Circles of Genius: Math and Art Across Six Centuries
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Circles of Genius: Math and Art Across Six Centuries

In Western art, the circle evolved from a theological symbol to a perceptual experiment.
Abigail May Alcott: Artist, Traveler, and Sister
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Abigail May Alcott: Artist, Traveler, and Sister

In this installment of ‘Art of Liberty,’ we meet Louisa May Alcott’s youngest sister who displayed a talent for painting, illustration, and travel writing.
El Greco’s Most Famous Painting Outside of Spain
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El Greco’s Most Famous Painting Outside of Spain

El Greco’s triumphant altar painting “The Assumption of the Virgin” capitulated his career.
Titian’s Sartorial Sleeve
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Titian’s Sartorial Sleeve

Titian’s innovations in portraiture inspired virtually all 17th-century European artists.
Dürer’s Renaissance and the Prolific Printing Press
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Dürer’s Renaissance and the Prolific Printing Press

Preferring creating prints over painting, Dürer propelled the Northern Renaissance by sharing ideas from rediscovered ancients with his art.

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Circles of Genius: Math and Art Across Six Centuries

Circles of Genius: Math and Art Across Six Centuries

In Western art, the circle evolved from a theological symbol to a perceptual experiment.
Abigail May Alcott: Artist, Traveler, and Sister

Abigail May Alcott: Artist, Traveler, and Sister

In this installment of ‘Art of Liberty,’ we meet Louisa May Alcott’s youngest sister who displayed a talent for painting, illustration, and travel writing.
Italy Buys Rare Caravaggio Portrait for Around $32.7 Million 

Italy Buys Rare Caravaggio Portrait for Around $32.7 Million 

The portrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini is one of just three Caravaggio portraits—and it’s now in Italy’s public art collection.
El Greco’s Most Famous Painting Outside of Spain

El Greco’s Most Famous Painting Outside of Spain

El Greco’s triumphant altar painting “The Assumption of the Virgin” capitulated his career.
Titian’s Sartorial Sleeve

Titian’s Sartorial Sleeve

Titian’s innovations in portraiture inspired virtually all 17th-century European artists.
Dürer’s Renaissance and the Prolific Printing Press

Dürer’s Renaissance and the Prolific Printing Press

Preferring creating prints over painting, Dürer propelled the Northern Renaissance by sharing ideas from rediscovered ancients with his art.
Behold the Beauty: Guido Reni’s ‘The Immaculate Conception’

Behold the Beauty: Guido Reni’s ‘The Immaculate Conception’

Guido Reni’s reverent rendering of the Immaculate Conception inspired artists and prayers.
A ‘Lost’ Rembrandt Now Authenticated

A ‘Lost’ Rembrandt Now Authenticated

After a 65-year hiatus, Rembrandt’s painting the ‘Vision of Zacharias in the Temple’ returns to his oeuvre.
The Light He Carried: Rediscovering the Art of Robert S. Duncanson

The Light He Carried: Rediscovering the Art of Robert S. Duncanson

The luminous landscape painter developing a regional variant rooted in the Ohio and Little Miami river valleys.
Timeless Art: Artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s Tender Observations

Timeless Art: Artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s Tender Observations

Patience, craft, and the revival of pastoral traditions are exhibited in Bouguereau’s ‘The Knitting Girl.’
Circles of Genius: Math and Art Across Six Centuries

Circles of Genius: Math and Art Across Six Centuries

In Western art, the circle evolved from a theological symbol to a perceptual experiment.
Abigail May Alcott: Artist, Traveler, and Sister

Abigail May Alcott: Artist, Traveler, and Sister

In this installment of ‘Art of Liberty,’ we meet Louisa May Alcott’s youngest sister who displayed a talent for painting, illustration, and travel writing.
Italy Buys Rare Caravaggio Portrait for Around $32.7 Million 

Italy Buys Rare Caravaggio Portrait for Around $32.7 Million 

The portrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini is one of just three Caravaggio portraits—and it’s now in Italy’s public art collection.
El Greco’s Most Famous Painting Outside of Spain

El Greco’s Most Famous Painting Outside of Spain

El Greco’s triumphant altar painting “The Assumption of the Virgin” capitulated his career.
Titian’s Sartorial Sleeve

Titian’s Sartorial Sleeve

Titian’s innovations in portraiture inspired virtually all 17th-century European artists.
Dürer’s Renaissance and the Prolific Printing Press

Dürer’s Renaissance and the Prolific Printing Press

Preferring creating prints over painting, Dürer propelled the Northern Renaissance by sharing ideas from rediscovered ancients with his art.
Behold the Beauty: Guido Reni’s ‘The Immaculate Conception’

Behold the Beauty: Guido Reni’s ‘The Immaculate Conception’

Guido Reni’s reverent rendering of the Immaculate Conception inspired artists and prayers.
A ‘Lost’ Rembrandt Now Authenticated

A ‘Lost’ Rembrandt Now Authenticated

After a 65-year hiatus, Rembrandt’s painting the ‘Vision of Zacharias in the Temple’ returns to his oeuvre.
The Light He Carried: Rediscovering the Art of Robert S. Duncanson

The Light He Carried: Rediscovering the Art of Robert S. Duncanson

The luminous landscape painter developing a regional variant rooted in the Ohio and Little Miami river valleys.
Timeless Art: Artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s Tender Observations

Timeless Art: Artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s Tender Observations

Patience, craft, and the revival of pastoral traditions are exhibited in Bouguereau’s ‘The Knitting Girl.’