Allegory in Art history
In many videos I used the word allegory. But what does exactly mean and why allegories are so common in art?
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February 9, 2023
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Zoomorphism explained
In one of my first videos I talked about Zoomorphism and many of you asked me to know more about this concept of and why it is so important in art
September 15, 2022
Renaissance vs Baroque Art
Today we are going to learn how to distinguish Renaissance works of art from Baroque. We are going to use three main concepts to understand the differences: emotion, composition and lighting
May 12, 2022
Neoclassical architecture: United States Capitol
It is one of the most important buildings in the world and its origins go back to more than 2,000 years ago. Let's discover the U.S. Capitol
June 12, 2021
Angel vs Putto
Today we are going to discover the difference between angels and putti. Why are they so important?
April 30, 2021
Patreon Support
Exploring Art is a free online project with the purpose to educate people on the beauty of art history. That means I am not sponsored and I need your help
April 10, 2021
The meaning of Chiaroscuro
Hi everyone and welcome back to Exploring Art, this is Alessandro. Today we are going to learn more about a very important art concept and technique: chiaroscuro
April 5, 2021
How the lamb became a powerful Christian symbol
We know that a lamb is this little cute young sheep, completely defenseless. So, why is it so popular to be depicted in many works of art?
March 29, 2021
BC vs BCE – AD vs CE explained!
Hi everyone and welcome back to Exploring Art with Alessandro! In this video I am going to answer to a question that many of you asked me: what's the meaning of the abbreviations BC, AD, BCE, CE...
January 26, 2021
7 Christmas paintings
I want to wish a Merry Christmas with 7 paintings really different from each other, but emblematic of this important moment
December 24, 2020