The "Girl with a Pearl Earring" - Johannes Vermeer

Why is this one of the most famous Masters portraits in history?

Partly, because it isn't actually a portrait. The girl you're looking at isn't real — nor is her earring.

Look closely and you'll realiz

THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF GUSTAF TENGGREN
Gustaf Tenggren isn't the only illustrator to have undergone a stylistic transformation, but with most others the change was to one extent or another evolutionary. In Tenggren's case the change of direction was a

Linda Vine Artist..

Sometimes we have grand expectations for the beginning of the year and the reality falls short. That's life and we have to adapt accordingly and keep going but making sure we take time out to refresh and feed our creative

The Panorama 360 of Scheveningen: Mesdag’s Cylindrical Painting,at the Hague,Holland

I went to see the The Panorama 360 of Scheveningen: Mesdag’s Cylindrical Painting,at the Hague in Holland on my big OE it was extreme & yet strange viewing it, you c

The Apocalypse Tapestry

The Château d’Angers houses a major masterpiece of the mediaeval era, namely the Apocalypse Tapestry. It consists of six sections, each divided into seven tableaux.

The Apocalypse Tapestry, crafted in Paris between 1377 and 13