by wpengine | Mar 2, 2021 | News/Blog
Two Generations of Bolognese Women Artists in the Museum Collection Guest post by Danielle Carrabino, Curator of Painting and Sculpture, Smith College Museum of Art Between 2019 and 2020, the Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA) acquired works by two Bolognese artists,...
by Erika Gaffney | Feb 26, 2021 | News/Blog
Front covers of the five new portrait-mode Art Herstory note card designs, introduced in February 2021. Just in time for Women’s History Month, Art Herstory is excited to launch five new note card designs! Some of the cards present new works by early modern...
by wpengine | Feb 23, 2021 | News/Blog
Guest post by Maryse Dekker, student of art history, the University of Amsterdam As the first female student of the Netherlands, Anna Maria van Schurman built quite a reputation as an intellectual in the seventeenth century. She knew multiple ancient and modern...
by wpengine | Feb 16, 2021 | News/Blog
Guest post by Jesse Locker, Portland State University Though plagued with delays, lockdowns, and closures, the Artemisia Gentileschi exhibition at the National Gallery in London, which closed in January 2021, marked a transformation in the general public’s...
by wpengine | Feb 8, 2021 | News/Blog
Guest post by Nina Reid, MA student of Art History, University of Amsterdam Today marks the 255-year anniversary of the death of flower painter Catharina Backer (Amsterdam 1689–Leiden 1766). She grew up surrounded by her father’s great art collection and was spoon-fed...
by wpengine | Jan 26, 2021 | News/Blog
Maria Sibylla Merian’s Artistic Entomology Guest post by Kay Etheridge, Gettysburg College; with translations from German by Michael Ritterson Portrait of Maria Sibylla Merian at 32, 1679, attributed to Jacob Marrel. Kunstmuseum, Basel....
