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Here’s an alert art historian.
Continue reading →Category Archives: Painting, sculpture, photography
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 →
The art of age
Leonard Cohen is a songwriter, and a very successful one at that. But he was a poet first. He’s old, too—if 79 can be called “old” these days. Accordingly, the style and content of his songs have changed over the … Continue reading →
Whose work is this?
Who was the artist, and when?: It’s a drawing by Albrecht Dé¼rer, made in 1493 when he was 22 years old. It seems remarkably contemporary to me, considering. I guess pillows haven’t changed all that much—except for the invention of … Continue reading →