We stand on a Bruges street and approach a goldsmith’s shop. Hang on, is that a falcon? Looks like we have company.
Christine Zappella
Hopper gives us a window into the urban isolation and anxiety of WWII-era New York.
Wartime alienation, Hopper’s Nighthawks
A sinister tale of bloodlust and nepotism led to the tragic events Goya depicts in “the first modern painting.”
A-Level: Francisco Goya, The Third of May, ...
This print wasn’t made public until long after Goya’s death, for fear of exposing his controversial political views.
A-Level: Francisco Goya, And there’s nothing to ...
God created the world in seven days, but it took Michelangelo four years to depict it on this remarkable ceiling.
A-level: Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Raphael’s rich palette put the papacy in the red—as did Leo X. This Medici pope spent Church money with abandon.
A-level: Raphael, Pope Leo X
Hopper gives us a window into the urban isolation and anxiety of WWII-era New York.
Edward Hopper, Nighthawks
Is that a Van Gogh? Centuries ahead of its time, this radical cityscape captures external and internal conflict.
El Greco, View of Toledo
Mother and son gaze out with an aristocratic aloofness, yet they lack an inner life. Is all that brocade a shell?
Bronzino, Portrait of Eleonora of Toledo with ...
Raphael’s rich palette put the papacy in the red—as did Leo X. This Medici pope spent Church money with abandon.
Raphael, Pope Leo X
God created the world in seven days, but it took Michelangelo four years to depict it on this remarkable ceiling.
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Whatever caught the British officer’s eye, Piero’s fresco narrowly escaped destruction in World War II.
Piero della Francesca, Resurrection
This enigmatic panel relegates its main subject to the background. So what’s happening up front?
Piero della Francesca, Flagellation of Christ
Gladiators? Mythical warriors? The identity of these men eludes us, but their anatomy is immediately intelligible.
Antonio Pollaiuolo, Battle of Ten Nudes or ...
This domestic building references ancient Roman architecture—and the nearby Medici palace.
Leon Battista Alberti, Palazzo Rucellai
A sinister tale of bloodlust and nepotism led to the tragic events Goya depicts in “the first modern painting.”
Francisco Goya, The Third of May, 1808
This print wasn’t made public until long after Goya’s death, for fear of exposing his controversial political views.
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