Today in History: Lascaux Cave Art Discovery.
Seventy-eight years ago today, on September 12th, 1940, only just fifteen miles away from the town Montignac, in southwest France,Continue Reading
Category: Art
Historic Photo: Pope John Paul II embraces AIDS sufferer.
The AIDS pandemic in the mid 1980’s created out-and-out fear in communities around the world. Reaching out to those whoContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘Napoleon in burning Moscow’ by Albrecht Adam, 1841.
The campaign of Russia in 1812 has often been said to be the beginning of the end for Napoleon. (TwoContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘8th August, 1918’ by Harold Septimus Power, 1930.
Following the launch and the initial success of the German Spring Offensive in March 1918, there was talk that theContinue Reading
Today in History: Birth of Rembrandt van Rijn.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born July 15th 1606 in Leiden during The Dutch Golden Age (1585-1702) where the DutchContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘Battle of Kosovo’ by Adam Stefanović, 1870.
There were two significant battles in the Ottoman conquest of the Serbian state in the fourteenth century. The first ofContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘The Feast of Attila’ by Mór Than, 1870.
Most of what we know about Attila The Hun is shrouded in mystery. The Hun’s themselves left no written recordContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘Allegory of the 1755 Earthquake’ by João Glama Ströberle.
A massive earthquake some believe to up to the magnitude of 9.0, struck the city of Lisbon during the morningContinue Reading
Today in History: The discovery of the statue of Venus de Milo.
One Hundred and ninety-eight years ago today, on the April 8th 1820, the statue of Venus de Milo was discovered by aContinue Reading
A palette rich with colour: Celebrating Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
Ernst Gombrich famously said in his book ‘The Story of Art’: “There really is no such thing as Art. There areContinue Reading
