Kate Greenaway’s illustrations from the late 1800s are childhood favourites for many growing up in England. Even if you grew up somewhere else in the world there’s still a chance you will have seen them adorning the pages of a...
On a recent trip to the Peak District I had the pleasure of staying on the Chatsworth Estate. Its huge private collection includes a Rembrandt and a Renoir. For a long time, this sculpture, The Veiled Vestal Virgin, has beguiled me with its beauty. If you are a Jane...
October the 31st or November the 1st is celebrated as Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer’s birthday (it’s actually his baptism, not his birthday). I have been living in the Netherlands for 2 years now, where his work is considered a national treasure. I do...
When I first declared as a Classical Antiquities major, I was eager to learn more about the great minds of ancient Greece. Stories about men like Socrates, Pericles, and Alexander the Great fueled my ardent desire to learn more about Greek history. Upon enrolling in...
Edgar Degas’s ‘Little Dancer Aged Fourteen’ was originally made in 1881. It shocked audiences when it was first displayed because despite being only two thirds life size, it is hyper realistic and the original...
