Drawings by Bosch: Realism and Fantasy
Heironymous Bosch, The Tree Ma n, detail, pen and ink, The Albertina, Vienna My last post of 2017 shows why ART is a better form of escapism than Star Wars . …
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A Wonderful Oddball Artist: Piero di Cosimo
Piero di Cosimo, Giuliano da Sangallo and Francesco Giamberti. The two-part painting was on loan from Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum recently. An exhibition of…
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The Last Missing Pieces of The Monuments Men
Jan Van Eyck, Mary, part of the Deesis composition, detail of The Ghent Altarpiece in St. Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium, c. 1430 photo source: Wikiped…
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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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Lost Drawings & Paintings Rediscovered
Since 1993, Martin Schongauer's 10" x 13" drawing of Peonies has been in the Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Too fragile for permanent display, it may…
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Mourners are Something to Cry About
An exquisite of exhibition "mourning" statues at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, have a beauty and realism that give us something to cry …
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From the Childhood of Michelangelo
St Anthony Torment by the Demons, c. 1487, was painted by Michelangelo when he was only 13. The panel, 18 x 12 inches, is warped as happens to many panels over…
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