Of all the sites that inspired Van Gogh throughout his career, Montmartre stands apart as a place so regularly and vividly depicted by the painter that to walk ... Van Gogh was beginning to explore ...
Shunga, a traditional Japanese term of erotic art, translates to "picture of spring", where spring is a euphemism for sex. A type of ukiyo-e, or woodblock print, these rare works offer a glimpse into ...
From the early 1970s Japanese-American artist Masami Teraoka adopted the traditional visual vocabulary of 17th–19th century Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints to comment on the world around him. These ...