Category Archives: art

art

Required Reading

June 18, 2018 historyscoper

https://hyperallergic.com/447618/required-reading-377/

art, historians

Treasures of art depicting history

June 1, 2018 historyscoper

http://uviart.blogspot.com/2017/05/treasures-of-art-depicting-history.html

art, historians

Art Historians Discuss Strategies for Dealing with Work by Abusive Artists

May 29, 2018 historyscoper

https://hyperallergic.com/444614/casanova-legion-of-honor-reckoning-with-the-past/

art

Wearable Art Show celebrates “art that moves”

May 21, 2018 historyscoper

https://news.temple.edu/news/2018-05-17/wearable-art-show-celebrates-art-moves

Why ‘Heavenly Bodies’ MET Exhibit Should Be Denounced, Opposed

May 19, 2018 historyscoper

https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/john-horvat-ii/why-heavenly-bodies-met-exhibit-should-be-denounced-opposed

art, historians

Kenneth Clark’s “Civilisation” (video)

May 6, 2018 historyscoper

https://greenjihad.com/2018/05/05/kenneth-clarks-civilisation/

art

TED-style art history platform aims to promote arts education online

April 26, 2018 historyscoper

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/new-online-platform-aims-to-promote-art-history-education

art, israel

This Gazan Artist Tells the Story of Palestine Through Beautiful Henna Paintings

April 26, 2018 historyscoper

http://mvslim.com/this-gazan-artist-tells-the-story-of-palestine-through-beautiful-henna-paintings/

art

MoMa Given ‘Dung on Virgin Mary’ Art

April 25, 2018 historyscoper

https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/bill-donohue/moma-given-dung-virgin-mary-art

art, race, UShistory

New Public Sculpture Will Honor Court Case That Expanded Rights for Asian Americans

April 18, 2018 historyscoper

https://hyperallergic.com/437277/public-sculpture-honors-court-case-asian-americans/

art, eurohistory

The Portrait That Forged a “Divine Marriage” Between Two 19th-Century Women Painters

April 18, 2018 historyscoper

https://hyperallergic.com/437985/the-portrait-that-forged-a-divine-marriage-between-two-19th-century-women-painters/

art

Fine art or daring design? 13 must-see new galleries and museums in Europe

April 18, 2018 historyscoper

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2018/apr/10/fine-art-or-daring-design-13-new-must-visit-galleries-and-museums-in-europe

art, Obama

Who Is Kehinde Wiley, the Artist Behind Barack Obama’s Presidential Portrait?

February 14, 2018 historyscoper

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/13/who-is-kehinde-wiley-artist-barack-obama-presidential-portrait/

art

Seeing Beyond Basquiat’s Market Value With Basquiat’s work transformed into an overhyped commodity, it can seem difficult to assess it for ourselves.

January 29, 2018 historyscoper

https://hyperallergic.com/423612/jean-michel-basquiat-boom-for-real-barbican-centre/

art

These Gorgeous Drawings Are 100% Ballpoint Pen. Nuria Riaza makes the ballpoint pen a tool for creating surreal pieces.

January 15, 2018 historyscoper

https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/433wab/ballpoint-pen-drawings-nuria-riaza

art

From Dada to Bauhaus, How 14 Art Movements Got Their Names

January 15, 2018 historyscoper

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-dada-bauhaus-14-art-movements-names

art

Canadian Museum of History: An Incredible Walk Through Our Culture

January 14, 2018 historyscoper

http://www.torontonicity.com/2017/09/29/canadian-museum-of-history/

art, eurohistory

History of the Louvre in 60 Seconds (video)

January 10, 2018 historyscoper

https://theculturetrip.com/europe/france/paris/articles/history-of-the-louvre-in-60-seconds/

art

Bauhaus: How the Avant-Garde Movement Transformed Modern Art

January 9, 2018 historyscoper

https://mymodernmet.com/what-is-bauhaus-art-movement/

art

Zoom Through European Art History in An Endless Vortex of Paintings

January 4, 2018 historyscoper

https://hyperallergic.com/417831/zoom-through-european-art-history-in-an-endless-vortex-of-paintings/

http://historyscoper.com/euroartists.html

A Woman Now Leads the Vatican Museums. And She’s Shaking Things Up.

December 31, 2017 historyscoper

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/24/arts/design/vatican-museums-jatta.html

art, eurohistory

Beauty and Nausea in Venice by Daniel Pipes

December 28, 2017 historyscoper

http://www.danielpipes.org/18112/beauty-and-nausea-in-venice

art

Exhibition space: Active seeing – a feast for the eyes

December 27, 2017 historyscoper

https://reporter.anu.edu.au/exhibition-space-active-seeing-%E2%80%93-feast-eyes

art

Five Unusual Museums to Visit in Germany

December 27, 2017 historyscoper

http://www.young-germany.de/topic/live/travel-location/five-unusual-museums-to-visit-in-germany

art

New Renaissance: how Florence is freeing its great female artists

December 25, 2017 historyscoper

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/dec/22/new-renaissance-how-florence-is-freeing-its-great-female-artists-plautilla-nelli

art

The Stunning Architecture of Bavaria, Germany ~ SamH Travels

December 16, 2017 historyscoper

http://www.samhtravels.com/europe/bavarian_architecture/

art, historians

Treasures of art depicting history

December 11, 2017 historyscoper

http://uviart.blogspot.com/2017/05/treasures-of-art-depicting-history.html

art

No Pics? No Problem: Space Artists Draw Alien Worlds

December 8, 2017 historyscoper

https://www.forbes.com/sites/billretherford/2017/11/22/no-pics-no-problem-space-artists-draw-alien-worlds/

art

No Pics? No Problem: Space Artists Draw Alien Worlds

November 28, 2017 historyscoper

https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/billretherford/2017/11/22/no-pics-no-problem-space-artists-draw-alien-worlds/

art

Monet’s glasses sold for more than US$50,000 in Hong Kong

November 27, 2017 historyscoper

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/lifestyle/monet-s-glasses-sold-for-more-than-us-50-000-in-hong-kong-9444290

art

Grasshopper found in Vincent van Gogh painting at Kansas City museum

November 10, 2017 historyscoper

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-van-gogh-grasshopper-20171108-story.html

art, wwi

First world war painting expected to reach up to £1m at Sotheby’s

October 31, 2017 historyscoper

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/oct/30/first-world-war-painting-expected-to-reach-up-to-1m-at-sothebys

art

SCENE PAINTING STUDENTS CREATE ART FOR A PURPOSE

October 24, 2017 historyscoper

https://www.northcarolina.edu/news/2017/10/Scene-Painting-students-create-art-purpose

art

Treasures of art depicting history

October 17, 2017 historyscoper

http://uviart.blogspot.com/2017/05/treasures-of-art-depicting-history.html

art, britishhistory

Women artists at the RBSA: how they shaped British art history

September 29, 2017 historyscoper

https://rbsagallery.wordpress.com/2017/09/14/women-artists-at-the-rbsa-how-they-shaped-british-art-history/

art, eurohistory

Piccolpasso: Premodern Art Pottery & Alchemy

August 31, 2017 historyscoper

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/piccolpasso-premodern-art-pottery-alchemy-christopher-w-helton

CR readers pick their favourite film posters

August 30, 2017 historyscoper

https://www.creativereview.co.uk/top-film-movie-posters-all-time/

art, india

Salar Jung to be world’s 3rd museum with Islamic art gallery

August 30, 2017 historyscoper

https://telanganatoday.com/salar-jung-3rd-museum-islamic-art-gallery

art, india

Hyderabad to get India’s first Islamic Art Gallery

August 30, 2017 historyscoper

https://telanganatoday.com/hyderabad-get-indias-first-islamic-art-gallery

art

British artist Zarah Hussain’s Numina gives traditional Islamic patterns a digital overhaul

August 30, 2017 historyscoper

https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/british-artist-zarah-hussain-s-numina-gives-traditional-islamic-patterns-a-digital-overhaul-1.623419

art

The woman who changed the direction of opera If opera today seems more widely relevant than it has for decades, we have Alice Goodman to thank

August 22, 2017 historyscoper

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/08/the-woman-who-changed-the-direction-of-opera/

art

How a small African figurine changed art

August 22, 2017 historyscoper

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170818-how-a-small-african-figurine-changed-art

art, britishhistory

Gainsborough by James Hamilton review – the painter’s secret sauciness

August 17, 2017 historyscoper

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/17/gainsborough-james-hamilton-review

art

Forget the ‘Blue Boy’ and explore all the other treasures at the Huntington in San Marino

August 12, 2017 historyscoper

http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-california-bucket-list-updates-forget-the-blue-boy-and-explore-all-1501876629-htmlstory.html

art

KARI-LISE ALEXANDER: WET WORKS

August 10, 2017 historyscoper

https://beautifulbizarre.net/2017/08/10/kari-lise-alexander-wet-works/

art

World’s Highest-Paid Authors 2017: J.K. Rowling Leads With $95 Million

August 7, 2017 historyscoper

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hayleycuccinello/2017/08/03/worlds-highest-paid-authors-2017-j-k-rowling-leads-with-95-million/

art

Hampi – History etched in Stone

August 7, 2017 historyscoper

http://imvoyager.com/hampi-history-sculpture-travel-blog/

art

Basquiat: A darling of pop culture, but not museums

August 7, 2017 historyscoper

http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=97786

art, britishhistory, gay

100 Years of Queer British Art, from Fin de Siècle Aesthetics to Performative Dandyism

June 3, 2017 historyscoper

https://hyperallergic.com/378110/100-years-of-queer-british-art-from-fin-de-siecle-aesthetics-to-performative-dandyism/

art

THE MAN WITH THE MOST REMBRANDTS

May 27, 2017 historyscoper

https://www.1843magazine.com/culture/the-man-with-the-most-rembrandts?fsrc=scn/li/te/bl/ed/themanwiththemostrembrandts1843

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