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The origins of coloring

The origins of coloring

The origins of coloring • Aug 1, 2025 • 9 minutes read
Coloring, in its simplest form, is the act of applying color to a surface—whether with paint, pencils, crayons, or digital tools. While it might seem like a trivial or even childish activity, coloring has deep roots and a wide range of meanings. Over the centuries, it has served as a means of expression, communication, and even healing...
Botanical Art: Between Scientific Precision and Aesthetic Emotion

Botanical Art: Between Scientific Precision and Aesthetic Emotion

Art history • Jul 22, 2025 • 8 minutes read
Botanical Art: Science or Beauty? explores the fascinating space where scientific observation meets artistic expression. From ancient medicinal manuscripts to today’s contemporary galleries, botanical illustration has evolved from a tool of taxonomy into a refined art form. This article traces its origins, examines its role in the age of photography, and celebrates its enduring emotional and ecological relevance in the modern world...
Rococo: A Courtly Art or an Art of Rupture?

Rococo: A Courtly Art or an Art of Rupture?

Art history • Jul 15, 2025 • 8 minutes read
Explores the Rococo style as both a product of 18th-century aristocratic taste and a subversive force that challenged dominant artistic and cultural norms…
Art & Impact | Brushes and Ballots: When American Artists Challenge Donald Trump

Art & Impact | Brushes and Ballots: When American Artists Challenge Donald Trump

Art history • Jul 11, 2025 • 5 minutes read
Provocative paintings, monumental installations, shocking performances... Since Donald Trump entered the political scene, American artists have made art a tool of resistance. From the galleries of New York to the streets of Los Angeles, unleashed creativity has risen to denounce authoritarianism, defend freedoms, and give voice to others. When art becomes a political act, the brushes also vote.
The Art of Imperfection: Embracing Accidents in Dyeing

The Art of Imperfection: Embracing Accidents in Dyeing

Art history • 7 minutes read
Dyeing is traditionally a highly controlled chemical process aimed at achieving uniform, stable, and durable color on textiles. But what happens when this seemingly perfect system interacts with chance?
City Art Trip | Arles, city of art under open sky: between Roman ruins and bold creativity

City Art Trip | Arles, city of art under open sky: between Roman ruins and bold creativity

Art history • 10 minutes read
In its ochre-tinted alleys, in its sunlit squares or in the shade of the plane trees, Arles reveals itself between calm and effervescence. Between the grandeur of its Roman ruins and the boldness of its contemporary creations, the city evolves and reinvents itself over the centuries. This constant dialogue between history and modernity, Provençal culture and living terroir, makes Arles a unique and captivating city.
Between Drawing and Ritual: Tattooing at the Crossroads of Art

Between Drawing and Ritual: Tattooing at the Crossroads of Art

Art history • 8 minutes read
Tattooing has evolved from a marginalized practice to a mainstream form of personal and artistic expression. The skin becomes a site of resistance and pride, where cultural, gender, and community identities—especially within LGBTQ+ and marginalized groups—are visibly affirmed. Tattoos serve as powerful narratives of struggle, memory, and resilience...
Six Balkan Women Artists to Know and Remember

Six Balkan Women Artists to Know and Remember

Art history • 6 minutes read
When we think of great European art, our gaze rarely extends to the Balkans. And yet, it is precisely from this borderland — a crossroads of cultures, traditions, and historical upheavals — that some of the most powerful, original, and all too often forgotten female voices of 20th-century art have emerged...
How does art engage with the rights of often marginalized groups, such as women and the LGBT+ community?

How does art engage with the rights of often marginalized groups, such as women and the LGBT+ community?

Art history • 8 minutes read
The historical and artistic investigation into the relationship between art and the rights of marginalized groups—particularly women and the LGBT+ community—reveals how creative language has always been a space of resistance and transformation. From feminist critique to the rewriting of the canon, and up to queer visibility in contemporary art, a path emerges that affirms art as a space of freedom, capable of redefining identities, bodies, and desires.
Are you a true lover of Japanese art?

Are you a true lover of Japanese art?

Art history • 14 minutes read
If you love Japanese art, you should know that its history is among the most complex, refined, and fascinating in the world. It is a millennia-long journey that has preserved a strong identity while absorbing deep influences. In this article, we will explore the history of Japanese art through five essential masterpieces — works that bear witness to its encounter with the West, at times harmonious, at times disruptive...

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