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- [A very rich book for the very rich](https://www.artinsociety.com/a-very-rich-book-for-the-very-rich): Article by Philip McCouat on teh Januaray miniature from the Limbourg brothers illuminated manuscript Tres Riches Heures of the Duke de Berry
- [All about Bruegel](https://www.artinsociety.com/all-about-bruegel)
- [Country-by-country guide](https://www.artinsociety.com/all-life-is-here-bruegels-way-to-calvary): This article by Philip McCouat explores Pieter Bruegel's masterpiece The Way to Calvary
- ["All life is here": Bruegel's 'Way to Calvary'](https://www.artinsociety.com/all-life-is-here-bruegels-way-to-calvary1): This article by Philip McCouat explores Pieter Bruegel the Elder's masterpiece The Way to Calvary
- [An exploration of vision, reality and illusion](https://www.artinsociety.com/an-exploration-of-vision-reality-and-illusion): This article by Philip McCouat explores how 15th century artist Jan van Eyck used remarkable illusions in creating a totally convincing and realistic fictional world
- [Art and Survival in Patagonia](https://www.artinsociety.com/art-and-survival-in-patagonia): This article by Philip McCouat explains how some destroyed Patagonian Indian cultures have lived on through their remarkable rock and body art. Special attention is given to the ancient, remote Cave of Hands and the memorable images of initiation ceremon
- [Art as a barometer of climate changes](https://www.artinsociety.com/art-as-a-barometer-of-climate-changes): This article by Philip McCouat examines how much artworks can tell us about climate changes in the past
- [Art book and film reviews](https://www.artinsociety.com/art-book-and-film-reviews): Table of contents for art book and film reviews
- [Art in a Speeded Up World](https://www.artinsociety.com/art-in-a-speeded-up-world): This article by Philip McCouat analyses the radical changes in the concept of time during the 19th century, and how these changes came to be reflected in, and reinforced by, new themes and new genres in popular literature and art.
- [Art in a Speeded up World: overview](https://www.artinsociety.com/art-in-a-speeded-up-world-overview): Overview of related articles analysing how changing concepts of time during the 19th century came to be reflected in literature and art
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- [Bernardo Bellotto and the reconstruction of Warsaw](https://www.artinsociety.com/bernardo-bellotto-and-the-reconstruction-of-warsaw): This article by Philip McCouat explains how a lost cache of 18th century artiworks by Bernardo Bellotto became the blueprint for the post-war reconstruction of Warsaw
- [Bruegel and the Two Faces of Summer](https://www.artinsociety.com/bruegel-and-the-two-faces-of-summer): Article by Philip McCouat analysing Bruegel's masterpieces Haymaking and The Harvesters
- [Bruegel And The Two Faces Of Summernew Page](https://www.artinsociety.com/bruegel-and-the-two-faces-of-summernew-page)
- [Bruegel’s White Christmas: The Census at Bethlehem](https://www.artinsociety.com/bruegelrsquos-white-christmas-the-census-at-bethlehem): Article by Philip McCouat analysing the masterpiece that was probably the first-ever painting of a White Christmas, and one of the first times that a painter ever depicted this pivotal Biblical episode
- [Bruegel's Peasant Wedding Feast](https://www.artinsociety.com/bruegels-peasant-wedding-feast): Article by Philip McCouat analysing Pieter Bruegel's iconic painting Peasant Wedding Feast
- [Bruegels Peasant Wedding Feast 336943](https://www.artinsociety.com/bruegels-peasant-wedding-feast-336943): Article by Philip McCouat analysing Bruegel's iconic painting Peasant Wedding Feast
- [Carpaccio’s double enigma: Hunting on the Lagoon and the Two Venetian Ladies](https://www.artinsociety.com/carpacciorsquos-double-enigma-hunting-on-the-lagoon-and-the-two-venetian-ladies): This article by Philip McCouat tells the curious story of how two contrasting paintings by the Venetian artist Carpaccio turned out to be one
- [Carpaccio's Miracle on the Rialto](https://www.artinsociety.com/carpaccios-miracle-on-the-rialto): Article by Philip McCouat exploring Carpaccio's 15th century masterpiece Miracle of the Relic of the True Cross at the Rialto Bridge
- [Catastrophes and scandals](https://www.artinsociety.com/catastrophes-and-scandals)
- [Changing concepts of time](https://www.artinsociety.com/changing-concepts-of-time): Article by Philip McCouat on the radical changes in the concept of time during the 19th century
- [Colonial artist, thief, forger and mutineer: Thomas Barrett's amazing career](https://www.artinsociety.com/colonial-artist-thief-forger-and-mutineer-thomas-barretts-amazing-career): This intriguing article by Philip McCouat describes the amazing career of Thomas Barrett, a convict transported to Australia, who would unexpectedly create the famous Charlotte Medal, only to be hanged a few weeks later
- [Comets in Art](https://www.artinsociety.com/comets-in-art): Article by Philip McCouat explains how changing social attitudes to comets came to be reflected in art in a multitude of ways, from being shown as objects of terror and portents of disaster right through to badges of prestige or of divine guidance
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- [Cultural trends and changes](https://www.artinsociety.com/cultural-trends-and-changes): This page sets out articles written by Philip McCouat in the Journal of Art in Society that deal with cultural trends and changes
- [Deception and Misdirection: Hieronymus Bosch’s The Conjuror](https://www.artinsociety.com/deception-and-misdirection-hieronymus-boschrsquos-the-conjuror-248552): Article by Philip McCouat analysing Hieronymus Bosch's controversial and enigmatic painting The Conjuror
- [Dr Jekyll Frankenstein And Shelleyrsquos Heart](https://www.artinsociety.com/dr-jekyll-frankenstein-and-shelleyrsquos-heart): This article by Philip McCouat explores the curiously intertwined lives and works of the Shelleys and Robert Louis Stevenson
- [Dr Jekyll, Frankenstein and Shelley’s Heart](https://www.artinsociety.com/dr-jekyll-frankenstein-and-shelleyrsquos-heart1): This article by Philip McCouat examines the curiously-entwined lives and creations of the Shelleys and Robert Louis Stevenson
- [Early influences of photography](https://www.artinsociety.com/early-influences-of-photography): This article by Philip McCouat examines the impact of the invention of photography on 19th century painting
- [Egyptian blue: the colour of technology](https://www.artinsociety.com/egyptian-blue-the-colour-of-technology): This article by Philip McCouat explains how the unexpected discovery of some remarkable properties of a 4,500 year old pigment may have significant implications for our technological future
- [Elsheimer’s Flight into Egypt: how it changed the boundaries between art, religion and science](https://www.artinsociety.com/elsheimerrsquos-flight-into-egypt-how-it-changed-the-boundaries-between-art-religion-and-science): This article by Philip McCouat examines Adam Elsheimer's masterpiece Flight into Egypt, and how it revolutionised the boundaries between art, religion and science
- [Emerging From Obscurity Georges De La Tours Musicians Quarrrel](https://www.artinsociety.com/emerging-from-obscurity-georges-de-la-tours-musicians-quarrrel): Article by Philip McCouat exploring the 17th century painting ‘Musicians’ Quarrel’, created by a French artist, Georges de La Tour, who in recent times has achieved extraordinary fame after having been forgotten for almost 300 years
- [Emerging from Obscurity: Georges de La Tour's Musicians' Quarrrel](https://www.artinsociety.com/emerging-from-obscurity-georges-de-la-tours-musicians-quarrrel1)
- [End Notes Caravaggio And The Taking Of Christ](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-caravaggio-and-the-taking-of-christ)
- [End Notes For A Very Rich Book](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-a-very-rich-book)
- [End Notes For Adventures Of Nadar](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-adventures-of-nadar)
- [End Notes For An Exploration Of Vision Reality And Illusion](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-an-exploration-of-vision-reality-and-illusion)
- [End Notes For Art As A Barometer Of Climate Changes](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-art-as-a-barometer-of-climate-changes)
- [End Notes For Bruegel And The Two Faces Of Summer](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-bruegel-and-the-two-faces-of-summer)
- [End Notes For Bruegel And The Two Faces Of Summers](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-bruegel-and-the-two-faces-of-summers)
- [End Notes For Bruegel And The Two Faces Of Summers 478388](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-bruegel-and-the-two-faces-of-summers-478388)
- [End Notes For Bruegels White Christmas](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-bruegels-white-christmas)
- [End Notes For Carpaccios Miracle At The Rialto](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-carpaccios-miracle-at-the-rialto)
- [End Notes For Christina Robertson A Scottish Artist In Russia](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-christina-robertson-a-scottish-artist-in-russia)
- [End Notes For Deception And Misdirection](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-deception-and-misdirection): End Notes for Article by Philip McCouat analysing Hieronymus Bosch's controversial and enigmatic painting The Conjuror
- [End Notes For Dr Jekyll Frankenstein And Shelleys Heart](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-dr-jekyll-frankenstein-and-shelleys-heart)
- [End Notes For Egyptian Blue The Colour Of Technology](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-egyptian-blue-the-colour-of-technology)
- [End Notes For Elsheimers Flight Into Egypttml](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-elsheimers-flight-into-egypttml)
- [End Notes For Exploring Gustave Caillebottes Paris Street Rainy Day](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-exploring-gustave-caillebottes-paris-street-rainy-day)
- [End Notes For Feathers Fashion And Animial Rights](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-feathers-fashion-and-animial-rights)
- [End Notes For Floating Pleasure Worlds Of Paris And Edo](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-floating-pleasure-worlds-of-paris-and-edo)
- [End Notes For Forgotten Women Artists 2 Jane Loudon](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-forgotten-women-artists-2-jane-loudon)
- [End Notes For Forgotten Women Artists 3 Marie Gabrielle Capet Stepping Out From The Shadows](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-forgotten-women-artists-3-marie-gabrielle-capet-stepping-out-from-the-shadows)
- [End Notes For Frankenstein](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-frankenstein)
- [End Notes For Gabriel Metsu And The Gentle Art Of Letter Writing](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-gabriel-metsu-and-the-gentle-art-of-letter-writing)
- [End Notes For How One Man Saved The Greatest Picture In The World Piero Della Francescarsquos Resurrection](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-how-one-man-saved-the-greatest-picture-in-the-world-piero-della-francescarsquos-resurrection)
- [End Notes For Jacques Louis Davids The Death Of Marat](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-jacques-louis-davids-the-death-of-marat)
- [End Notes For Ldquoall Life Is Hererdquo Bruegelrsquos Way To Calvary](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-ldquoall-life-is-hererdquo-bruegelrsquos-way-to-calvary)
- [End Notes For Ldquoall Life Is Hererdquo Bruegelrsquos Way To Calvary1](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-ldquoall-life-is-hererdquo-bruegelrsquos-way-to-calvary1)
- [End Notes For Masters Of All They Survey](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-masters-of-all-they-survey)
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- [End Notes For Seeing The Light Bruegels Conversion Of Saul](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-seeing-the-light-bruegels-conversion-of-saul)
- [End Notes For The Art Of Shadows](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-the-art-of-shadows)
- [End Notes For The Dramatic Life Of A Controversial Masterpiece](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-the-dramatic-life-of-a-controversial-masterpiece)
- [End Notes For The Extraordinary Career Of Granville Redmond](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-the-extraordinary-career-of-granville-redmond)
- [End Notes For The Rescue Of The Fabulous Lost Library Of Deir Al Surian](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-for-the-rescue-of-the-fabulous-lost-library-of-deir-al-surian)
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- [End Notes Forgotten Women Artists 1 Arcangela Paladinil](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-forgotten-women-artists-1-arcangela-paladinil)
- [End Notes Forgotten Women Artists 5 Theacuteregravese Schwartze And The Business Of Painting](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-forgotten-women-artists-5-theacuteregravese-schwartze-and-the-business-of-painting)
- [End Notes Lost In Translation Bruegelrsquos Tower Of Babel](https://www.artinsociety.com/end-notes-lost-in-translation-bruegelrsquos-tower-of-babel)
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- [Endnotes For Lost Masterpieces Of Ancient Egyptian Art From The Nebamun Tomb Chapel](https://www.artinsociety.com/endnotes-for-lost-masterpieces-of-ancient-egyptian-art-from-the-nebamun-tomb-chapel)
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- [Exploring Gustave Caillebotte’s Paris Street, Rainy Day](https://www.artinsociety.com/exploring-gustave-caillebottersquos-paris-street-rainy-day): Article by Philip McCouat analysing Gustave Caillebotte's iconic painting Paris Street, Rainy Day and his other major achievements
- [Feathers, fashion and animal rights](https://www.artinsociety.com/feathers-fashion-and-animal-rights): This article by Philip McCouat highlights an extraordinary set of photographs, taken in Australia over 100 years ago, which played a significant role in international efforts to achieve legislative protection of wild birds
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- [Floating pleasure worlds of Paris and Edo](https://www.artinsociety.com/floating-pleasure-worlds-of-paris-and-edo): This article by Philip McCouat examines two artworks which, although done in different media, in different cultures and at different times, both depict "floating worlds" of fashionable pleasure seeking
- [Forgotten Women Artists](https://www.artinsociety.com/forgotten-women-artists)
- [Forgotten Women Artists: #1 Arcangela Paladini: The Rapid Rise and Fall of a Prodigy](https://www.artinsociety.com/forgotten-women-artists-1-arcangela-paladini): This article by Philip McCouat examines the life and works of the 17th prodigy Arcangela Paladini. The first in a series on forgotten women artists
- [Forgotten Women Artists: #2 Jane Loudon](https://www.artinsociety.com/forgotten-women-artists-2-jane-loudon): This article by Philip McCouat , the second in a our series on forgotten women artists, examines the life and works of the remarkable 19C artist, futurist, horticulturist and author Jane Loudon
- [Forgotten Women Artists: #3 Marie-Gabrielle Capet: Stepping out from the Shadows](https://www.artinsociety.com/forgotten-women-artists-3-marie-gabrielle-capet-stepping-out-from-the-shadows): Article by Philip McCouat examining the fortunes of the talented but overlooked 18th century French painter Marie-Gabrielle Capet
- [Forgotten Women Artists #4: Michaelina Wautier: entering the limelight after 300 years](https://www.artinsociety.com/forgotten-women-artists-4-michaelina-wautier-entering-the-limelight-after-300-years): This article by Philip McCouat explains how the reputation of Michaelina Wautier has been restored after more than three centuries of obscurity
- [Forgotten Women Artists #5 Thérèse Schwartze and the business of painting](https://www.artinsociety.com/forgotten-women-artists-5-theacuteregravese-schwartze-and-the-business-of-painting): Article by Philip McCouat discussing the talented Dutch artist Therese Schwartze, who achieved the peak of fame and success just over a century ago, only to fall back into obscurity in modern times
- [Forgotten Women Artists: Christina Robertson: A Scottish artist in Russia](https://www.artinsociety.com/forgotten-women-artists-christina-robertson-a-scottish-artist-in-russia): Article by Elizaveta Renne and Jane Anderson, examining the extraordinary life and career of Christina Robertson, a highly successful 19th-century Scottish painter who became virtually forgotten in her homeland after she left to pursue her art career in
- [Forgotten Women Artists: introduction](https://www.artinsociety.com/forgotten-women-artists-introduction): Analyses why women painters have difficulty in establishing a reputation
- [From the Rokeby Venus to Fascism Pt 1: Why did suffragettes attack artworks?](https://www.artinsociety.com/from-the-rokeby-venus-to-fascism-pt-1-why-did-suffragettes-attack-artworks): This article by Philip McCouat analyses why some militant suffragettes in 19th century England started slashing art works, such as Velasquz's famous Rokeby Venus, in an attempt to gain publicity for their cause
- [From the Rokeby Venus to Fascism Pt 2: the Strange Allure of Fascism](https://www.artinsociety.com/from-the-rokeby-venus-to-fascism-pt-2-the-strange-allure-of-fascism): This article by Philip McCouat explains why some militant suffragettes in England made the unlikely graduation to become leading Fascists in the 1930s.
- [The Futurists declare war on pasta](https://www.artinsociety.com/from-the-rokeby-venus-to-fascism-pt-2-the-strange-allure-of-fascism-418077): This article by Philip McCouat discusses the enigmatic art movement known as the Italian Futurists anf their concerted campaign to ban the consumption of pasta
- [Gabriel Metsu and the gentle art of letter writing](https://www.artinsociety.com/gabriel-metsu-and-the-gentle-art-of-letter-writing): Article by Philip McCouat on how the 17th century craze for writing and reading letters became a major feature in Dutch art, featuring in masterful paintings by artists such as Gabriel Metsu and Jan Vermeer
- [How one man saved the greatest picture in the world: Piero della Francesca’s Resurrection](https://www.artinsociety.com/how-one-man-saved-the-greatest-picture-in-the-world-piero-della-francescarsquos-resurrection-page): Article by Philip McCouat about the WW2 artillery commander who risked court martial in order to save the “greatest picture in the world” ~ Piero della Francesca’s 15th century masterpiece The Resurrection
- [Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Marat](https://www.artinsociety.com/jacques-louis-davids-the-death-of-marat): Interesting article by Philip McCouat on the sensational murder of a leader of the French Revolution by a young woman, and how this event was depicted in art
- [Julie Manet, Renoir and the Dreyfus Affair](https://www.artinsociety.com/julie-manet-renoir-and-the-dreyfus-affair): This article by Philip McCouat explains how insights into the famous controversy known as the Dreyfus Affair have emerged from the teenage diary of Julie Manet, the niece of the famous artist Edouard Manet. It presents a revealing look at the attitudes o
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- [Lost in Translation: Bruegel’s Tower of Babel](https://www.artinsociety.com/lost-in-translation-bruegelrsquos-tower-of-babel): Article by Philip McCouat exploring the origin and meaning of Pieter Bruegel's iconic painting The Tower of Babel
- [Lost masterpieces of ancient Egyptian art from the Nebamun tomb-chapel](https://www.artinsociety.com/lost-masterpieces-of-ancient-egyptian-art-from-the-nebamun-tomb-chapel): This article by Philip McCouat explains how priceless paintings that were hacked out from the walls of a 3,000 year-old Egyptian tomb have come to be regarded as one of the British Museum's greatest treasures.
- [Masters of All they Survey -- Gainsborough’s Mr and Mrs Andrews](https://www.artinsociety.com/masters-of-all-they-survey-gainsboroughrsquos-mr-and-mrs-andrews): Article by Philip McCouat on Gainsborough's famous Mr and Mrs Andrews, exploring why it was unfinished \& long hidden from public view, and other notable controversies over its meaning
- [Masters Of All They Survey Gainsboroughrsquos Mr And Mrs Andrews 360803](https://www.artinsociety.com/masters-of-all-they-survey-gainsboroughrsquos-mr-and-mrs-andrews-360803): Article by Philip McCouat on Gainsborough's famous Mr and Mrs Andrews, exploring why it was unfinished \& long hidden from public view, and other notable controversies over its meaning
- [Michelangelo's disputed Entombment](https://www.artinsociety.com/michelangelos-disputed-entombment): This article by Philip McCouat examines the mysteries that enshroud Michelangelo's disputed Entombment, which even extend to the identity of the artist
- [Millais, Charles Dickens and the Holy Family](https://www.artinsociety.com/millais-charles-dickens-and-the-holy-family)
- [Millet and the Angelus](https://www.artinsociety.com/millet-and-the-angelus): Article by Philip McCouat on the strange story of how a seemingly-simple painting of potato farmers sold for a fortune, inspired a patriotic fervour, a madman’s attack, an obsession by van Gogh, a possible dead baby \& the introduction of a revolutionary
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- [On the Trail of the Last Supper](https://www.artinsociety.com/on-the-trail-of-the-last-supper): This article by Philip McCouat examines how artistic representations of the Last Supper altered over time, starting with early Christian imagery, the iconic version by Leonardo da Vinci, transformations of the image in Lutheran Germany and its customisati
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- [Perception and Blindness in the 16th Century](https://www.artinsociety.com/perception-and-blindness-in-the-16th-century): This article by Philip McCouat explores one of the world’s great artworks, a triumph of acute perception in a painting about blindness -- Bruegel’s Blind Leading the Blind
- [Bruegel's Icarus and the perils of flight](https://www.artinsociety.com/perception-and-blindness-in-the-16th-century-667243): This article by Philip McCouat re-examines popular interpretations of Bruegel;s enigmatic painting The Fall of Icarus in the light of the latest research
- [Prussian blue and its partner in crime](https://www.artinsociety.com/prussian-blue-and-its-partner-in-crime): Explains how the accidental discovery of the pigment Prussian blue was a breakthrough for artists, and led to a revolution in Japanese art, yet its derivatives have killed thousandserWhile
- [Pt 1: Initial impacts](https://www.artinsociety.com/pt-1-initial-impacts)
- [Pt 2: Photography as a working aid](https://www.artinsociety.com/pt-2-photography-as-a-working-aid)
- [Pt 3: Photographic effects](https://www.artinsociety.com/pt-3-photographic-effects)
- [Pt 4: New approaches to reality](https://www.artinsociety.com/pt-4-new-approaches-to-reality)
- [Reflections on a Masterpiece: Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergere](https://www.artinsociety.com/reflections-on-a-masterpiece-manets-a-bar-at-the-folies-bergere): Analysis by Philip McCouat of Manet's last and perhaps greatest masterpiece, the enigmatic Bar at the Folies-Bergere
- [Reviews of art books](https://www.artinsociety.com/reviews-of-art-books): Reviews of recent books and articles on art
- [Reviews of art films](https://www.artinsociety.com/reviews-of-art-films): Reviews of recent films on art
- [Rose-Marie Ormond: Sargent’s muse and “the most charming girl that ever lived”](https://www.artinsociety.com/rose-marie-ormond-sargentrsquos-muse-and-ldquothe-most-charming-girl-that-ever-livedrdquo): Article by Philip McCouat about relationship between artist John Singer Sargent and his favourite model Rose-Marie Ormond
- [Sarka of the South Seas](https://www.artinsociety.com/sarka-of-the-south-seas): This article by Philip McCouat gives a full account of the American watercolourist Charles Sarka's colourful life , work and extensive travels
- [Science becomes Art](https://www.artinsociety.com/science-becomes-art): This article by Philip McCouat examines how Joseph Wright’s paintings of scientific experiments utilised brilliant light to depict a new type of knowledge, and what a “freeborn mouse” thought about it all.
- [Science Becomes Art 904359](https://www.artinsociety.com/science-becomes-art-904359)
- [Seeing the light: Bruegel's Conversion of Saul](https://www.artinsociety.com/seeing-the-light-bruegels-conversion-of-saul): Interesting article by Philip McCouat on the mysteries that surround Bruegel's controversial painting The Conversion of Saul
- [Should artists get royalties?](https://www.artinsociety.com/should-artists-get-royalties): This article by Philip McCouat analyses the royalty rights scheme for artists in Australia, and compares it with similar schemes overseas
- [Strange encounters: the collector, the artist and the philosopher](https://www.artinsociety.com/strange-encounters-the-collector-the-artist-and-the-philosopher): This article by Philip McCouat analyses the extraordinary relationships between the eccentirc art collector Albert Barnes, the painter Henri Matisse and the philosopher Bertrand Russell
- [Surviving the Black Death](https://www.artinsociety.com/surviving-the-black-death): This article by Philip McCouat examines how the catastrophic Black Death that swept through Europe in the 1340s affected the life and work of one of the fortunate survivors, the Sienese painter Bartolo di Fredi.
- [Techniques and technology](https://www.artinsociety.com/techniques-and-technology)
- [The Adventures of Nadar: photography, ballooning, invention \& the Impressionists](https://www.artinsociety.com/the-adventures-of-nadar-photography-ballooning-invention-the-impressionists): This article by Philip McCouat examines the life of the famous 19th century photographer, balloonist and inventor, Nadar
- [The art of giraffe diplomacy](https://www.artinsociety.com/the-art-of-giraffe-diplomacy): This article by Philip McCouat tells the remarkable story of the African giraffe who walked across France and became a pawn in an international poewer struggle
- [The Art of Shadows](https://www.artinsociety.com/the-art-of-shadows): Article by Philip McCouat explores the ways that artists use shadow to convey realism, drama or information in their paintings
- [The Controversies of Constantin Brancusi: Princess X and the boundaries of art](https://www.artinsociety.com/the-controversies-of-constantin-brancusi-princess-x-and-the-boundaries-of-art): This article by Philip McCouat explains how two scandals made the sculptor Brancusi into a public figure and helped define the boundaries of art
- [The discovery of an early graphic novel](https://www.artinsociety.com/the-discovery-of-an-early-graphic-novel): This article by Philip McCouat examines the recent discovery of a manuscript by the American painter Charles Sarka that may be one of the first graphic novels.
- [The dramatic life of a controversial masterpiece: Leonardo’s portrait of Ginevra de’ Benci](https://www.artinsociety.com/the-dramatic-life-of-a-controversial-masterpiece-leonardorsquos-portrait-of-ginevra-dersquo-benci): Article by Philip McCouat analysing Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of Ginevra de' Benci, why it was painted, its artistic innovations, its secret trip to Washington, and its ultimate sale for the highest price ever paid for a painting
- [The emergence of the winter landscape](https://www.artinsociety.com/the-emergence-of-the-winter-landscape): This article by Philip McCouat examines how the essential elements of a snowy winter landscape -- such as an elevated perspective, depictions of mountains, incidental human interaction with the environment and a realistic sense of place -- ultimately came
- [The extraordinary career of Granville Redmond, deaf artist and silent movie actor](https://www.artinsociety.com/the-extraordinary-career-of-granville-redmond-deaf-artist-and-silent-movie-actor-850216): Article by Philip McCouat on deaf artist Granville Redmond, silent movie actor and mentor to Charlie Chaplin
- [The Isenheim Altarpiece Pt 1: Pestilence and the Concert of Angels](https://www.artinsociety.com/the-isenheim-altarpiece-pt-1-pestilence-and-the-concert-of-angels): This article by Philip McCouat examines the role played by Matthisas Grunewald's extraordinary masterpiece, the Isennheim Altarpiece, in healing victims of disease
- [The Isenheim Altarpiece Pt 2: Nationalism, Nazism and Degeneracy](https://www.artinsociety.com/the-isenheim-altarpiece-pt-2-nationalism-nazism-and-degeneracy): Article by Philip McCouat explains how Matthias Grűnewald's extraordinary sixteenth century master-work became a pawn in a struggle for power between nations, and between radically different conceptions of art
- [The life and death of Mummy Brown](https://www.artinsociety.com/the-life-and-death-of-mummy-brownl): This article by Philip McCouat tells the extraordinary story of how the crumbled remains of mummies came to be used by European artists right up to the twentieth century
- [The 'new' time in literature](https://www.artinsociety.com/the-new-time-in-literature): Article by Philip McCouat analysing how changes in the concept of time inspired 19th century authors to explore extraordinary new directions in their work
- [The 'new' time in painting](https://www.artinsociety.com/the-new-time-in-painting): Article by Philip McCouat on how artists adapted to the new concepts of time by introducing new styles and subject matters in their work
- [The origins of an Australian art icon](https://www.artinsociety.com/the-origins-of-an-australian-art-icon): This article by Philip McCouat examines how some unexpected influences may have played a crucial part in the creation of Charles Meere's iconic painting Australian Beach Pattern
- [The rescue of the fabulous lost library of Deir al-Surian](https://www.artinsociety.com/the-rescue-of-the-fabulous-lost-library-of-deir-al-surian): This article by Philip McCouat describes the momentous rescue of one of the greatest ancient libraries
- [The shocking birth and amazing career of Guernica](https://www.artinsociety.com/the-shocking-birth-and-amazing-career-of-guernica): This article by Philip McCouat examines how Picasso's Guernica, one of the most famous paintings in the world, came to be painted, and why it has assumed such extraordinary recognition.
- [The Sphinx of Delft: Jan Vermeer’s demise and rediscovery](https://www.artinsociety.com/the-sphinx-of-delft-jan-vermeerrsquos-demise-and-rediscovery): Article by Philip McCouat on the astonishing twists and turns in the reputation of the celebrated 17th century artist Jan Vermeer
- [The Two Women in White](https://www.artinsociety.com/the-two-women-in-white): Article by Philip McCouat on two works involving a mysterious 'Woman in White' that enthralled and shocked 1860s Britain ~ Wilkie Collins’ bestselling novel and Whistler’s outrageous portrait
- [Titian, Prudence and the three-headed beast](https://www.artinsociety.com/titian-prudence-and-the-three-headed-beast): This article by Philip McCouat explains why Titian's Allegory of Prudence has attracted so many radically-different interpretations
- [Toulouse-Lautrec, the bicycle and the women's movement](https://www.artinsociety.com/toulouse-lautrec-the-bicycle-and-the-womens-movement): This article by Philip McCouat analyses how the 1890s cycling boom inspired a classic Toulouse-Lautrec poster and stimulated the growing movement for women's rights.
- [Understanding Petrus Christus’ A Goldsmith in his Shop](https://www.artinsociety.com/understanding-petrus-christusrsquo-a-goldsmith-in-his-shop): Article by Philip McCouat about Petrus Christus' 15th century masterpiece A Goldsmith in his Shop
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- [Vermeer’s concert, the Gardner collection, and the art heist of the century](https://www.artinsociety.com/vermeerrsquos-concert-the-gardner-collection-and-the-art-heist-of-the-century): Article by Philip McCouat discusses Vermeer's famous Concert, and its role in the art heist of the century
- [Watchmen, goldfinders and the plague bearers of the night](https://www.artinsociety.com/watchmen-goldfinders-and-the-plague-bearers-of-the-night): This article by Philip McCouat examines how three traditional occupations of the night -- the town night watchman, the cesspit emptier and those required to carry plague victims to their graveyards -- were treated in society and in art.
- [What readers say about us](https://www.artinsociety.com/what-readers-say-about-us): Readers' comments on the Journal of Art and Society
- [Why wasn't photography invented earlier?](https://www.artinsociety.com/why-wasnt-photography-invented-earlier): This article by Philip McCouat examines what has been claimded to be the "greatest mystery" in the history of photography -- given the state of technical knowledge at the time, why wasn't it invented earlier?