Holland was in bloom. Following a bout of “tulipmania” in the 1630s, it became fashionable to visit the Hortus Botanicus, ...

A new exhibition at the Toledo Museum of Art puts 17th-century artist phenom Rachel Ruysch back in the spotlight.

The primary maxim of ambient music, as outlined in this inaugural proclamation, was that ‘it must be as ignorable as it is ...

The perennial popularity of botanical art ...

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Art has forever mesmerised people. From the movements of air it captures with swaying grass and clothes, to the stillness of ...

In her paintings, the 17th-century Dutch painter captured a pure, crystalline moment of time with unnerving verisimilitude.

Still life art is drawing or painting objects that are arranged in a certain way. These objects can be anything from fruit to vases. The aim is to look and think about the shapes and size of the ...

there is a long-held hierarchy that ranks painting genres as follows: landscape, portraits and, in third place, still life. After all, even a toddler can draw a flower, right? Over the centuries ...