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Site visit SVC concert

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I want to share the wonderful experience of the SVC concert on Friday evening (10/9)at the Weis Center. The concert was Alzheimer's Stories: A Monument to Memory. First of all, we the WFAA, Inc., can be very proud of our association with the SVC. It is an excellent organization as it celebrates its 40th anniversary. Secondly, we can be proud of the fact that we were a concert sponsor

Return For A Final Appearance...Sort Of...

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It has been a LONG time since I actually posted on this blog ~~ April 2006 to be exact. The reason for the blogging I was doing here was changing dramatically at that time. And finally the purpose for which this blog was set up was eclipsed & terminated.However, a new opportunity to blog on ArtInterests has grown out of the aforementioned change. I have started a new blog ~~

FYI

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As I mentioned in the last post, I need to close this blog or at least make some revisions in it. So it will be under some reconstruction. I don't plan to do further posts in this blog.However, I will have a new blog up soon & will link from here to the new one as my final post.

Weeeeelllll.....

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It looks like 'light blogging alert' was an understatement...right???In fact, I am closing the blog out. It has been fun, but changes with respect to the WOOCOCK MUSEUM have necessitated closure of ArtInterestsGreatAndSmall.Thanks to everyone who read & enjoyed this blog.

LIGHT BLOGGING ALERT

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Will be on the road for the next few weeks. I will post, but it will be intermittent. Thanks for your patience!

Some Come and Some Go

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It is wonderful when some pieces of art COME in to a public venue but sadly recent news also reports that some paintings are GONE from public access.Well, here is the good news. Some beautiful works of art will be seen soon. The estate of Henry Ford is gifting the Detroit Institute of Arts with works by Picasso, Matisse and Renoir - estimated value around $15 million. The Detroit Institute is

What is

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genre painting?From Artlex ~~"Genre painting is the depiction of subjects and scenes from everyday life, ordinary folk and common activities. It achieved its greatest popularity in seventeenth century Holland (the Netherlands) with the works of Jan Steen (1626-1679) and Jan Vermeer (1632-1675)."This charming painting (1449) by Petrus Christus, has three different titles, one is A Goldsmith in his

Remember the posts

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on subject, style, interpretation, context & emotion? No? Check here.Our subject for this post will be the Annunciation to Mary by the Angel Gabriel. You will see quite a variety of style, interpretation & emotion in these works, chosen from several different centuries.FYI - if the image is at the Web Gallery of Art, after you have clicked on the image to enlarge it, take note of the percent

Remember the "debate" between

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the 'Rubenists' & the 'Poussinists'? If not, check this post.For a pictorial 'take' of this always present tension in art, let's look at four paintings by Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807), a Swiss painter. Two of her paintings Composition & Design illustrate the Poussinist preoccupation on the involvement of the intellect in creating a work of art, while Invention & Colour illustrate the roles of

Another Sculptor of Note

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After looking at other large sculptures , I would like highlight another artist, Ed Dwight. Before starting on his art career in bronze sculpture in 1973, he had several impressive careers, including that of an Air Force test pilot, an aviation consultant, and was active in business. Dwight was also America's first African-American Astronaut Trainee.You are probably familiar with some of his

The lowly lemon in art

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To set the scene we need to start with the genre of art known as 'still life or still-life', & ArtLex gives us a good definition to consider. Two more comments on still life painting ~~"At once revered and underrated, the still life originated as an independent genre during the Renaissance and experienced its golden age in the 17th-century Netherlands (modern-day Belgium and Holland). Still lifes

I could not determine

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if the story behind this painting was a real event or whether it was a legend. Maybe it is a combination of the two. What do you think?"We know from his {Albrecht Durer} letters that this spectacular work was one of Durer's favourites. It was commissioned by Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony & a learned man who had also engaged Durer's talents on several previous occasions. The subject,

Can you read a painting?

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Here is the Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand (1808) by Albrecht Durer. I'll be back in the next post to help you "read" this painting: to learn what was important at the time it was painted & what significance, if any, it might have for us today.Food for thought ~ "Why are lemons such a common feature of Renaissance still lifes?" no pun intended...heh

Biggie, again

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Back in January I blogged on the very large sculptures of Larry Young and David Adikes. When you click here, you can see another large sculpture - this time at the Exhibition of Monumental Sculptures being staged by the Sarasota (FL) Season of Sculpture which is a new and growing art organization. The objectives of this outdoor art show are "to make large-scale public works of art accessible to

After 476AD, the western Roman Empire

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subsided into the various Germanic states which would become medieval Europe. The mantle of leadership for the Roman Empire fell to the emperors of the eastern Roman Empire in the city of Constantinople ~~ the "new Rome", founded by the Roman & first Christian emperor, Constantine I, in 330AD on the site of the older city of Byzatium.As noted in my last post, "One of the most important forms of

Back to Byz 2

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In August of last year, I did a couple of posts on Byzantine art, here & here. This is such a rich heritage in art that I decided to return to it.This article Byzantine Art at Wikipedia provides as excellent discussion of this art in the context of its culture & the events going on in the world.The usual dates for the Byzantine Empire are around 500AD to 1453AD when the city of Constantinople

Stopping right along...heh...

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ooops, lost my momentum. However, the battle paintings from the 19th century await us. The number of wars going on around the world at any one time is quite amazing. Many of these wars I have never heard about. For example, the Barbary Wars of the early 1800s. Here are some images from the First Barbary War ~~Burning of the USS PhiladelphiaWilliam Bainbridge pays tribute to the Dey The Dey?The

Moving right along...

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so I don't lose my momentum, we will dive into some battle images from the 18th century. If you read the accompanying commentaries to the images in my posts, looking at battle images through the centuries, you will have received an education which should be the equivalent of a degree in history!!Battle of Poltava during the Great Northern War Battle of Carillon during the French & Indian WarThe

Excuses, excuses...

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first of all I am having trouble (seriously) & still do not have many good battle images for the 17th century, then the weekend came, then it rained, then it...hmmmm, what other excuse can I use? heh.Time of Troubles & A Call to Arms - We know about the end of the Romanov dynasty in 1917, but do you know the beginnings? This post will probably appeal to history buffs! When I start out on one

More on battle paintings

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These from the 16th century. For previous posts highlighting battle scene paintings check here. As you view the images of battle paintings, you certainly get a sense of the wide variety of styles, interpretations, contexts & emotional punch.Just look at the difference between these two.The Fall [or Siege] of Constantinople - painted in 1499I counted 11 individuals in this painting,andThe Battle

I'm kind of surprised

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that I am not finding more painted battle scenes, but I do have a few for our consideration. For earlier posts which have battle scenes from the 11th century to the 14th century, check here, here, here, here & here.The following scenes are battles in the 15th century.The Battle of GrunwaldThe Fall of ConstantinopleGreat Standing on the Ugra River - This one is neat because the two armies stood

Big, Bronze and Beautiful

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While writing about David Adickes and his very large concrete sculptures, I was reminded of the beautiful and also very large bronze sculptures by Larry Young of Columbia, MO. This past year Larry installed his 20-foot-tall bronze sculpture SYNERGY at the International Marriott headquarters in Gaithersburg, Maryland. His wife, Candy, wrote in their Christmas letter, "It turned out to be a

Twice as Big

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I linked, in the previous post about sculpture David Adickes, to the Williamsburg, VA President's Park that has the busts (duplicates) of our 42 presidents and meant to link to the South Dakota setting which also has the busts (originals) of the 42 presidents. Both are good sites to visit. And Mr. Adickes also has a third set of those presidents lining the parking lot of his Houston studio,

"Concrete Cowboy"

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That's the opening headline, front and center, on the 1/18 WSJ front page. The entire headline reads: "Concrete Cowboy: Sculptor of Tall Art Sets Sights Higher". The dateline is Houston, Texas which is also the home of Texas sculptor David Adickes who, celebrating his 79th birthday this week, said "I don't have that many productive years left." What sets Adickes apart from other artists is

Rewind....again...

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just a few days to the post on the Bayeux Tapestry. After refreshing your memory with this site on the who, what, when and how about that beautiful piece of needlework, you might be interested in the why as put forth in a new book, released in 2005, byAndrew Bridgeford entitled "1066 - The Hidden History in the Bayeux Tapestry". I quote from the inside flap:"Historians have held for centuries

Let's see what we

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have for 14th century battle scenes in art ~~For starters, here is a good article on the Hundred Years War (which lasted for 116 years) with battles & skirmishes punctuating the decades as it unfolded.These are some of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) battles which have been depicted by artists ~~The Battle of SluysThe Battle of CrecyThe Battle of AgincourtThe Battle of OrleansThe Battle of

Since I have not

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been wildly successful ~ heh ~ in finding art depicting battles for the 13th century, anymore than I did for the 12th, I shall instead look again at some of the individuals who played a role in history...for better & often for worse...King John of England This is a rather sympathetic portrait don't you think, for a monarch whose reign was "traditionally characterised as one of the most

Art

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depicting battles are in short supply (none that I can find so far) for the 12th century. Guernica & Bayeux are here & here.However, there are notable leaders, all of whom took their fighting men into battle. Here are several of those men.Henry II of EnglandGenghis KhanSaladinAfonso I of Portugal

Switcheroo

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This post ~~ Rewind ~~ should be read before this post ~~ The Bayeux Tapestry.Blogger doesn't have any place to put/or edit date & time on the Create Post page like it used to. At least I can't see it. Am I wrong??

Rewind

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to the 11th century.Edward the ConfessorHarold GodwinsonWilliam the ConquerorHarald Hardrada

The Bayeux Tapestry

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I was fortunate enough to study at the University of Caen in Normandy, France & so was able to view this wonderful work of art first hand.I am currently devoting several posts to the ways in which artists have represented war during the last 1000 years. The first two posts are here & here.This post features The Bayeux Tapestry created in the 11th century.The web offers a number of wonderful sites

War for

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a thousand years. War has never been absent from any century & it has been the subject of artists throughout the ages. We spent several posts looking at art through the lens' of subject, interpretation, style, context & emotion here if you want a refresher.The next several posts will capture 'war' through the eyes of artists over the last one thousand years. We will start with the 20th century, '

I want

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to wish everyone all of the very best for 2006!!Be back soon.

Our last element

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~~ the lens' through which we view art ~~ is emotion. More on these elements ~~ subject, interpretation, style & context here.In this post we will take a look at the way artists over the centuries have communicated the element of emotion in their art. See if you can identify the emotion(s) evoked by the artist in the painting.A.D.M. Cooper The Jury of the PlainsGiotto di Bondone Meeting at the

And they

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December 25, 2004

Then Herod

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December 24, 2004

Getting back

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to posting after a wonderful weekend of celebrating Christmas!!And back to context as an element to consider when viewing art.The artists who chose the American west as their subject, did so at a time when the fabled West was fast becoming a memory. Few had been very far west of the Mississippi River at the time that Lewis & Clark made their epic trek, leading the Corps of Discovery to the

What exactly are

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we talking about when we use the word context in relation to art or to an individual painting?ArtLex has an excellent, extended definition which will help us as we look at this important element in our viewing of art."context - The varied circumstances in which a work of art is (or was) produced and interpreted. There are three arenas to these circumstances, each of them highly complex. The first

I really will

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get to the topic of context - am working on the post - but I just couldn't resist "piggy backing" onto the post by artstew, "Up Close & Personal"!Those close enough to travel to the National Gallery should definitely go to see something this special & most likely 'a one time experience',... unless one visits them on their own home turf in Italy.I want to add Donato di Niccolo Bardi ~ known to us

Up Close and Personal

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Karen Wilkin, who writes about art for the WJS, had an article in the Personal Journal section of the Dec. 22 print edition reporting on an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, through 2/26/06. The exhibit, Monumental Sculpture from Renaissance Florence, has 3 very large sculptures from Orsanmichele, a building originally used as a grain market and storage building. The structure was

When Herod the King

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December 20, 2004

And when they were come

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December 19, 2004

Now that you have had

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a chance to view the two wonderful paintings the Agony in the Garden ~ one by Andrea Mantegna, the other by Giovanni Bellini ~ we will take some time to enjoy the comments by Bill Kloss.(quote from: A History of European Art, Prof. William Kloss [Independent Art Historian, The Smithsonian Associates, Smithsonian Institution], The Teaching Company, 2005, p. 97-99 of the transcript.)Be sure to open

Well, I said context,

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but I couldn't quite leave style yet.You will really enjoy viewing these two images & applying what we have been learning about subject, interpretation & style. Again, I recommend that you have two or three browsers open so you can compare & contrast these paintings. Our background: The first painter will be Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506), who is considered an Early Renaissance artist. The second is

And it came to pass

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December 17, 2004

The

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next element in our list of five ~ subject, interpretation, style, context & emotion ~ will be context. Art must arise out of its social, political, cultural & historical context. We can see that very explicitly or often implicitly.

And Lo...

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December 16, 2004

'Tis the Season again

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From ArtInterestsGreatAndSmall December 16, 2004 ~~~Since, as I mention in my title today, "Tis the Season, I am going to post images of the Christmas story & the Nativity, by artists from different centuries, along with the biographies of the artists (where available), over the coming days.I confess that these posts will be a learning experience for me, since I will know little about most of the

more on Style

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Refresh your mind on style here, at our earlier post on style.Our first look in this post, will be the Deposition (be sure to scroll down for the excellent commentary which accompanies the image) by Rogier van der Weyden (1400-1464). Our second will be the Deposition by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640).Van der Weyden painted around 175 years earlier than Rubens. He was a Northern Renaissance painter

Another "St. Matthew and Angel"

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I find it so rewarding to learn from the blogs on AIGAS. I'm now more aware of "subject" and in particular, St. Matthew and the Angel. (Scroll down to Wed. Dec. 14)So, while looking through "Rubens to Rhubard: the Ringling Museum Cookbook" (which includes full color reproductions of some of their wonderful and extensive collection) I was reminded of the very large "cartoons" ( approx. 173 x 176

Style

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"Style - An artist's characteristic manner of expression." (ArtLex)"In looking at contrasting interpretations of St. Matthew, we have also dealt explicitly with style. We couldn't do otherwise because style is the means of the artist's interpretation." "The history of art is rich in styles, & every style holds its particular expressive potential. It was once popular to judge art with a

If you need to get up to speed,

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check here & here."The way the subject is expressed in art is the artists's interpretation,..."(quote from: A History of European Art, Prof. William Kloss [Independent Art Historian, The Smithsonian Associates, Smithsonian Institution], The Teaching Company, 2005, p. 5 of the transcript.)Bill Kloss comments that, "Each of the evangelists has a symbolic figure who accompanies him or stands in for

more on Subject

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The WOODCOCK MUSUEUM has two paintings by J. G. Brown which illustrate the way Subject evolves during the career of a painter.This article ~ found at Traditional Fine Arts Online, Inc. (TFAOI), has an excellent discussion of Brown & his art. In fact, to understand his Subject beyond ~ 'Aren't those cute kids?' ~ one needs to know some of the underlying currents in American life at the time he

The Subject

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That seems like a simple thing to undertand when viewing a painting, but is it?Is the subject of a painting, the concept presented by the artist? Or is it the landscape? The main figures? The "drama" being portrayed? The political climate? Or what? In order to view a painting intelligently we need to know the subject of the painting."Every work of art has a subject. The way the subject is

One root canal & too much turkey...

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but I'm back."...looking at art--how we do it & why we do it.""Art history is, obviously, the study of the visual arts of a particular period or civilization. But it is also a guide to looking--a foundation for viewing art with understanding & pleasure." (quotes from: A History of European Art, Prof. William Kloss [Independent Art Historian, The Smithsonian Associates, Smithsonian Institution],

The Beauty of Work

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The American Art Review (Vol. XVII No. 5) highlighted a current exhibition at the Bruce Museum of Arts and Science entitled American Impression: The Beauty of Work. It will be on view through January 8, 2006 at the Bruce Museum which is located in Greenwich, Connecticut.When you click on the exhibition notice and the smaller window appears, be sure to click on the View Images and 19 thumbnail

Still in their feathers

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Turkeys by Claude Monet2006 National Wild Turkey Federation Stamp by Adam GrimmJust for Kids

Not about art, but...

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Here is a question for you. Why do we Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday of November? Abraham Lincoln declared it a holiday in his famous Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1863. But who put Lincoln up to it?

New at the Cummer

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On November 12, 2005, The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens inaugurates the new Thomas H. Jacobsen Gallery of American Art, designed and developed through a generous gift made by Diane D. Jacobsen in loving memory of her husband. Ranging from painters of the Hudson River Valley to artists of the Ashcan School and touching upon modernist tendencies in American art of the 1930's, The Jacobsen

I Ask...

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Would you be willing to pay $7000 for an Art Book?? Planned for production next year is a giant tome -- weighing about 50 pounds and including 300 reproductions of paintings by Francis Bacon (1909-1992) as well as some 200 photographs of the late painter by a photographer names Francis Giacobetti. The first run is to be 5000 volumes, and be released early next year.But that's not all. After

I'm switching gears

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from Abstract Expressionism & Cubism...to Realism ~~ "Realism is an approach to art in which subjects are depicted in as straightforward a manner as possible, without idealizing them and without following rules of formal artistic theory." (Artcyclopedia)Realist painters can be found from the late 18th century on & provide a smorgasbord subjects & styles.First off, I want to visit the WOODCOCK

More on Picasso

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These two sites are well worth the visit ~~Museo Picasso Malaga This museum is located in Malaga, the town where the artist was born. It is very well organized, with a large number of images to enjoy.Museo Picasso is located in Barcelona. While it has fewer images online (located along the left of the page & able to be enlarged), it has a wealth of information about the life of Picasso.

At only 19

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Picasso painted the Le Moulin de la Galette (1900). Let's compare that to Renoir's painting of the same subject - Le Moulin de la Galette (1876). The time of day is different - evening, afternoon. There is an air of innocence in Renoir's Moulin, which is missing in Picasso's. The Picasso clientele seem to be older & more sophisticated; Renoir's, younger & less sophisticated.Here is Woman Ironing

Let's

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get to know Pablo Picasso here & here. It is interesting to me that both Braque & Picasso were quite long lived, which gave ample opportunity for each of them to fully develop his art though various phases & metamorphoses during their careers.

Hope you had

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a chance to "catch up" on Paul Cezanne, since he will be our "bridge" to Georges Braque (another biography here), who along with Pablo Picasso, developed the cubist style in the several years after 1910.Landscape near Antwerp - Braque was about 24 years old at the time he did this landscape, so early in his career.The Large Trees - 1906/071907 - Le Viaduct de l'EstaqueStrong hints now of the

I realized that as

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I was doing my research on Cubism & in particular on Georges Braque & Pablo Picasso, that I had never spent a post on Paul Cezanne?! Go figure...so...let's back up &...check out several biographies here & here & some of his art here, here, here & here.Why check out Cezanne? Because he is the bridge from Impressionism through Post-Impressionism to Cubism. Both Braque & Picasso acknowledged

My first foray

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into understanding modern art was to become familiar with Jackson Pollock & Lee Krasner ~~ here, here, here, here, here & here.Another movement ~ Cubism ~ has piqued my curiosity, but I've never taken the time to understand its roots."The key concept underlying Cubism is that the essence of an object can only be captured by showing it from multiple points of view simultaneously." (Artcylopedia)

Finally

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back after a family weekend, away from the computer! Remember this post? Check out ArtDaily for the article about an exhibit of Caravaggio works & those painters who were profoundly influenced by his style. It seems that two museums refused to lend paintings to the exhibit & some "fur is flying"!More on Caravaggio & his radical techniques ~~here & here

Complementary posts to

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And More ~~ from ArtInterests on ~~Currier & Ives ~ here & hereLouis Tiffany ~ here

And more

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interesting activity in the art world ~~here, here, here, here, here & here.More art news of interest at ArtDaily.com.

Some good exhibits

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available this Fall!Winslow Homer: Making Art, Making History at the Sterling & Francine Clark Art InstituteGetty features Titian's portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos Caravaggio at the Museu Nacional d'Art de CatalunyaThanks ArtDaily!

Some good reading

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over at the Art News Blog. What do you think about this? Is this art? "An exhibition in Paris at the Bibliotheque Nationale has caused a bit of a stir, with the work on an insane man's ramblings that were carved into his floorboards." (more at the Art News Blog, comments welcome.) (& here is the story of the man)

Light blogging alert

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for this week. I've got family visiting from out of state, so will be away from the computer.

Taking a look

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at some of Lee Krasner's works ~~Night Creatures ~ very apt title to this workUntitled ~ How does that compare to Night Creatures in your viewing experience of these two paintings?Cool White ~ Was the painting what you expected it to be? Good discussion with this image.Right Bird Left ~ How would you start a discussion about this painting?Primeval Resurgence ~ Compare & contrast this painting

While we are

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on the subject of Jackson Pollock, I'd like to take a look at the work of Lee Krasner (1908-1984), the Abstract Expressionist, who was also his wife. Here is an excellent biography & review of her work, to introduce her to you if you are unfamiliar with her career & art. (Thanks to The Pollock-Krasner House & Study Center)In our next post we will spend some time enjoying & understanding her work.

How does Pollock understand his art?

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"When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a sort of "get acquainted" period that I see what I have been about. I have no fears about making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.- quoted in Possibilities I, Winter 1947-48" (from Artcyclopedia)I find myself irresistably drawn to wanting to see meaning or find meaning in a

And now for

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some images! I will try to present images from Pollock's early, middle & later periods. He died at 44 in an automobile accident, so his 'artist life' was shorter than it would otherwise have been.Here are two excellent sites which have some discussion of Pollock's process of painting & his impact on art & artists, as well as a good collection of his art. WebMuseum (scroll down for the

"Abstract

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Expressionism is also referred to as the New York School or, less accurately, as 'Action Painting' and it is characterised by an attempt to depict universal emotions.""Abstract Expressionists concentrated on the physical process of painting, from which the narrower term 'Action Painting' was derived, often throwing paint at their canvases in an expressive & highly physical subversion of

Let's start to get to know

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Jackson Pollock. As I said in an earlier post, this is terra incognito for me, so I am learning along with you. What is Abstract Expressionism? What are its roots?Wikipedia has long article on this movement & to get us started with an understanding of Abstract Expressionism I'll quote some of the points from the article:"Abstract Expressionism was an American post-World War II art movement. It

I have not ventured

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much into the 20th century world of art, except for a few glancing blows. Art after the era of the Impressionists is pretty much terra incognito for me. So I plan to do a bit of learning about art of the 20th century & take you along with me.One painter that is featured at the WOODCOCK MUSEUM is Thomas H. Benton, a regionalist painter from Missouri of the first half of the 20th century. We have

Remember Nicolas Poussin?

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here, here & here. The National Gallery in London in reopening two sections that had been closed this past year for work. (Thanks Artdaily)

ohboyohboyohboy

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Artdaily is almost doing my work for me! Just look at this. Wow, if you are in the Columbus, OH area between now & January 8, 2006, be sure to visit the Columbus Museum of Art and view their exhibit ~~ Renoir's Women. This is the first time portraits of his paintings of women have been collected together in once place. Should be rich. And we can take advantage of online images to get the

During

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May & June we spent time in the 1400, 1500 & 1600s with Gothic, Renaissance & Mannerist painters, but we never touched on this gentleman ~ Girolamo da Carpi. Girolamo is one of those excellent artists who was overshadowed - as so often happens - by other artists over the centuries. But this Fall, there is to be an exhibit of his work at the Rosenbach in Philadelphia, PA. (HT:Artdaily)Here is a

For those of you

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who followed our series on Impressionist painting & painters, here (June 18 to July 22) & here, you might be interested in this post over at Josse Ford's blog ~ Art Journeys & Conversation. This post is a discussion of the friendship between Pissarro & his fellow artists Cezanne, Gauguin & Seurat. Very interesting! Go read it.In our posts, I noted the friendship factor that existed between quite

And isn't this interesting?

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I wish I were going to be in Basel, Switzerland & could visit this exhibit!{rarrk} - John Mawurndjul:Journey Through Time in Northern Australia. More about this exhibit at Artdaily.com.

Talk about recycling!

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Even Leonardo da Vinci was a recycler! Under this painting ~ The Adoration of the Magi ~ was found, a "New world", according to art researcher Marizio Seracini. It will be interesting to see the results of what he has learned. (HT Artdaily)

"The Book of Small"

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Emily Carr is one of my favorite artists - as a painter, as a writer and as a chronicler of daily life. I found her book, The Book of Small, in Munro's Books in Victoria, B. C. while on a cruise of the San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest. I had not known of Emily Carr until that trip, but became fascinated by her life and her artistic outpourings. Let me quote from the back of the

Recovery!

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a 1630 self-portrait of Rembrandt, stolen in 2000, has been recovered. (Hat tip Artdaily.com)And, an exhibit ~ Italian Renaissance Prints ~ opens at the University of Michigan, also from Artdaily.com.If you like Italian Renaissance art, ArtInterests has a number of posts to enjoy ~ here & here.

I promised you

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a post on Emily Carr, a Canadian woman painter who was influenced by the Canadian Group of Seven we have been looking at over the last several posts.We will start by taking advantage again of the resources of the very fine site ~ CyberMuse. Here we find a very fine selection of Carr's work. One of my favorites is the Killer Whale Rug! I confess to a great love of these whales. I've collected

"Singular Alternative"

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That is a description of the Pulitzer Museum in St. Louis, Mo. If you are interested in museum architecture, the demonstration of the construction of Tadao Ando's creation is very good. And if the exhibits are more to your interest, you can view them here.Why is "Singular Alternative" used by Walter Metcalfe, (hat tip to WSJ 9/14/05) a foundation trustee? Because the museum uses no wall texts

To bring to a close

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our look at the painters of the Group of Seven, we will check out the last few members of the group.Arthur Lismer & his works.Edwin Holgate & his works here & here.Alexander Young Jackson & his works.James Edward H. McDonald & his works.Next we will look at the paintings of Emily Carr, a painter very much influenced by the Group of Seven.

And,

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if you've millions to spend, would like a Sisley on one of your walls, check this out.

Don't forget

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to visit the WOODCOCK MUSEUM & its fine collection of western American art, by such favorites as Frederic Remington & Charles M. Russell.

Alas,

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I've had to save this evening's post as a draft for tomorrow, because I am having trouble accessing a site I need for images to do my final post on the Canadian Group of Seven. Ratzandam! Do check back tomorrow.In the meantime ArtDaily.com has a good article about Impressionism & you can check ArtInterests' June & July archives for more posts about Impressionist art.

Another

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long-lived painter in the Group of Seven is Alfred Joseph Casson ~ 1898 - 1992.The North Wind, one of his works from CyberMuse.And here are several pages of his works from the Virtual Museum of Canada.

Our painter

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this evening (courtesy of CyberMuse) is Lawren S. Harris who was an important member of the Group of Seven. His work became increasingly non-representation over the years. His life spanned the years 1885-1970.Winter MorningShacksRocky MountainsSilent LandNature RhythmsGreenland MountainsEquations in SpaceAbstractionAfternoon Sun, North Shore, Lake SuperiorAbstract PaintingVery interesting

Continuing

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in our visit with the Group of Seven, Franklin Carmichael is our next painter. For reasons unknown to me, CyberMuse has a large number of his paintings currently unavailable. However, he was quite prolific, so there are still a goodly number of images to view as you scroll down.These were some I really liked:A Grey DayA Grey DayCranberry LakeCranberry LakeGrace LakeGrace LakeLa Cloche HillsLa

I want

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to let Lionel FitzGerald "speak" for himself, as it were, through his art. The CyberMuse site has a very large collection of his work for you to enjoy. He was not actually one of the original Seven, but became part of the group towards the end.Here are several of my own favorites:RiverTreesWoman in GardenAbstract Landscape

I thought

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you might like a look at the Group of Seven itself. Here is an excellent "biography" of the Group. Then tomorrow we'll enjoy the paintings of Lionel LeMoine Fitzgerald of Winnipeg, Manitoba.