Art History Explained

All things about paintings, sculptures, and artists

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St Peter’s Basilica (1626) in Vatican City.

It is the largest church in the world (by interior design).

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Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, Mother (1895), oil on canvas

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Artemesia Gentileschi, Judith and her Maidservant (1625), oil on canvas.

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Max Klinger, Triton and Mermaid (1895), oil on canvas

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Jusepe de Ribera, St. Francis of Assisi (1643), oil on canvas

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Filippo Lippi, Madonna and Child with Two Angels (c. 1460-1465), tempera on wood

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Florence, Italy (2026)

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Close up of Bacchus (c. 1596) by Caravaggio

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Caravaggio, Bacchus (c. 1596), oil on canvas

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Close up of Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi.

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Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus (c. 1485), Tempera on canvas

Fun fact: While this is HIGHLY debated, some sources report that Botticelli, during the burnings of secular artworks in 1497, burned many of his own artworks. The Birth of Venus somehow survived. Again, it’s highly debated and doubted. The burnings were real though, check it out, it’s quite interesting.

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In honor of me getting a 5 on my AP Art History exam, here’s my favorite painting from the class.

Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), Stone Breakers, 1849, oil on canvas.

Fun fact: When Dresden, Germany was being bombed by allied forces during World War 2, German troops loaded artworks from Dresden’s museums and galleries onto trucks to be transported but the trucks were reportedly bombed in the crossfire. Of course, this painting was on those trucks so it was destroyed.

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“Florence on the Elbe,” as Dresden was popularly known, was a strikingly beautiful place. Before World War II people had flocked there to see the 18th-century church, the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady). The Zwinger, the impressive palace complex commissioned by Augustus the Strong (1670-1733), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, pulled in thousands. Lovers of art could devote days to collections of Renaissance and Baroque paintings in the Semper Gallery, including works by Raphael, Titian, Rembrandt, and Van Dyck. During the 19th century the presence of composers Carl Maria von Weber and Richard Wagner established Dresden as a force in the Romantic movement.

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In honor of me getting a 5 on my AP Art History exam, here’s my favorite painting from the class.

Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), Stone Breakers, 1849, oil on canvas.

Fun fact: When Dresden, Germany was being bombed by allied forces during World War 2, German troops loaded artworks from Dresden’s museums and galleries onto trucks to be transported but the trucks were reportedly bombed in the crossfire. Of course, this painting was on those trucks so it was destroyed.

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Nydia Lozano (1947-present), Young Women with Flowers, Oil on canvas

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Mary Cassatt’s (1844-1926) Japanese inspired works feel very safe

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In honor of 4th of July, here’s my favorite American Artist, Norman Rockwell (very original I know)