https://ode-art.com/blogs/art-journal/how-to-make-a-room-feel-calm 2026-11-04T16:52:15+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0992/0125/3720/articles/Art_to_make_a_room_feel_calm_Vuillard_Landscape_Window_ODE_Aart_Journal.jpg?v=1792854060 Why doesn't my home feel relaxing? https://ode-art.com/blogs/art-journal/can-art-reduce-stress 2026-11-04T16:44:48+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0992/0125/3720/articles/Can_art_reduce_stress_Claude_Monet_Water_Lilies_1933_ODE_Art_Journal.jpg?v=1793804770 Can art really reduce stress? Claude Monet, Water Lilies, floating lilies on a calm pond in soft blue, green and violet https://ode-art.com/blogs/art-journal/how-does-art-affect-people 2026-11-04T16:46:07+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0992/0125/3720/articles/How_does_art_affect_people_Edgar_Degas_at_the_Louvre_ODE_Art_Journal.jpg?v=1793804754 How does art affect people? Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt at the Louvre, two women looking at art in the gallery https://ode-art.com/blogs/art-journal/why-art-matters-in-hospitality-design 2026-11-04T16:46:42+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0992/0125/3720/articles/Art_makes_people_remember_places_Renoir_Luncheon_Boating_Party_ODE_Art_Journal.jpg?v=1793804734 Why do we remember some places and not others? Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Luncheon of the Boating Party, friends sharing lunch on a sunlit terrace https://ode-art.com/blogs/art-journal/why-visual-clutter-feels-exhausting 2026-11-04T16:05:16+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0992/0125/3720/articles/Why_visual_clutter_feels_exhausting_Vilhelm_Hammershoi_Interior_ODE_Art_Journal.jpg?v=1793804716 Why does visual clutter feel so exhausting? Vilhelm Hammershøi, Interior, a sparse grey room with open white doors and a dark table https://ode-art.com/blogs/art-journal/what-makes-a-house-feel-like-home 2026-11-04T16:50:05+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0992/0125/3720/articles/Art_to_make_a_house_feel_like_home_De_Hooch_the_visit_interior_ODE_Art_Journal.jpg?v=1793804569 What actually makes a house feel like home? Pieter de Hooch, The Visit, figures gathered by a window in a warm Dutch interior https://ode-art.com/blogs/art-journal/what-makes-a-meaningful-gift-art 2026-11-04T16:47:20+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0992/0125/3720/articles/Art_as_a_meaningful_gift_Fantin_Latour_Summer_Flowers_1880_ODE_Art_Journal.jpg?v=1793804664 Why are some gifts impossible to forget? Henri Fantin-Latour, Summer Flowers, 1880, a lush bouquet of white, pink and red blooms https://ode-art.com/blogs/art-journal/why-we-are-drawn-to-certain-artworks 2026-11-04T16:49:33+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0992/0125/3720/articles/Why_do_people_love_certain_art_Whistler_nocturne_blue_and_gold_ODE_Art_Journal.jpg?v=1793804586 Why can't we stop looking at certain artworks? James McNeill Whistler, Nocturne in Blue and Gold, a misty grey-green harbour under a small orange moon https://ode-art.com/blogs/art-journal/why-does-some-art-feel-calming 2026-11-04T16:48:10+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0992/0125/3720/articles/Why_Does_Some_Art_Feel_Calming-_tohaku-pine-trees-folding-screen.jpg?v=1793804625 Why does some art feel calming, and some doesn't? Hasegawa Tōhaku, Pine Trees, ink pines emerging from mist across a six-panel folding screen https://ode-art.com/blogs/art-journal/why-some-workplaces-make-thinking-easier 2026-11-04T16:49:02+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0992/0125/3720/articles/Workplace_Art_Saenredam-sint-pieterskerk-interior-1632_ODE_Art_Journal.jpg?v=1793804602 Why some workplaces make thinking easier than others Pieter Saenredam, interior of the Sint-Pieterskerk, 1632, white arches and an organ in quiet light