Dogs, Tricks, and some Grand Claims Despite the old adage about dogs and tricks, nearly…
Browsing: Art History
The Psychology of Empathy in Visual Perception Image shown: Berthe Morisot, The Cradle, 1872, France (DETAIL) Empathy is frequently referenced…
Art in the Service of Change: Keith Haring’s Legacy Image shown: Detail of Todos Juntos Podemos Parar el SIDA (1989)…
Attentiveness, Restraint, and the Visual Structure of Care in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Painting (Image shown: Pieter de Hooch, The Bedroom, c.1658…
Image Shown: Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (detail), Pablo Picasso, 1907, oil on canvas, 244 x 234 cm; (arguably the first cubist…
Drawing Desire: J. C. Leyendecker’s Vision and Sexuality Shaped the American Male Take a second and picture what masculinity means…
How material diversity grew from the movement of pigments and the cultures of art they influenced. Color, in its earliest…
For centuries, the formation of an artist was not an isolated pursuit but a communal journey, one shaped as much…
As someone with a love for languages, it has been an exciting opportunity to practice my Thai and Spanish, and…
“An artist is above all a human being, profoundly human to the core. If the artist can’t feel everything that…
Few debates in visual culture have endured as stubbornly—or as unproductively—as the supposed divide between fine art and illustration. For…