Culture
Fuseli’s Nightmare
The Nightmare, painted by the Swiss artist John Henry Fuseli in 1781, is a dark and enigmatic painting that has been the…
Millet’s Noonday Rest
Jean-Francois Millet is considered to be one of the most important and prolific painters of the 19th century. He is best known…
Sargent’s Repose
John Singer Sargent was an American artist known for his paintings of the Gilded Age. His painting of Repose (french title: Nonchaloir)…
Bouguereau’s Lullaby
William-Adolphe Bouguereau was a 19th century French painter renowned for his academic paintings of nudes, portraits, and scenes from classical mythology. One…
Bernini’s Sleeping Hermaphroditus
The Borghese Sleeping Hermaphroditus is an iconic marble sculpture commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese (hence its name) in the early 17th century….
Dali’s Sleep
Salvador Dali was a renowned surrealist artist whose works often explored the boundaries of the subconscious mind. One of his most iconic…
Aristotle on sleep
Aristotle, a classical Greek philosopher born in 384 BCE, is one of the most influential thinkers in Western philosophy. He is also…
Who was the Greek god of sleep?
Hypnos was the Greek god of sleep. He was the son of Nyx and Erebus and was joined to Pasithoe. Hypnos was…