In Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne, marble seems to breathe. Daphne’s fingers sprout leaves, her toes take root—capturing the instant of her mythic transformation in stone.

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The Laughing Youth by Annibale Carracci.

Year: c. 1583-1585
Media: Oil, Paper
Movement: Baroque
Dimensions: 44.5 cm x 29.5 cm
Location: Borghese Gallery, Rome, Italy

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Buildings in Naples by Thomas Jones.

Year: 1782
Medium: Oil, Paper
Movement: Romanticism
Dimensions: 14.2 cm x 21.6 cm
Location: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

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The Painting of the Day | 123

Call of the Wild by Albert Bierstadt.

Year: 1880s
Media: Oil, Paper
Movement: Luminism
Dimensions: 34.29 cm x 48.9 cm
Location: Private Collection

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Snow Near the Cave, Central Park, New York by Robert Julian Onderdonk.

Year: 1902
Medium: Oil on canvas
Movement: Impressionism

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Van Gogh’s The Starry Night wasn’t a literal view—it was his emotional vision. Painted from his asylum window, the swirling sky reflects not the landscape, but his inner turmoil.

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Venice, Nocturnal Festivities on the Via Eugenia (today Via Garibaldi) by Ippolito Caffi.

Year: 1839-1840
Medium: Oil on canvas
Movement: Realism
Dimensions: 52 cm x 66 cm
Location: Private Collection

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Vincent van Gogh painted Café Terrace at Night in 1888. He once wrote, “I often think the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.” In our September issue, we explore the story behind’s this glowing masterpiece.

Out 8 September 2025 on Google Play Books.

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The Mona Lisa’s mysterious smile owes much to Leonardo da Vinci’s sfumato technique. By blending tones without harsh outlines, he created a soft haze that makes her expression shift as you look at her.

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The Painting of the Day | 120

Maria by Helene Schjerfbeck.

Year: 1909
Medium: Oil on canvas
Movement: Expressionism
Dimensions: 57 cm x 73 cm
Location: Ateneum Art Museum, Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

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Farmyard by Camille Pissaro

Year: c. 1863
Movement: Realism
Medium: Oil on canvas
Location: Private Collection

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