The Golden Age of Illustration: Celebrating Classic Book Illustrators
January 22, 2025
Driven by technological advances and cultural shifts, this period elevated the craft of illustration into an art form that would leave a lasting legacy.
January 22, 2025
Driven by technological advances and cultural shifts, this period elevated the craft of illustration into an art form that would leave a lasting legacy.
January 20, 2025
Bringing prosperity, luck, and happiness for the year ahead, Chinese New Year decorations are believed to bring positive energy and intentions.
January 15, 2025
Gothic Revival furniture creates a harmonious and dramatic aesthetic that offered an idealised vision of medieval romance.
January 13, 2025
Goebel Hummel figurines were some of the most widely collected porcelain objects in the 20th century. See how rare Hummel figurines are valued today.
January 8, 2025
Translated as ‘golden seams’, the Japanese art of Kintsugi breathes new life into broken ceramics by piecing them back together with gold.
December 30, 2024
Generative art refers to any work that is created by a system with some level of autonomy or can function with little intervention from the artist.
December 23, 2024
The Tudor period monarch’s reign proved fertile ground for Shakespearean drama, eloquent poetry, and a rich tradition of miniature paintings.
December 18, 2024
European medieval artists carried the tradition of illustrated text to new heights as the art of the book came into its own.
December 16, 2024
When it comes to collectible coins, it’s the oddities defying the norms of minting perfection that are prized as numismatic treasures by collectors.
December 11, 2024
Among the recurring themes in art history, food is one of the most enduring and evocative, inspiring generations of artists.
Image from Sworders’ March 14, 2023 sale.
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