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The Art History Behind Disney's Sleeping Beauty: A Guide through Some of NYC’s Museums
From medieval manuscripts and unicorns to renaissance landscape paintings and modern design, Disney’s Sleeping Beauty is filled with nods to real art that inspired its unique look. Did you know you can see many of these artworks in person in New York City museums like The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Morgan, and The Cloisters?
Jun 172 min read
What Monsters, Inc. Owes to Modern Art: Exploring Charles Sheeler’s Precisionism
What does Monsters, Inc. owe to modern art? Find out how the Pixar film borrows from Charles Sheeler’s Precisionism!
Jun 62 min read
Beast’s Hands and Rodin’s Influence: Art History Easter Eggs in Beauty and the Beast
Blog post exploring the influence of art history, specifically Rodin, on the Beast’s hands Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Mar 134 min read
Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway and Vincent van Gogh's post-impressionist paintings
Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway reminds me of everyone’s favorite Post-impressionist Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh
Nov 11, 20245 min read
Destroying the Mona Lisa at Disneyland—Pinocchio, Leonardo da Vinci, and Marcel Duchamp
Exploring how Pinocchio's Daring Journey at Disneyland, Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, and modernist artist Marcel Duchamp fit togeth
Jun 19, 20246 min read
How a urinal changed the course of art (history) and became the most influential artwork
Duchamp's Fountain is widely considered the most influential artwork of the 20th century.
Jun 11, 20244 min read
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