Eli Anapur

3 weeks ago | blog.artsper.com | Eli Anapur

Witchcraft and witches have perplexed and troubled human imagination for centuries. These elusive women endowed with magical powers have been the subject of many fables and fairytales and were used to both scare and empower, to reveal female agency, and to suppress it.

3 weeks ago | blog.artsper.com | Eli Anapur

Renaissance humanism profoundly changed the way artists saw the world and represented it. With the revival of ancient philosophy and renowned interest in art from antiquity, new forms based on classical models emerged and took over the Gothic style. Considered the most important sculptor of the early Renaissance, Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi or Donatello introduced a new style based on naturalism and is regarded as a forefather of the Italian Renaissance.

1 month ago | blog.artsper.com | Eli Anapur

With the holidays approaching, we have made a list of the famous winter paintings from modern and contemporary artists inspired by the changes in nature the last season of the year is bringing about. While in modern times representation of winter is among the usual topics, in the past such theme was rarely chosen, and was often a backdrop for religious or historical narrative paintings or manuscripts.

1 month ago | blog.artsper.com | Eli Anapur

The modern era brought many changes, including the shift in art styles and topics chosen by artists. Writing about the period in his book The Painting of Modern Life, the famous art theorist T. J. Clark defined Impressionist art — characterised by the visible brushstrokes, the disintegration of forms, flatness, and the depiction of light effects — as a representation of the transformation of social class.

1 month ago | blog.artsper.com | Eli Anapur

Featured image: Vincent van Gogh, The garden of Saint Paul’s Hospital (‘Leaf-Fall’), 1889, detailA timeless subject in art, autumn has been an inspiration for artists throughout history. While depictions of this colorful season preceding the dark winter changed with time, what remained constant is the atmosphere and emotions autumn provokes, translated by artists into allegorical, realist, symbolic, and even abstract forms.