Scandalous nudes: what's all the fuss about? | Art UK
WEBAug 12, 2021 · Nude 1927. George Spencer Watson (1869–1934) Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library. It was the first painting in the collection of The Harris in Preston to feature a naked woman. As such, it was controversial, and some Councillors thought it would corrupt the morals of Prestonians. History has not …
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The bad place: a visual history of hell - Art UK
WEBOct 29, 2020 · In Giotto di Bondoneo's Last Judgement in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, a flow of lava cascades downwards towards a blue-black cave, bringing with it the bodies of the condemned who are to be put through a variety of inventive torments. Giotto's friend, the poet Dante Alighieri, is said to have visited the painter while he was working on the fresco.
Cleopatra's legacy in art: famous pharaoh and femme fatale
WEBMar 26, 2020 · Queen Cleopatra VII is remembered as history's temptress, a queen adept in the art of seduction – the ultimate femme fatale. But her story isn't so simple. Cleopatra's destiny as the ruler of Egypt expected much of her, and she faithfully obliged. Born in Alexandria, Egypt in 69 BC, Cleopatra hailed from the Greek-speaking Ptolemaic dynasty (named after Alexander the Great's general Ptolemy ...
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WEBSofonisba Anguissola (c.1535–1625) Rasheed Araeen (b.1935) Jean Arp (1886–1966) Clare Atwood (1866–1962) View all 400. View all. Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Art UK is the online home for every public collection in the UK. Featuring over 300,000 artworks by over 50,000 artists.
Found objects in art | Art UK
WEBArtists sometimes make art from unexpected objects - things we don't think of as art materials that originally had another function or purpose. These objects are called 'found objects'. Found objects can be manufactured, or objects from nature (such as stones, shells or bones). Sometimes they are used without making any changes to them, or an ...
Saintly symbols: how to identify ten female saints in art
WEBSaints are probably some of the most looked-at images in art history and a subject that artists have returned to time and again. Although we live amongst churches, schools and institutions which bear the names of saintly figures we often remain unaware of their stories and the all-important symbols, known as 'attributes', that artists use to identify them.
Kirkcaldy Galleries: the 'Tate of Scotland' - Art UK
WEBDec 10, 2021 · What made it unusual is that Kirkcaldy's War Memorial was also built as part of a splendid new museum and art gallery, which opened in 1925. Still Life: Fruit 1931. Samuel John Peploe (1871–1935) Fife Council. From those beginnings, Kirkcaldy's Scottish art collection has grown to become one of the best held anywhere.
Ten black British artists to celebrate | Art UK
WEBNov 23, 2016 · While Bowling has distanced his work from questions of race, he has nevertheless been a trailblazer in the British art scene. His work Spreadout Ron Kitaj was the first painting Tate Britain ever bought from a living black artist. In 2005, Bowling became the first black British artist to be elected to the Royal …
Colour in art: a brief history of blue pigment | Art UK
WEBSep 23, 2019 · Jumping ahead in time, a blue pigment known as 'ultramarine' (meaning 'beyond the sea') became incredibly popular during the Italian Renaissance. Used widely in Europe from around the twelfth century, ultramarine is one of the most prevalent colours in western art history. The Dead Christ and the Virgin 1330s-40s.
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