Category: Great portraits
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Toulouse-Lautrec at the blue cabaret
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a popular artist during La Belle Époque (The Beautiful Era) in Paris. Yet, his most compelling paintings convey empathy for those who felt like outsiders.
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Why look at paintings of Saint Joseph
Today many young men feel detached from traditional male role models. Could a father figure from the 1st century click with Gen Z? Joseph of Nazareth just might surprise you.
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George Bellows: Last stop, 59th Street
The lone tenement beneath New York City’s Queensboro Bridge looks strikingly out of place. Is it real? Or is it an architectural ghost, haunting the land where a neighborhood used to be?
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Leonardo’s irrefutable feminism
During the Italian Renaissance, women were portrayed as ideals, symbols, and allegories — even in their own portraits. Then one day Leonardo da Vinci and his muse said goodbye to all that.
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Titian portrays lust with eloquence
Artists typically cast Venus as a symbol of untouchable beauty. But not Titian. He lures the goddess from the heavens into the bedroom, trading divine perfection for a more carnal allure.