Haute couture is in the spotlight at the Louvre
Statement Pieces” opened with more than 100 couture pieces from over 45 of the world’s top fashion houses, including Chanel, ...
Rereading Rembrandt: how the slave trade helped establish the golden age of Dutch painting
In the 1600s the Netherlands established one of the world’s first art markets – but it couldn’t have happened without the ...
Beaumont Enterprise on MSN2d
Houston museum showcases British landscape watercolors from the 18th and 19th centuries
When one thinks of landscape watercolors, it is hard not picture pastoral scenes of England’s green and pleasant land, to quote William Blake. But in the history of art, British landscape painting is ...
‘Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror’: Parmigianino’s Brilliantly Warped Perspective
The 16th-century Italian artist undermined the Renaissance-era rules of illusionistic space with this playful, virtuosic ...
Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael: 'titans of Western art' reunited in 'standout' show
At the turn of the 16th century, Florence was the scene for "what may have been the ultimate clash of the titans of Western ...