A visual exploration of earth-bound architectureBuilding is one of very few endeavours that are physically connected to the surface of the earth, fixed and enduring. Nevertheless, for centuri...
Hubble’s most magnificent imagesWith investigations into everything from black holes to exoplanets, the Hubble Telescope has changed not only the face of astronomy but also our very sen...
Toward the end of his monumental career as a painter, sculptor, and lithographer, an elderly, sickly Matisse was unable to stand and use a paintbrush for long. In this late phase of his life-he was...
Meet the Renaissance masterBefore reaching the tender age of 30, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) had already sculpted Pietà and David, two of the most famous sculptures in th...
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-1669) stands as one of the most important painters in Western art, but nowhere else do we encounter his inimitable talent more so than in his drawings and etching...
Deconstructing perspective with Picasso and peersPioneered by Picasso and Braque, Cubism has been described as the first avant-garde art movement of the 20th century. With inspiration from Af...
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) never left his homeland of the Netherlands but in his massive body of painting, drawing, and etching, he changed the course of Western art. His prolific oeuvre ...
Paul Gauguin’s Pacific visions radiate with color and sunshinePaul Gauguin (1848–1903) was not cut out for finance. Nor did he last particularly long in the French Navy, or as a t...
One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) remains a quintessential Renaissance genius. The perfect companion to the Leonardo Graphic Work edition, this...
On December 15, 1868, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794–1868), Professor of Botany at the University of Munich and director of the Royal Botanic Garden, was carried to his grave in a c...
Sex shops offer anything men’s hearts (and other parts) desireIn the late 1960s specialty bookstores selling magazines under the counter were replaced by sex shops, or “adult book...
Cześć, to znowu ja, Yotsuba! Lubicie słodycze? Ja bardzo! Słodycze są super! Mogłabym jeść je godzinami, tylko tatuś mi nie pozwala… Mówi, że będzie mnie bolał brzuszek. Nawet jak dos...
Cześć, to znowu ja, Yotsuba! Znacie złego robaka kłamczucha? To takie paskudztwo, co zmusza grzeczne dzieci do kłamania. I mnie też zmusił. Bo przecież jestem grzeczna, więc to nie ja kłamałam, tyl...
Album art is indelibly linked to our collective musical memories; when you think of your favorite albums, you picture the covers. Many photographers, illustrators, and art directors have become cel...
Brought together by comics icons Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the Avengers are the super-team to beat all super-teams! Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Ant-Man, Wasp, and the Hulk were the first, but m...
Na jaw wychodzi całą szokująca prawda o Evie. Nieśmiertelni panowie nie są zachwyceni faktem, że ich oszukano. Jednak skłaniają się ku temu, aby dać dziewczynie drugą szansę. Tymczasem cała grupa w...
Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s complex relationship captivated the art world then and now. At a time when Warhol was already world famous and the elder statesman of New York cool, Bas...
Mija miesiąc. Evę frustruje brak postępów w pracy. Deszczowa aura, o dziwo, skłania ją do konstruktywnych przemyśleń i motywuje do działania. Pierwszym celem badań uroczej pani Monroe staje ...
Walt Disney dreamed for decades about opening the ultimate entertainment venue, but it wasn’t until the early 1950s that his handpicked team began to bring his vision to life. Together, artis...
A revolutionary spirit in modern artDiego Rivera (1886–1957) is a loud presence on the art historical stage. With devout political principles and a turbulent romantic history, he was at...