The Beauty of Folding Screens: Namban Byōbu of Japan

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Georgia O’Keeffe in 10 Paintings: From Prairie Light to Desert Bones

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Augusta Savage: The Woman Who Defined 20th-Century Sculpture

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Fantastic Fungi: The Tastiest Mushroom Art

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9 Shakespeare Paintings by John Everett Millais

XJohn Everett Millais, Ferdinand and Ariel, 1850, Private Collection. Photograph via Paul Barlow, Wikimedia Commons (public domain).Back in 1590, when Henry IV first appeared on stage, William Shakespeare could not have foreseen that his creations would come to life again and again, so many years after his death. The appeal of characters such as Hamlet, Rosalind, Falstaff, Romeo and Juliet, continues undiminished into the present, partly because these stories touch something universal in each of us. These tales of people, as they really are, struck a cord with the pre-Raphaelite painters who were seeking to speak truth through their art. The movement’s founder, John Everett Millais, went to Shakespeare for inspiration over and over again. Read on for stories of Shakespeare characters in Millais’ paintings.

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Joan Hill’s Artistic Tribute to Her Native American Heritage

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Masterpiece Story: The Death of Barbara Radziwiłł by Józef Simmler

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Masterpiece Story: Funeral by Frants Henningsen

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Masterpiece Story: Death and the Miser by Hieronymus Bosch

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Masterpiece Story: Abbey in the Oakwood by Caspar David Friedrich

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