On a visit to his father’s home town, Augsburg, in October 1777, Mozart called on Johann Andreas Stein, the renowned maker of keyboard instruments, and…
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How did you get started in your career as a photographer and what is your earliest memory of taking photographs? Growing up, I thought I…
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This giant magnum opus features life-size 1:1 renditions of the masterworks of Michelangelo, Botticelli, Perugino and other Renaissance artists, reproducing the most precise images of…
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Captivating images of dogs created by artists through the ages Every dog lover knows that nothing compares to the unconditional love offered by our precious…
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Congratulations to Ágnes Keleman, winner of the Anthology Cover Art Award 2021. Hungarian artist Ágnes Kelemen, winner of the Anthology Cover Art Award, was born…
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Argentinian graphic artist and illustrator Max Dalton recreates famous artists at work in their studios An artist’s studio is often an intimate space: a place to escape from…
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The Great Book of Ireland. An extraordinary modern vellum manuscript in a single volume which is comprised of the original work of Ireland’s finest poets…
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Hellelil and Hildebrand, the Meeting on the Turret Stairs by Frederic William Burton
by Edel CassidyThe subject is taken from a medieval Danish ballad translated by Burton’s friend Whitley Stokes in 1855, which tells the story of Hellelil, who fell in love with her personal guard…
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Architecture inspired by Andrea Palladio reaches Ireland. In the early 18th century the influence of the Italian architect Andrea Palladio swept through Ireland and was…
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The Taking of Christ by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
by Edel CassidyThe Taking of Christ, 1602 Oil on canvas. 133.5 x 169.5 cm. On indefinite loan to the National Gallery of Ireland from the Jesuit Community,…
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Exploring the world’s largest collection of works by Vincent van Gogh at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Mystery and intrigue have always surrounded the…
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