Posts by Katherine Blakeney:

The Artist and Munch’s Silent Scream

Vague glimpses of terrifying visions undulate in...

Frida Kahlo and the Oscar-Nominated Actresses of 2012

The Oscar-nominated films of 2012 have a very...

Gauguin and “The Descendants”

The Oscar-nominated film The Descendants creates...

William Bradford, The Titanic And The Oscars

For most modern people such concepts as an...

The Story Behind the Painting of Tintern Abbey

English Romantic landscape painter J.M.W. Turner...

Lady With an Ermine and The Borgias

The sitter for the famous Da Vinci portrait, Lady...

Dali and the Ugly Duckling

Looking at Salvador Dali’s Swans Reflecting...

The Sunflower Effect: Art Coming to Life (Part III)

Eleanor’s bedroom here was smaller than the one...

The Sunflower Effect: Art Coming to Life (Part II)

Eleanor’s mother could not understand why just...

The Sunflower Effect: Art Coming to Life (Part I)

It was around four o’clock in the afternoon in...