The Floor Scrapers and the Making of Caillebotte's Masterpiece
Gustave Caillebotte, The Floor Scrapers , 1875 Musée d'Orsay, now on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Right now the National Gallery is ha…
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"The Little Dancer" Brings Art to Life
Little Dancer Aged Fourteen , 1878–1881, pigmented beeswax, clay, metal armature, rope, paintbrushes, human hair, silk and linen ribbon, cotton and silk tutu, …
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Heaven and Earth: The Middle Ages in Hildesheim and in Greece
Archangel Michael , First half 14th century tempera on wood, gold leaf overall: 110 x 80 cm (43 5/16 x 31 1/2 in.) Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens Gol…
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Chagall Mosaic Gift to Washington Mall
Detail - Marc Chagall, with Lino Melano, Orpheus , 1971, from the upper right side--Pegasus, Three Graces, Orpheus The nation's capital city added a sudd…
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Into the Fields With Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh, Green Wheat Fields, Auvers, 1890 at the National Gallery of Art, a recent gift from the Collection of Mr & Mrs Paul Mellon Vincent Van…
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Dürer, French Drawings and the Stages of Life
Albrecht Dürer , The Head of Christ , 1506 brush and gray ink, gray wash, heightened with white on blue paper overall: 27.3 x 21 cm (10 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.) overal…
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"Not a Painting But a Vision"
Last weekend the annual Sydney J. Freedberg Lecture on Italian Art at the National Gallery of Art was "Not a Painting But a Vision." Andreas Hennin…
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Miró: Ladders of Escape
Joan Miró, Nocturne , 1935, is a small oil on copper from the Cleveland Museum of Art. A jumping man, crescent moon and spiral suggest the artist ability to l…
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