THE MAGAZINE
Taking the Scenic Route: A Timeline of Landscape Painting
Landscape painting is nothing new. It’s one of the most beautiful genres of painting to gaze at and artists have been painting their surroundings for as long as we have been experiencing it. How, though, has it changed throughout time, and what does our stylistic representation of the world say about how we view it?
A Tale of Two Portraits: Degas and the Anatomy of Family Life
In The Bellelli Family and Henri Degas and His Niece, Lucie, Edgar Degas transforms the domestic interior into a stage for private drama. Through such haunting portraits, Degas reveals the psychological weight of family: its silent tensions, coded gestures, and the emotional anatomy of modern life.
The Swing of the Affair: Fragonard, Infidelity, and the Art of Heedlessness
The Swing, explained. Fragonard’s brush captures the rush of infidelity—before the fall, before the consequence.