Manet : 20 Articles

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Ten Painted Waves on Canvas: The Sea That Shaped Art History

Art history • 9 minutes read
A top ten of the most popular paintings that depict the ocean in all its nuances—calm, meditative, romantic, or majestic. Ten iconic works accompanied by brief anecdotes and curiosities that reveal the timeless allure of the sea as seen through the eyes of art…

Manet: The split canvas finds its unity in London

Art news • 3 minutes read
The National Gallery in London is reuniting for a limited period the two halves of Édouard Manet's famous painting, "Au Café" and "Corner of a Café-Concert", which have usually been exhibited separately for over a century.

La Psyché': London's National Gallery obtains its first Eva Gonzalès Impressionist painting

Art news • 2 minutes read
The acquisition, occurring just a month before the museum's 200th anniversary, marks Gonzalès as only the 20th female artist whose work is included in the collection...

France and Italy: peaceful clash of figurative traditions!

Art history • 10 minutes read
Just as happens at the World Cup or the Europeans, spectators take their seats to watch, once again, the confrontation between France and Italy, cousin countries, but very competitive with each other. What are they competing for?

Viral Glasgow Event: Oompa Loompa's Gloom Likened to Manet's Art

Art News • 2 minutes read
A failed Willy Wonka event in Glasgow featuring a despondent Oompa Loompa played by Kirsty Paterson went viral, drawing comparisons to Édouard Manet's "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère" for its portrayal of alienation. The incident sparked online discourse, bridging 19th-century art and modern entertainment to reflect on themes of labor and detachment.

Italian Minister Under Scrutiny for Alleged Involvement in Art Theft

Art News • 2 minutes read
Italian Culture Minister Vittorio Sgarbi is accused of laundering a stolen 17th-century painting, "La Cattura di San Pietro" by Rutilio Manetti, leading to calls for his dismissal from political and cultural positions. Sgarbi denies the allegations, amidst a separate investigation into the illicit export of another valuable painting.

What's the color for 2024?

Art history • 8 minutes read
Before revealing the color of the year clearly, I'll provide you with some clues that will gradually lead us to the shade chosen as the 2024 Pantone color. To begin in this direction, there is a fruit that can introduce us to the hue chosen by this American company, and that is the peach, whose juicy nectar has also inspired great masterpieces in the history of art by masters such as....

Top 10 Impressionist Paintings

Impressionism • 12 minutes read
How did Impressionism come into being? Like all things, it started with an idea! The artists in question decided to paint the reality around them in a very simple way, leaving aside the more complex and well-trodden historical and mythological subjects...

Art on the balcony: "simple" and "complex" works

balcony • 9 minutes read
Perhaps even those who avidly enjoy the sun, which comes to illuminate the balcony of their home every day, remain unaware of the historical origins of this of window fitted with a parapet, conceived with both decorative and practical function...

Top 10: paintings of musicians

Art history • 13 minutes read
My top ten paintings relate art and music in the way the former of these two forms of expression approaches the latter, immortalizing and making concrete its intangible sound. In fact, it was probably painting that first approached the abstract world of notes...

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