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Louise Irpino

5 Art Analysis YouTube Video Essays Worth Your ...

Explore our curation of the top five YouTube video essays on art, featuring insightful analysis and diverse perspectives from various expert creators. Each video in this listicle covers a unique...

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Madelyn Kenney

The Origins and Influence Houndstooth in Fashion

Discover Houndstooth's journey in fashion, from Scottish origins to haute couture symbol. Explore its impact, designer adaptations, and modern resurgence.

Flagler Church via Wikipedia

Rosella Parra

Memorial Presbyterian Church

The Flagler Memorial Presbyterian Church is a historical church in St. Augustine. It is a century-spanning landmark that has survived the Civil War and is a form of memorabilia today....

Body Tracks

Jesslyn Low

Body Fluids in Art: Blood

Explore the controversial and captivating world of art created with human and animal blood. This article delves into historical examples, controversy, and contemporary artists using blood as a medium. ti

Reading Pavillion, Jinhua Architecture Park, Herzog & de Meuron, Jihua, China, 2006. Photograph by Addison Godel via AnOther Magazine

Louise Irpino

What is Brutalism?

No other architectural style is more polarizing among laypeople and architects alike than brutalism. A style born out of utilitarianism, its mark is instantly recognizable with its towering, nondescript, yet...

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Lily Frye

An Analysis of Gustave Moreau's French Masterpi...

Gustave Moreau’s intrinsically eye-pleasing and complex paintings capture moments in time. From mythical gods to ancient kings, Moreau’s self-proclaimed title as a history painter captures human (and non-human) history.

Momento Mori

Taylor Hunt

Funerary Art

Funerary art offers a unique and captivating perspective on the human condition and our ceaseless fascination with the afterlife. The artistry that adorns graves, mausoleums, and memorial sites has served...

Grid Petri Pattern

Madelyn Kenney

Petri Dish Art

Petri dish art represents the intersection of art and microbiology, containing a rich history connected to the scientist who crucially advanced the understanding of medicine.

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Rosella Parra

Artwork of the Rape of the Sabine Women

The rape and abduction of the Sabine women are some of Rome’s earliest atrocities in Roman history. Four different artists give their interpretation of the violent assaults through their artwork.

Devil and eagle, CristianChirita via Wikimedia, photograph of artwork in public domain

Madelyn Kenney

Alchemical Art

Surrealism is famed as dreamlike art, but alchemical art predated it, using coded imagery to mask early chemical science. Alchemists' codes show their commitment to secrecy and the beginnings of...