Gilded Age Architecture and Art: A Journey Through America’s Opulent Era
July 8, 2024
"The Gilded Age" invokes a sense of opulence and grandeur; it was a vibrant period of American history that spanned the final decades of the 19th century.
Art Movements
Gertrud Arndt: Exploring the Bauhaus Visionary
July 3, 2024
Overlooked in the male-dominated Bauhaus, Gertrude Arndt would eventually become known to the public in the late '70s with her Mask Portraits.
Assemblage and Collage: From Found Objects to Fine Art
July 1, 2024
Collage and Assemblage subverted the very fabric of art, as artists like Georges Braque and Marcel Duchamp elevated everyday items into high art.
Les Nabis Revealed: The 8 Artists Who Redefined Modern Art as We Know It
June 5, 2024
Energized to achieve a “beauty beyond visible reality,” the Nabis group of French artists challenged convention to create a new artistic vision.
The Unflinching Realism of New Objectivity
May 14, 2024
Emerging from the destruction of World War I, New Objectivity’s unsentimental artistic realism blew away the romantic and utopian ideals of Expressionism.
A Brief Introduction to Art Deco Furniture: Design Icons and Influences
May 13, 2024
Let’s return to those “Roaring '20s” to review the essence of the Art Deco Style, which celebrated the changing modern landscape.
How Japonisme Shaped Modern Art
March 20, 2024
Coined in the late 19th century to describe the Western craze for Japanese art and design, Japonisme blossomed after Japanese Isolationism ended in 1853.
Hard Edge Painting and How it Changed the Course of Abstraction
March 13, 2024
Hard Edge painting’s reaction to Abstract Expressionism in the 1960s introduced the world to flat color with defined edges that would inspire Minimalism.
The Birth of Bohemian Culture
March 4, 2024
Unorthodox and anti-establishment, bohemian culture despised convention and rejected bourgeois values, as artists embraced a new-found artistic freedom.
What is Abstract Art?
February 27, 2024
From Kandinsky to Pollock, here's a brief overview of iconic abstract artists, the history of the movement & key techniques. Ready to test your knowledge?
