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Presence and Absence at the Gardner Museum | Alberti’s Window
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An Art History Blog. Tuesday, March 31st, 2015. Presence and Absence at the Gardner Museum. My son and I looking into the Garden Court at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, March 2015. On how Mrs. Gardner (called “Mrs. Jack” by her friends) is a “female subject” that visitors encounter when they visit the space. Roman marble throne, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, n.d. Detail of Titian Room of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Mrs Gardner’s presence and absence was also included in the museum...
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French Art at the Exposition Universelle of 1889 | Alberti’s Window
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An Art History Blog. Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015. French Art at the Exposition Universelle of 1889. Café Volpini poster, cover and front page for Volpini exhibition, 1889. Image courtesy Wikipedia. As a result, journalists were sure to pass by the café and see the art on display. Although the Café Volpini show was a flop from an economic standpoint, the artists must have gotten some exposure by being on the fair grounds, given that an overwhelmingly impressive number of people – 28 million! To prepare for t...
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Tapestries and Social Metaphors | Alberti’s Window
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An Art History Blog. Saturday, April 11th, 2015. Tapestries and Social Metaphors. Ann Hamilton, the event of a thread, Park Armory, New York, 2012-2013. Photo by James Ewing. The interconnectedness of individuals is especially apparent to me in Ann Hamilton’s installation “the event of a thread”. Of people rather than of any sort of barrier between them. You can see some videos of this installation HERE. The Miraculous Draught of Fishes. 1 There are several different accounts that report when some of the...
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An Art History Blog. Thursday, May 28th, 2015. The Bricks of the Ziggurat of Ur. The Ziggurat of Ur (photo taken 2005). Original structure built c. 2100 BCE. Image courtesy Wikipedia via user Hardnfast. Recently I learned a few interesting points about the mudbricks of the Ziggurat of Ur. This ziggurat was built around 2100 BCE by the king Ur-nammu and his son Shulgi (see a reconstruction drawing of the structure and a map of the original complex HERE. Such fired bricks weighed up to thirty-three pounds.
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Cleopatra and the Carpet Myth | Alberti’s Window
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An Art History Blog. Friday, February 20th, 2015. Cleopatra and the Carpet Myth. Jean-Leon Gérôme, “Cleopatra and Caesar,” 1866. Today in class I showed my students the beginning of a short video clip. By Sotheby’s about Gérôme’s. The video clip mentions how Gérôme’s painting has influence on Cecil B. DeMille, who directed. Which was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1963, starring Elizabeth Taylor) has a great scene. Which shows the queen dramatically and unceremoniously unrolled from a rug before Caesa...
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The “Nude” Doric Column | Alberti’s Window
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An Art History Blog. Wednesday, May 6th, 2015. The “Nude” Doric Column. Left: Doric column from Temple of Athena at Paestum, Italy. Right: Metropolitan Kouros, c. 600 BCE. 8220;Thus two orders were invented, one of a masculine character, without ornament, the other bearing a character which resembled the delicacy, ornament, and proportion of a female” (Vitruvius, 4:1:7). At that point, I had a student ask if the Doric order was supposed to be perceived as nude, since the Ionic order was described as clot...
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The Passion of Christ. This event is described by John in chapter 13:. After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? As with the sarcophagus, later images show Christ with Peter, but in these the altercation between them is emphasised. What connects the images? Palermo Cathedral, c 1180. Duccio: from the Maesta. c 1310. Note the...
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My daily art display. A daily dip into the world of art. Newer posts →. Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. Part 5. Clouds and marine paintings. June 9, 2016. 1807, the British army landed in Denmark and attacked the Danish capital. The Danes finally surrendered and their naval ships were taken over by British sailors and sailed to England that October. The Fire of the Church of Our Lady by Christoffer Eckersberg (1807). The Royal Library, Copenhagen. The Fire of the Church of Our Lady. For Dahl, the sky was...
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My daily art display. A daily dip into the world of art. Just someone who is interested and loves art. I am neither an artist nor art historian but I am fascinated with the interpretaion and symbolism used in paintings and love to read about the life of the artists and their subjects. Alice Neel. Part 3 – The men in her life – Kenneth Doolittle, John Rothschild and Joe Gould. August 30, 2016. Public Works of Art Project (PWAP). The Russell Sage Foundation. Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit. My artist...