A silhouette, such as the one above of the Camsie family of O’Harrabrook, Co Antrim, by Augustin Edouart (1838), were an affordable alternative to a painted portrait. Striking and distinctive, ...

Students in ARTH 1500 African Americans and Art, inspired by one artist and intrigued by another, discover the art of silhouettes. This semester, students in the course African Americans and Art have ...

A new exhibition in Paris explores the role of the male nude in art over several hundred years. Sarah Moroz reports.

The leather-silhouette is a pattern art, produced with a large piece of donkey skin, coated with colors to vividly display diversified characters and sceneries.