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Charles Karsten, Piet Mondrian in his Paris studio with Lozenge Composition with Four Yellow Lines (1933) and Composition with Double Lines and Yellow (1934), October 1933. Collection RKD, Netherlands Institute for Art History via artnet

Margaret Allen

Piet Mondrian and the Philosophy of Neo-Plasticism

Neo-Plasticism shaped modern abstraction through balance and order as Piet Mondrian developed a universal visual system rooted in balance and order.

Imogen Cunningham, Ruth Asawa, 1957. Image © 2024 Imogen Cunningham Trust. All Rights Reserved. Art © 2024 Estate of Imogen Cunningham / 2024 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy David Zwirner via Sotheby's

Jack Lowry

When Sculpture Entered Everyday Life in Postwar...

Postwar sculpture shifted toward lived space, material awareness, and civic presence through the work of Ruth Asawa and Isamu Noguchi.

Roberto Matta, Untitled, 1942-3, ©Roberto Matta. ADAGP, Paris / VEGAP, Madrid © Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid via Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza

Rebecca Levenson

Carl Jung and the Rise of the Unconscious in Mo...

A study of Carl Jung’s influence on modern artists who treated the unconscious as a source of form, symbol, and creative authority.

José Clemente Orozco, Dive Bomber and Tank, 1940 © 2026 José Clemente Orozco / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico via MoMA

Margaret Allen

Mexican Masters Who Transformed Art Through Pub...

A study of Mexican muralism and its leading figures, examining how Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros, and Tamayo reshaped art through public space.

Andrea Mantegna, Camera degli Sposi (ceiling fresco), 1465–1474 via Wikipedia

Hugo Merz

Painted Illusions: Trompe-l’oeil Through Art Hi...

Artists have long delighted in trompe-l’oeil, a style that tricks the eye with uncanny realism. From walls to modern canvases, illusion shaped art history.

Wassily Kandinsky, Yellow-Red-Blue, 1925 via WikiArt/Public Domain

Clara V. Leone

The Science of Beauty: Neuroaesthetics in Art a...

Neuroaesthetics examines how the brain perceives beauty, providing insight into art, design, and architecture while influencing creativity.

The Armory Show, International Exhibition of Modern Art. View of the Cubist gallery (Gallery 53), Art Institute of Chicago, March–April 1913. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

Lena Whitmore

The Armory Show of 1913: When Modern Art Shocke...

The 1913 Armory Show brought Cubism, Fauvism, and radical European art to the United States, shocking audiences and changing American art forever.

Raoul Dufy, Boats at Martigues, 1908 via Artchive

Julian Ashford

Fauvism: Bold Colors and the Birth of Modern Pa...

Fauvism brought a radical use of pure color and expressive brushwork. Led by Matisse and Derain, it transformed early 20th-century painting into modern art.

Rufino Tamayo, Animals, 1941 via MoMA

Edward Gray

Global Modernisms: India, Mexico, and Japan Rei...

Modernism flourished worldwide. Artists in India, Mexico, and Japan adapted the movement to their own cultures, reshaping its forms, politics, and meanings.

Sofonisba Anguissola, The Chess Game (Portrait of the artist’s sisters playing chess), 1555, via Smarthistory

Isabelle Fenwick

Forgotten Women in Early Modern European Art Hi...

Forgotten women of early modern Europe shaped art with portraits, still lifes, and altarpieces, leaving legacies that deserve renewed recognition.