Art history: artists, movements and museums

Brick façades in The Little Street by Vermeer
Where Exactly Was Vermeer’s The Little Street? The Delft Investigation
The Rijksmuseum places The Little Street at the present-day 40–42 Vlamingstraat. A tax register, Vermeer’s aunt, earlier addresses and perspective objections: the full investigation into a highly probable but still... Read more...
Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, analysis of the circle, square and proportions
Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man: Analysis, Proportions and Meaning
Complete analysis of Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man: two positions, distinct centers of the circle and square, body proportions, Vitruvian text, mirrored writing, meaning and preconceived ideas. Read more...
Kammer Castle on the Attersee III painted by Gustav Klimt
Kammer Castle: five paintings for the same motif
From 1908 to 1912, Gustav Klimt depicted Kammer Castle in five paintings. Compare their dates, framing, reflections and locations. Read more...
Facade of the Stoclet Palace in Brussels designed by Josef Hoffmann
Gustav Klimt and Josef Hoffmann: from the Secession to the Stoclet Palace
From the Secession to the Stoclet Palace: the Klimt–Hoffmann collaboration, the Beethoven exhibition, Wiener Werkstätte and the dining-room frieze. Read more...
Chaumes de Cordeville in Auvers-sur-Oise by Vincent van Gogh
Cottages at Cordeville: architecture becomes almost organic
An analysis of Van Gogh’s Thatched Cottages at Cordeville: date, Musée d’Orsay, the letter of 10 June 1890, paint texture, the green frame and the Auvers landscape. Read more...