What is the most precious piece of art in your home? Did you purchase it from a local seller after you fell in love with their work? Or was it passed on from family member to family member before it ended up in your possession?
Thanks to technology and social media, art lovers can see how their favorite artists work.
In ancient Rome, the gladiators who fought at the Colosseum were superstars.
When Notre-Dame caught fire in 2019, millions of eyes watched, riveted in France and around the world. The devastating fire destroyed much of the roof and spires, and also severely damaging the priceless works of art within the church. The time since has revealed how medieval and modern can work together to rebuild. Building on traditional techniques used to create the cathedral, modern architects and conservators have fought to recreate and preserve.
The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings in art history.
As home to one of the nation's most thorough art collections, The Getty has found an innovative way for it...
The world-renowned painter Claude Monet is famous today, and during his time among his Impressionist peers, for his fascination with natural scenes. Perhaps best known for painting the water lilies at his home at Giverny, he also found beauty in other parts of nature and architecture, including haystacks, cathedrals, and seascapes. Among Monet's paintings, the Seine River makes frequent appearances.
When Paul Cézanne was a young man, his father purchased a mansion in the French town of Aix-en-Provence.
The seventeenth-century Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn was known for his use of contrast and experimental brushwork in his stunning...
Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein is primarily known for his paintings that look like frames from a comic strip, but did you know that he was also a sculptor? The American artist has several public sculptures on view, but perhaps some of his most charming work comes from his House series. These whimsical sculptures play with color and perspective in a way that is uniquely Lichtenstein.
Artist Vincent van Gogh is one of the world's most famous painters in art history.
We're back with another art history quiz, and this one's quite a challenge.
