Fine Arts

Thomas Cole was a 19th-century American painter who became popular for his landscape paintings. Born in England, Cole moved to the United States at a young age, and America is ...

Simeon Stylites (circa 390–459) endured the unimaginable in order to elevate himself and get closer to God. At ...

Since retiring from the FBI, I have worked privately for large insurance companies recovering numerous pieces of stolen ...

The NTD International Figure Painting Competition is unique among the art competitions of the world. That it only ...

Not too long ago, my wife and I drove to a nearby city. Whenever we go anywhere, my ...

It’s interesting how our vices lose strength when they are brought out into the open; they gain power ...

I am guilty of being narcissistic. I’m an artist, and I want people to see my work. I ...

Capturing the festive May Day ritual, 19th-century painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema's “Spring” depicts a procession of beautiful girls and ...

The pandemic of COVID-19 is causing havoc in more ways than we might imagine, such as for those who ...

As the world responds to the growing concern about the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as ...

Recently, there’s been quite a bit of fear in relation to the coronavirus. The media reports on it ...

Four or five times a week, I escape the solitude of the house where I live and head ...

I try to wake up every day and treat that day like a lifetime, like a microcosmic version ...

I recently saw Léon Bonnat’s painting “Job,” which powerfully represents the suffering and spirituality of Job. I decided ...

I recently came across Pompeo Batoni’s “The Return of the Prodigal Son” and was immediately struck by the ...

The Italian painter Luca Giordano working in the late 17th century was misunderstood in his time.  Initially, he ...

NEW YORK—The New Year is synonymous with new beginnings, resolutions, and growth. You look to your past to ...

In 1600, Caravaggio, an Italian Baroque painter of biblical scenes, was commissioned by Tiberio Cerasi to paint a ...

The Gothic era, an epoch so marvelous, magical, and perplexing that to this day it has never been ...

Hans Baldung’s painting “The Three Ages of Woman and Death” asks where outer beauty fits in our lives. ...

For Leonardo da Vinci, painting was a central part of his life. He considered it a divine science.

In my social media feeds, I often see Picasso’s famous quotes: “Every child is an artist. The problem ...

Gustave Doré was a French Romantic artist known for illustrating some of the greatest books of known Western ...

Scandals allure and entice us. While scandalous events are feverishly debated today, the ancient Chinese used such incidents ...

A still-life painting can tell a moving story. The painting may appear to be just an array of ...

What is the worst thing you’ve ever done? Take a moment to think about it. What is the ...

According to the ancients, our actions have consequences. The whole of the world expresses itself by way of ...