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Hans Holbein the Younger (formerly attributed to), Portrait of a Woman from Southern Germany

The Mauritshuis

May 14, 2020
by Amalia Spiliakou with No Comment Northern Renaissance ArtRenaissance ArtTeaching Resources

The Mauritshuis offers an intimate encounter with Dutch Golden Age masterpieces, where Vermeer’s quiet beauty and Rembrandt’s depth invite reflection on art, history, and the enduring search for meaning.

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Terracotta Warrior from Qin Shihuangdi’s Tomb

Virtual Trip to meet the 1st Emperor of China

May 12, 2020
by Amalia Spiliakou with No Comment Teaching Resources

Quin Shi Huang Di unified the country, standardized the laws, money, weights, measures and writing. He built the Great Wall of China and even had the country named after him. He built himself an amazing tomb that is famous for the army of 6,000 terra-cotta warriors.

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The Iron Crown,  Monza Cathedral

The Iron Crown

May 8, 2020
by Amalia Spiliakou with No Comment Early Christian ArtTeaching Resources

Teodolinda’s Iron Crown of Monza unites legend, devotion, and power—an Early Christian masterpiece of gold and gems, entwined with Constantine’s relic and Italy’s royal coronations through centuries of sacred history.

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Hôtel Hannon

Brussels Virtual Destination

May 3, 2020
by Amalia Spiliakou with No Comment Art NouveauTeaching Resources

Brussels embodies Art Nouveau elegance—its curved lines and organic forms shaping a city of architectural beauty, where imagination, design, and European identity meet in a harmonious, marsh-born capital.

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The Month of May, possibly by Maestro Venceslao, Torre Aquila, Castello del Buonconsiglio in Trento, Italy

The Month of May

May 1, 2020
by Amalia Spiliakou with No Comment Italian Renaissance ArtRenaissance ArtTeaching Resources

Master Wenceslas’s May fresco at Torre Aquila celebrates spring as aristocratic delight and rural renewal, where blossoming nature, courtly love, and Alpine prosperity merge into a radiant vision of medieval life.

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 Theodoros Ralli,  Veiled Woman

Theodoros Ralli

April 29, 2020
by Amalia Spiliakou with No Comment 19th century ArtModern Greek ArtTeaching Resources

Born in Constantinople, Theodoros Ralli became Greece’s most celebrated Orientalist painter — a charming Parisian socialite nicknamed Don Juan, with an iron will and a passion for the East.

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Childe Hassam,  Manhattan's Misty Sunset

New York Virtual Destination

April 22, 2020
by Amalia Spiliakou with No Comment American ArtTeaching Resources

During COVID-19, Art nurtures our quest for happiness — join us for a virtual New York weekend tour, from the comfort of your home.

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Rogier van der Weyden, Crucifixion Diptych

The Philadelphia Crucifixion

April 17, 2020
by Amalia Spiliakou with No Comment Northern Renaissance ArtRenaissance ArtTeaching Resources

Rogier van der Weyden’s 1460 Philadelphia Crucifixion Diptych is a masterful symphony of lines, shapes and colour — spiritual, intense and unique — uniting sorrow and sacrifice in one sublime composition.

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Claude Monet, Monet’s Garten in Giverny

Spring Break Virtual Destination

April 13, 2020
by Amalia Spiliakou with No Comment French ArtImpressionismTeaching Resources

During COVID-19, all you need is love and Art — join us virtually in Giverny, the charming French village where Monet created his legendary Waterlilies, from the comfort of your home.

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Harrowing of Hell, 1310-20, Fresco, Church of St. Savior in Chora

Holy Week in the Greek Orthodox Church

April 11, 2020
by Amalia Spiliakou with No Comment Byzantine ArtTeaching Resources

A blazing Byzantine red unites faith and salvation — explore the Raising of Lazarus and Palm Sunday through radiant 12th-century icons and illuminated manuscripts this Holy Week.

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