Histoire de l’art

Art and Music: When Painting Gives Form to Sound

Art and Music: When Painting Gives Form to Sound

Explore how Whistler, Kandinsky, Klee, Kupka, Delaunay, Matisse and Mondrian used rhythm, silence and variation to build bridges between painting and music.

Art and Music: When Painting Gives Form to Sound

Explore how Whistler, Kandinsky, Klee, Kupka, Delaunay, Matisse and Mondrian used rhythm, silence and variation to build bridges between painting and music.

Monet’s Poppies: An Analysis of a Walk in Red

Monet’s Poppies: An Analysis of a Walk in Red

Explore Monet’s Poppies: its descending diagonal, Camille and Jean, enlarged red brushmarks, Argenteuil landscape and place in the 1874 Impressionist exhibition.

Monet’s Poppies: An Analysis of a Walk in Red

Explore Monet’s Poppies: its descending diagonal, Camille and Jean, enlarged red brushmarks, Argenteuil landscape and place in the 1874 Impressionist exhibition.

12 Must-See Louvre Paintings and How to Look at Them

12 Must-See Louvre Paintings and How to Look at...

A practical guide to twelve essential Louvre paintings, each approached through one visual detail, plus routes for light, history and a short visit.

12 Must-See Louvre Paintings and How to Look at...

A practical guide to twelve essential Louvre paintings, each approached through one visual detail, plus routes for light, history and a short visit.

Van Gogh’s The Night Café: An Interior on the Verge

Van Gogh’s The Night Café: An Interior on the V...

Analyse Van Gogh’s The Night Café through its plunging perspective, red-green clash, isolated figures and documented ambition to express destructive passion.

Van Gogh’s The Night Café: An Interior on the V...

Analyse Van Gogh’s The Night Café through its plunging perspective, red-green clash, isolated figures and documented ambition to express destructive passion.

The Great Wave off Kanagawa: Analysis of an Icon in Motion

The Great Wave off Kanagawa: Analysis of an Ico...

Analyse Hokusai’s Great Wave through its suspended impact, boats, Mount Fuji, woodblock process, Prussian blue and multiple surviving impressions.

The Great Wave off Kanagawa: Analysis of an Ico...

Analyse Hokusai’s Great Wave through its suspended impact, boats, Mount Fuji, woodblock process, Prussian blue and multiple surviving impressions.

Wash Drawing: Definition, Technique and Control of Water

Wash Drawing: Definition, Technique and Control...

Learn what a wash is, how it differs from watercolour and glaze, and how to control values, moisture, edges, blooms and layered applications.

Wash Drawing: Definition, Technique and Control...

Learn what a wash is, how it differs from watercolour and glaze, and how to control values, moisture, edges, blooms and layered applications.