How to Look at Old Masters Paintings?
Once I went on a package holiday to Germany. Our group had some spare time in Dresden. The tourists, including me, rushed to the Old Masters Picture Gallery with enthusiasm.
Category Great Art
What is more inspiring for a painter than canvases created by the greatest masters? We look at the pictures and understand how limitless the power of art is. Facts about geniuses catch our imagination too: all the artists, who worked wonders, were people from flesh and blood, not gods! Maybe, once…
Well, you know what I mean.
A Great Gift for an Art Lover: Souvenirs Related to Famous Painters
My husband and I were passing through the capital of Austria on vacation. We had only an hour to walk, so we hadn’t gone to the famous Österreichische Galerie Belvedere – what’s the point of looking at great paintings in…
How to Pick an Art Reproduction – a Buying Guide
A few years ago I rented a flat. I loved it, and do you know why? Two beautiful Van Gogh canvasses adorned the flat – one (Irises) hung on a wall in the kitchen and the other (Sunflowers) in the…
The Mystery Of Van Gogh’s Severed Ear: the Different Theories
It may be unoriginal, but my favorite painter is Vincent Van Gogh. Trying to figure out what he was like, I’ve read Lust for Life by Irving Stone and other popular biographical books on the artist. The drama At Eternity’s Gate,…