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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.

Vincent van Gogh, Pietà (after Delacroix), 1889, via Vatican Museums

Miles Avery

Religious Art and Theology: Images That Defined...

Religious imagery has long guided collective faith. From Byzantine icons to Renaissance altarpieces and modern reinterpretations, sacred art shaped devotion.

Unknown, Winged Victory of Samothrace, c. 190 BCE, marble, Louvre. Photo: muratart via Shutterstock via My Modern Met

Lena Whitmore

Myth Meets Medium: How Mythology Shaped Ancient...

Explore how Greek myths shaped ancient art through sculpture, pottery, and painting, blending storytelling with timeless cultural symbols.

Sandro Botticelli, Primavera, c. 1470s–1480s via Wikipedia/Public Domain

Adrian Mercer

Art as Propaganda: From Medici Florence to the ...

Art has long served as a tool of persuasion. From the Medici Florence to the Ottoman court, rulers and patrons used images to project power and faith.

Yoko Ono, Cut Piece via Singulart

Miles Avery

The Power of Motion: Artists Who Embraced Actio...

Discover how artists from Pollock to Yoko Ono turned movement into meaning and turned painting into performance in the bold world of action painting.