness in the 16th Century
    • "All life is here": Bruegel's 'Way to Calvary'
    • Bruegel's Icarus and the perils of flight
  • Lives and livelihoods
    • The extraordinary career of Granville Redmond, deaf artist and silent movie actor
    • Rose-Marie Ormond: Sargent’s muse and “the most charming girl that ever lived”
    • 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
    • Should artists get royalties?
    • Strange encounters: the collector, the artist and the philosopher
  • Techniques and technology
    • The Art of Shadows
    • 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 >
      • Art in a Speeded up World: overview
      • Changing concepts of time
      • The 'new' time in literature
      • 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
    • The dramatic life of a controversial masterpiece: Leonardo’s portrait of Ginevra de’ Benci
    • Deception and Misdirection: Hieronymus Bosch’s The Conjuror
    • Reflections on a Masterpiece: Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergere
    • An exploration of vision, reality and illusion
    • Carpaccio's Miracle on the Rialto
    • Masters of All they Survey -- Gainsborough’s Mr and Mrs Andrews
    • Understanding Petrus Christus’ A Goldsmith in his Shop
    • Titian, Prudence and the three-headed beast
    • The origins of an Australian art icon
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    • Home
    • What readers say about us
    • Author details
    • Art book and film reviews >
      • Reviews of art books
      • Reviews of art films
    • Our top social media posts
    • ARTICLES
    • Cultural trends and changes >
      • Gabriel Metsu and the gentle art of letter writing
      • 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
      • Elsheimer’s Flight into Egypt: how it changed the boundaries between art, religion and science
      • Feathers, fashion and animal rights
      • On the Trail of the Last Supper
      • Floating pleasure worlds of Paris and Edo
      • 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 >
      • Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Marat
      • Millais, Charles Dickens and the Holy Family
      • How one man saved the greatest picture in the world: Piero della Francesca’s Resurrection
      • 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
      • 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
      • Forgotten Women Artists: Christina Robertson: A Scottish artist in Russia
    • Lost and found art >
      • Emerging from Obscurity: Georges de La Tour's Musicians' Quarrrel
      • Murder, Caravaggio and The Taking of Christ
      • The rescue of the fabulous lost library of Deir al-Surian
      • Lost masterpieces of ancient Egyptian art from the Nebamun tomb-chapel
      • The Sphinx of Delft: Jan Vermeer’s demise and rediscovery
      • Carpaccio’s double enigma: Hunting on the Lagoon and the Two Venetian Ladies
      • Bernardo Bellotto and the reconstruction of Warsaw
      • The discovery of an early graphic novel
      • Michelangelo's disputed Entombment
    • All about Bruegel >
      • Seeing the light: Bruegel's Conversion of Saul
      • Bruegel’s White Christmas: The Census at Bethlehem
      • The emergence of the winter landscape
      • Bruegel and the Two Faces of Summer
      • Bruegel's Peasant Wedding Feast
      • Lost in Translation: Bruegel’s Tower of Babel
      • Perception and Blindness in the 16th Century
      • "All life is here": Bruegel's 'Way to Calvary'
      • Bruegel's Icarus and the perils of flight
    • Lives and livelihoods >
      • The extraordinary career of Granville Redmond, deaf artist and silent movie actor
      • Rose-Marie Ormond: Sargent’s muse and “the most charming girl that ever lived”
      • 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
      • Should artists get royalties?
      • Strange encounters: the collector, the artist and the philosopher
    • Techniques and technology >
      • The Art of Shadows
      • 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 >
        • Art in a Speeded up World: overview
        • Changing concepts of time
        • The 'new' time in literature
        • 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 >
      • The dramatic life of a controversial masterpiece: Leonardo’s portrait of Ginevra de’ Benci
      • Deception and Misdirection: Hieronymus Bosch’s The Conjuror
      • Reflections on a Masterpiece: Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergere
      • An exploration of vision, reality and illusion
      • Carpaccio's Miracle on the Rialto
      • Masters of All they Survey -- Gainsborough’s Mr and Mrs Andrews
      • Understanding Petrus Christus’ A Goldsmith in his Shop
      • Titian, Prudence and the three-headed beast
      • The origins of an Australian art icon
    • FINDING INFO
    • Most recent articles
    • Most popular articles
    • Country-by-country guide
    • Art timeline
    • Copyright and permissions
    • Contact us
  • Home
  • What readers say about us
  • Author details
  • Our top social media posts
  • ARTICLES
  • FINDING INFO
  • Most recent articles
  • Most popular articles
  • Country-by-country guide
  • Art timeline
  • Copyright and permissions
  • Contact us
Art book and film reviews
  • Art book and film reviews
  • Reviews of art books
  • Reviews of art films
Cultural trends and changes
  • Cultural trends and changes
  • Gabriel Metsu and the gentle art of letter writing
  • 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
  • Elsheimer’s Flight into Egypt: how it changed the boundaries between art, religion and science
  • Feathers, fashion and animal rights
  • On the Trail of the Last Supper
  • Floating pleasure worlds of Paris and Edo
  • 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
  • Catastrophes and scandals
  • Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Marat
  • Millais, Charles Dickens and the Holy Family
  • How one man saved the greatest picture in the world: Piero della Francesca’s Resurrection
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Forgotten Women Artists: Christina Robertson: A Scottish artist in Russia
Lost and found art
  • Lost and found art
  • Emerging from Obscurity: Georges de La Tour's Musicians' Quarrrel
  • Murder, Caravaggio and The Taking of Christ
  • The rescue of the fabulous lost library of Deir al-Surian
  • Lost masterpieces of ancient Egyptian art from the Nebamun tomb-chapel
  • The Sphinx of Delft: Jan Vermeer’s demise and rediscovery
  • Carpaccio’s double enigma: Hunting on the Lagoon and the Two Venetian Ladies
  • Bernardo Bellotto and the reconstruction of Warsaw
  • The discovery of an early graphic novel
  • Michelangelo's disputed Entombment
All about Bruegel
  • All about Bruegel
  • Seeing the light: Bruegel's Conversion of Saul
  • Bruegel’s White Christmas: The Census at Bethlehem
  • The emergence of the winter landscape
  • Bruegel and the Two Faces of Summer
  • Bruegel's Peasant Wedding Feast
  • Lost in Translation: Bruegel’s Tower of Babel
  • Perception and Blindness in the 16th Century
  • "All life is here": Bruegel's 'Way to Calvary'
  • Bruegel's Icarus and the perils of flight
Lives and livelihoods
  • Lives and livelihoods
  • The extraordinary career of Granville Redmond, deaf artist and silent movie actor
  • Rose-Marie Ormond: Sargent’s muse and “the most charming girl that ever lived”
  • 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
  • Should artists get royalties?
  • Strange encounters: the collector, the artist and the philosopher
Techniques and technology
  • Techniques and technology
  • The Art of Shadows
  • 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
  • Art in a Speeded Up World
  • Art in a Speeded up World: overview
  • Changing concepts of time
  • The 'new' time in literature
  • The 'new' time in painting
Early influences of photography
  • 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
  • Authenticity and meaning
  • The dramatic life of a controversial masterpiece: Leonardo’s portrait of Ginevra de’ Benci
  • Deception and Misdirection: Hieronymus Bosch’s The Conjuror
  • Reflections on a Masterpiece: Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergere
  • An exploration of vision, reality and illusion
  • Carpaccio's Miracle on the Rialto
  • Masters of All they Survey -- Gainsborough’s Mr and Mrs Andrews
  • Understanding Petrus Christus’ A Goldsmith in his Shop
  • Titian, Prudence and the three-headed beast
  • The origins of an Australian art icon

Lives and Livelihoods

The Sphinx of Delft: the demise and rediscovery of Jan Vermeer

Rose-Marie Ormond: John Singer Sargent’s muse and “the most charming girl that ever lived”

The extraordinary career of Granville Redmond, deaf artist and silent movie actor 

Forgotten Women Artists: #1 Arcangela Paladini

​Forgotten Women Artists #2: Jane Loudon

Dr Jekyll, Frankenstein and Shelley's Heart

The adventures of Nadar: photography, ballooning, invention and the Impressionists 

​Colonial artist, thief, forger and mutineer: Thomas Barrett's amazing career  

Watchmen, goldfinders and the plague bearers of the night

Strange encounters

Sarka of the South Seas

The discovery of an early graphic novel 

Should artists receive royalties?


See also


From the Rokeby Venus to Fascism