Hidden away in the storerooms of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum is a carpet that fooled historians, collectors, and curators for decades: the Chintamani Measuring 2.97 meters long by 1.92 meters wide, made of wool and knotted with a symmetrical knot, the carpet...
Put your painter knowledge to the test & enjoy a fun summer brain teaser Go ahead and fill in the crossword, you can click on a line and start filling it in by typing on your keyboard, each line will turn green when you have the correct name! Painting A ↓ Painting...
Diagnostic investigations are adding new insights into the technique of one of the most studied painters in the world. And this time, Vasari was exactly right. After a full ten years, one of those restorations we can confidently call “historic” has...
A documentary in cinemas and on TV, featuring Art-Test Two emigrants who found success far from home: Berenson and Lotto, who, in turn, brought success to one another. Because, of course, there are trends in art too—and influencers have always existed. Bernard...
A rare painting recently went to auction in Florence:”Half-length, with her head resting in her hands and her elbow on a red damask cushion, the beautiful and melancholic Cleopatra holds the venomous asp that threatens her exposed breast with a fatal bite.”...
The Flora Sculpture at the Bode Museum Underwent a New Dating Method Leonardo da Vinci is today as much a media phenomenon as an artistic one, but public interest and curiosity about his figure have persisted for many decades, if not centuries. Since at least the 19th...
