quarta-feira, setembro 23, 2026

Gustave Doré’s Macabre Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” (1884)

  Source: Open Culture | June 24th, 2024     One of the busiest, most in-demand artists of the 19th century, Gustave Doré made his name illustrating works by such authors as Rabelais, Balzac, Milton, and Dante....

Cologne Cathedral

Source: Wilkommen in Germany Der Kölner Dom is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Köln (Cologne), Nordrhein-Westfalen in Northwestern Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop, the administration of the Archdiocese,...

The Romanesque Period

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_UvBLmdBMU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_UvBLmdBMU

The Haunting Paintings of Francisco Goya: A Deep Dive into His Dark, Late Works

Source: Open Culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLW9omJfAdk Back in October, we featured the first of a planned series of videos on the “Black Paintings” created at the end of Francisco Goya’s life. Last week, the...

How Dürer shaped the modern world

Source: New Statement Philip Hoare explores how the artist’s obsession with science, magic and self-promotion paved the way for our existential age.  BY SUE PRIDEAUX In 1520 Albrecht Dürer travelled to Zeeland to...

O Tenebrismo e Caravaggio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRtaKysJsqo Salomé com a cabeça do Batista (1607) Publicado originalmente por Kelly de Souza no Blog da Cultura Há 400 anos morria um dos maiores mitos da pintura realista de todos os tempos,...

Bones of 30,000 Plague Victims Decorate This Church

Originally published on National Geographic | 21-12-2018     The Gothic church standing in Sedlec near the quaint Czech Republic city of Kutná Hora looks pretty ordinary from the outside, but head into the basement to...

Seven Questions To Ask At White And Black Wedding Dress | white and black...

Source: Oriver Style Seven Questions To Ask At White And Black Wedding Dress | white and black wedding dress – white and black wedding dress | Pleasant in order to our...

A redenção de Caravaggio

  Pulbicado originalmene pelo saudoso jornalista cultural Daniel Piza no Estado de São Paulo Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) era obcecado por momentos em que o ser humano é subitamente tocado...