This painting depicts the young actress Ellen Terry reaching out to the opulent but scentless camellia and discarding the common, but fragrant violets in her hand. National Portrait Gallery, Lon Was ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Walking into Susan Maasch Fine Arts often requires a double take. The ...

If you're looking for some inspiration this spring in your outlook on life, consider taking some advice from the mid-19th century philosophers of the intellectual and art movement known as ...

The landscape of art collecting is constantly shifting, with today’s collectors craving not only works they connect with but experiences that feel immersive and unforgettable. The Core Art Gallery has ...

The School of Art & Design is a vibrant community of artists, designers, and scholars. Here, we create new knowledge in, through & and about the arts & design every day. What sets us apart is our ...

In English art of the mid-1860s, the curtain was coming down on Pre-Raphaelitism and a full-scale neo-classical revival was in full swing. Stimulated by the rearrangement of the Elgin Marbles in the ...

Considered an exemplar of "Art-for-Arts Sake" in Victorian art and literature, Walter Pater (1839-1894) was co-opted as a standard bearer for the cult of hedonism by Oscar Wilde, and this version of ...

What is form? Why does form matter? In this imaginative and ambitious study, Angela Leighton assesses not only the legacy of Victorian aestheticism, and its richly resourceful keyword, 'form', but ...