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Learn to Look at Art, Part 3: The Language of Symbols
How artists encode meaning in their paintings
Oct 20
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The Lost and Found Life of a Masterpiece
The centuries-long struggle to protect a single work of art
Oct 15
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Degas’ Intimate Depictions of the Female Perspective
An artist’s admiration or a misogynist’s gaze?
Oct 8
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In case you missed it: Learn to Look at Art, Part 2
How Paintings Shape Our Perception
Oct 2
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Five Paintings That Celebrate the Sky
Different perspectives on the power of looking upwards
Oct 1
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September 2025
Measuring Life's True Value in This Delicate Vermeer Painting
The art of contemplation beyond material riches
Sep 24
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It’s Never Too Late to Find Creative Success
Artists who didn’t give up and achieved later in life
Sep 17
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Learn to Look at Art, Part 2: How Paintings Shape Our Perception
Devices that direct our focus to heighten the effect of compositions
Sep 15
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The 19th-Century French Artists in Search of Truth and Beauty in Rural Life
Inspiration from the Barbizon School of painters
Sep 10
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A Controversial Painting That Seduces and Distorts
Exotic, alluring and problematic
Sep 3
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August 2025
In case you missed it: Learn to Look at Art, Part 1
Training Your Visual Awareness
Aug 28
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Five Sublime Scandinavian Artists You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Masters of light, colour and atmosphere
Aug 27
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