Art History

April 4, 2025

Learn About Louise Bourgeois: From Her French Beginnings To Monumental Spider Sculptures

French-American artist Louise Bourgeois was a prolific creative. In her eight-decades-long career spanning the 1930s to the 2010s, she created large-scale sculptures for which she’s still known today. Sculptures, however, were just one part of her practice; she also painted, printed, and produced fabric art. The pieces were informed by the many themes she explored, all of which have proved timeless: memory, trauma, family, and the body.

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March 24, 2025

Long-Lost Renaissance Masterpiece by Famous Artist Andrea Mantegna Has Resurfaced in Pompeii

A long-lost painting from the mid-16th century that has been attributed to famed Renaissance painter Andrea Mantegna is now temporarily on view at the Vatican Museums. After three months, the freshly restored painting will go back to the Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary in Pompeii, where it was originally discovered and has hung for centuries. The scene, titled Deposition of Christ, depicts Jesus’ descent from the cross after his crucifixion.

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March 1, 2025

Discover the Self-Taught Genius of Leonardo da Vinci

Although born out of wedlock—the son of a Florentine notary and his peasant mother—and sharing his childhood with 16 half-siblings from his parents' respective families, Leonardo da Vinci became one of history's most celebrated painters and engineers. One might assume that a man whose conceptual designs inspired inventions like the parachute, the machine gun, and the armored tank must have studied at a renowned academy or received advanced scientific training.

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February 18, 2025

Michelangelo’s Rarely Seen Sistine Chapel Sketches Are Coming to the U.S.

Michelangelo, one of the greatest artists of the High Renaissance, created some of the most iconic sculptures, paintings, and drawings in history. His most famous masterpiece—the breathtaking frescoes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling—required months of careful planning. Michelangelo made countless drawings in preparation of the monumental project, and now, some of those initial, rarely seen sketches will be on display at Muscarelle Museum of Art in Williamsburg, Virginia.

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