art history Archives — Page 6 of 19 — Colossal

a Spiritualist painting by Agnes Pelton

‘Spirit Worlds’ Illuminates Our Timeless Quest to Comprehend the Supernatural

August 13, 2025

an installation view of 'Andy Goldsworthy: Fifty Years' at National Galleries of Scotland

An Expansive Survey in Scotland Celebrates Five Decades of Land Art by Andy Goldsworthy

July 29, 2025

a gif of details of famous artworks

Explore Centuries of Art History 15 Minutes at a Time in James Payne’s ‘Great Art Explained’

July 2, 2025

Ethereal Sculptures by Karen LaMonte Link Perceptions of Beauty, Femininity, and Nature

July 1, 2025

a digital rendering of a futuristic white house on a cliff originally designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

Get Up Close to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unrealized Buildings with David Romero’s Digital Models

June 30, 2025

a white woman stands in front of a graffitied sanitation truck talking to a black man

‘Maintenance Artist’ Highlights Mierle Laderman Ukeles’ Radical, Caring Approach to Public Art

June 5, 2025

an oil painting of five women in elegant dress, standing in a snowy landscape

Mario Moore’s Oil Paintings Bridge Past and Present to Spotlight Black Resilience and Style

June 4, 2025

rectangular cookies with william morris colorful floral patterns

Dr. Ella Hawkins Reimagines Ancient Artifacts and Prized Objects as Edible Replicas

May 31, 2025

a color woodblock print of a couple of boats along a coastline with trees and rocks

Vibrant Woodblock Prints Traverse a Bygone Japan in ‘Hiroshige: Artist of the Open Road’

May 6, 2025

a detail of the face of Johannes Vermeer's 'Girl With a Pearl Earring'

Explore an Incredible 108-Gigapixel Scan of Johannes Vermeer’s Most Famous Painting

May 5, 2025

a monumental, abstract wall installation that appears to be cascading or bleeding a range of neon colors, as if the medium has been thrown at the wall and it is dripping down to the floor

In Elaborate ‘Textile Paintings,’ Anne von Freyburg Reframes Femininity in European Art History

April 14, 2025

an oil painting of a woman in a red fringed Western shirt against a blue sky, staring straight at the viewer with an antler through her neck

In Hyperrealistic Oil Paintings, Chloe West Summons Magical Realism in the American West

April 10, 2025

Drawing on Religious Renaissance Art, Marc Padeu’s Paintings Monumentalize the Quotidian

April 3, 2025

'The Garden of Earthly Delights,' a painting by Hieronymus Bosch, featuring three panels depicting Creation and Adam and Eve, a central panel thought to suggest what the world would be like if the Temptation had never happened, with numerous figures and uncanny events happening, and a third panel depicting Hell with monstrous figures and darkness

Traverse Hieronymus Bosch’s ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’ with Smarthistory

March 24, 2025

a 17th-century illustration of a groundhog

‘Little Beasts’ Is a First-of-Its-Kind Museum Collaboration Reveling in Art and the Natural World

March 21, 2025

a horizontal acrylic painting featuring four vases in a row, on a table, all of which contain landscapes in different colors as if they are portals

Porcelain Vessels Are Portals Through Time and Space in Paintings by Sung Hwa Kim

March 17, 2025