Sultans of Deccan India: Opulence and Fantasy
During the 16th and 17th centuries the courts of Deccan India were some of the most splendorous and widely admired in the world. Traders from far-reaching…
Art History
Ever Yours, Van Gogh: 19 April 1888
Before his tragic death, Vincent van Gogh wrote numerous letters to his fellow artists, family members and friends. 820 of these compelling pieces of…
Art History Reading List 2015
It’s an important moment in the Art History calendar this month, with the eagerly awaited conference of the Association of Art Historians (AHH) just around…
Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design – Catalogue to the Show
Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design, 1690-1840 opened appropriately on this year’s St. Patrick’s Day as a new exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. This exciting…
Fashion Victims: Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette
The court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette in 18th-century France was, and still is, one of the most controversial in the country’s history. The…
Ever Yours, Van Gogh: 25 March 1888
Before his tragic death, Vincent van Gogh wrote numerous letters to his fellow artists, family members and friends. 820 of these compelling pieces of…
Paul Durand-Ruel: Gambling on Impressionism
No figure, aside from the artists themselves, had such a profound and significant impact on Impressionism than Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922). Despite now being one…
When Leonardo Met Michelangelo: The Art of the Figure
The early 1500s lay claim to some of the most impressive and important artists in history, with giants such as Leonardo da Vinci and…
Rothko Roundup: Four Books on the Abstract Expressionist
‘A painting is not about an experience. It is an experience.’ – Mark Rothko Mark Rothko is often regarded as one of the most…
John Singer Sargent: A Portrait in Paintings
John Singer Sargent was one of the most celebrated painters of his generation, perhaps best known for his portraiture, for which he received both…
Before Pop… There was Folk
When we consider the term Pop Art, images that spring to mind might be Andy Warhol’s immortalising screen prints of Marilyn Monroe, Roy Lichtenstein’s Ben-Day dot…
Art and Architecture of Ireland: From Start to Finish
A new group of deeply researched books covering the Art and Architecture of Ireland (AAI) in 5 volumes, is an extraordinary achievement by a collaboration…
John Singer Sargent: the Complete Paintings
Yale’s series of books cataloguing the complete paintings of John Singer Sargent nears completion with the release of the penultimate volume in August 2014….