In 500 Words: The Kiss by Gustav Klimt
When Austrian Symbolist Gustav Klimt made a trip to Italy in 1903, he visited Ravenna in the north and witnessed the Byzantine mosaics of...
In 500 Words - The Sea of Ice by Caspar David Friedrich
When David Friedrich (1774 - 1840) took up painting, he developed a keen interest in natural subjects. With a frequently symbolic and...
In 500 words -Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth by JMW Turner
English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist Joseph Mallord William Turner was known for his expressive landscapes and violent...
In 500 Words - the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot Deck by Pamela Colman Smith
You may not recognise her name at first, but you'll almost certainly recognise her art. The Rider–Waite–Smith Deck (also known as the...
In 500 Words - Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket
In the midst of what we now call the Aesthetic Movement, James Abbot McNeil Whistler exemplified the concept of art for art's sake, a...