Edward Hopper’s The House by the Railroad (1925) decoded: the aesthetics of solitude shaped by rail, window, and light; American Realism context, color and composition, and its meaning today.

A gripping guide to Théodore Géricault’s The Raft of the Medusa—its survivor sources, Restoration-era politics, double-pyramid design, and why this Louvre masterpiece still speaks to today’s crises.