Picture time
This sort of thing always intrigues me. It’s a series of photographs of the four Brown sisters, taken every single year for the last forty years. My guess is that the sisters are very roughly my age, and it’s a … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Painting, sculpture, photography
In profile
I’ve always liked this portrait of Madame X by John Singer Sargent: Here’s the story of the painting, thought quite scandalous at the time. The original was even more scandalous, because it featured the lady with a strap falling off … Continue reading →
Good eye
Here’s an alert art historian.
Continue reading →A more pristine Sistine
I’ve never seen the Sistine Chapel in person. The one time I was in Rome, long ago, the Chapel was closed for something or other and no visitors were allowed. Anyway, that was before the controversial restoration that brightened Michaelangelo’s … Continue reading →
Irony of ironies…
…all is irony. The author focuses on irony and lack of seriousness in art. But the hegemony of irony is certainly something I’ve noticed getting more and more widespread in recent years. It seems to be the default position of … Continue reading →
George W. Bush exhibits his paintings
I would love to see this exhibit. And what a great interview. Note the reference to Churchill, the humor, and the relaxed and affectionate interplay between the family members, as well as Bush’s articulate and fluid manner of speaking. Gone … Continue reading →
This is not photoshopped: Marilyn Monroe the bodybuilder
Taken for a 1952 photo essay in Life, this picture was one of a series that never got published in the original article:
Continue reading →Art, royal children, and time
Yesterday I wrote a post featuring this charming photo of the young and growing royal family: What do I like about the photo? It’s not really the subject matter; I’m not so much into the royals, although I think this … Continue reading →
Not just…
…another pretty face.
Continue reading →We may have just learned a little bit about Obama’s college transcripts
And he probably didn’t take art history. By the way, I took a few courses in art history in college, although I was definitely not an art history major, and I can tell you that art history is hard. At … Continue reading →
Trompe l’oeil
A cardboard box of money isn’t always what it seems: People are amazing, aren’t they?
Continue reading →And speaking of Camille Paglia…
…which we were doing yesterday—there’s an article about her in yesterday’s WSJ. Paglia is a curious amalgam. She prides herself on being unique and iconoclastic, and she certainly defies categorization. She seems to ally with the right on Obamacare, global … Continue reading →