Hello there entire world vacationers! Welcome to a sizzling and sunny working day here at EPCOT! Occur and just take a stroll all over this beautiful park with us, you may just uncover a few surprises in store. So let us go ahead and bounce in! This early morning entering […]
Painting
Museum unveils 14th century hand-painted scroll depicting ancient Israel
The Israel Museum unveiled the Florence Scroll on Wednesday, a hand-painted scroll from the 14th century which is now displayed unrolled to its full duration within the glass vitrine of a museum gallery. The just about 11-meter parchment is the aim of “Painting a Pilgrimage,” the show depicting the pilgrimage […]
19 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Famous Paintings
Technically, there’s no earring in Girl with a Pearl Earring. 1. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer VCG Wilson/Corbis / Fine Art / Contributor via Getty Images Vermeer didn’t actually paint the empty background in Girl with a Pearl Earring. He painted a green curtain that has faded with time. […]
Looking Close at the Fragile Beauty of Chinese Painting
It always feels like early autumn in the Chinese painting galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The lighting is warm but low; the décor, wheat-beige and nut-brown. Despite sparks of color, the ink-and-brush paintings are visually subdued; their images can be hard to read from even a short distance […]