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15 hours ago · One of Sheffield's best-loved painters returns this week with a new solo exhibition at Gallery 24. Get a sneak peek at his new work and hear the story behind it in our monthly art feature.
5 days ago · But when, in England in 1670, Anne Hyde, wife to James, Duke of York (1633–1701), died of breast cancer, it was not long before a new bride was sought for the heir to England's throne. Charles II 's (1630–1685) marriage to Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705) had borne no children, and his brother James would need a dynastic match to a European princess.
2 days ago · Originating in France, musical Impressionism is characterized by suggestion and atmosphere, and eschews the emotional excesses of the Romantic era. Impressionist composers favoured short forms such as the nocturne, arabesque, and prelude, and often explored uncommon scales such as the whole tone scale. Perhaps the most notable innovations of ...
15 hours ago · The Art World. The City Where Paint Became Art. The Met’s new exhibition on Siena—the first of its kind in America—shows how the possibilities of strange, colorful ooze sparked the ...
Almira. (Liszt) Franz Liszt composed his transcription of the Sarabande and Chaconne from Handel 's opera Almira for piano solo (S.181) in 1879 for his English piano student Walter Bache to play at a Handel festival in England. The Almira transcription is noted by critics as one of the most striking of Liszt's late concert arrangements as well ...
2 days ago · The turn of the 20th century was a golden era for decorative arts, when the boundaries between function and artistry began to blur. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the exquisite lamps that illuminated the opulent homes of the era’s tastemakers. Antique lamps, particularly the stunning art glass creations from the Belle Époque and Art Nouveau periods, transformed ordinary lighting into ...
2 days ago · Art History. This 18th-Century Painting Could Rewrite Black History in Britain. New research brings to light the life of James Cumberlidge, a servant who became a trumpeter for King George III ...
