by Mereasy | Dec 13, 2019 | Art, Diego Velázquez, Famous Paintings, Las Meninas, Masterpiece Explained, Seville, Spain
Reading Time: 7 minutes The true meaning of an artwork that never ceases to amaze Historical ContextThe piece was painted in 1656, at the end of Diego Velasquez’s career (1599-1660), the greatest Spanish artist of that time period. From his native Seville, the artist...
by Mereasy | Nov 1, 2019 | Abstractionism, Art, Famous Paintings, Masterpiece Explained, Modern Art, Music, Paintings, Wassily Kandinsky
Reading Time: 4 minutes Completed in 1913 by the Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky, this work represents the Great Flood. However, this was not the title given to it by the author. He called it “Composition VI” – as if it were a musical score – and this...
by Mereasy | Aug 30, 2019 | Art, Baroque style, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italy, Masterpiece Explained, Rome, Sculpture
Reading Time: 5 minutes When Bernini put his career at risk, and the turning point that made him the interpreter of the Church of RomeBernini was the great interpreter of Roman Baroque, however when he created “Apollo and Daphne” he was still quite young,...
by Mereasy | Jul 19, 2019 | Art, Beato Angelico, Exhibitions, Famous Paintings, Masterpiece Explained, Museums, Spain
Reading Time: 7 minutes During the celebration of 200 years since its foundation, one of the most interesting exhibitions at Prado Museum is “Fra Angelico and the rise of the Florentine Renaissance”.The event arises from the restoration of the Annunciation, which the...
by Mereasy | Jun 12, 2019 | Flemish art, Masterpiece Explained, Paintings
Reading Time: 8 minutes In this new series of articles and essays, our goal is to introduce you to one of the greatest masterpieces of Flemish art. Apparently complex and difficult to understand, the work contains such a vast quantity of details and meanings that it...
by Mereasy | Jun 12, 2019 | Flemish art, Masterpiece Explained, Paintings
Reading Time: 13 minutes In this new series of articles and essays, our goal is to introduce you to one of the greatest masterpieces of Flemish art. Apparently complex and difficult to understand, the work contains such a vast quantity of details and meanings that it...