![]() | Upcoming Art Museum Exhibits for 2013 | Art History Blogger(via arthistoryblogger.blogspot.com) " I have only listed a small fraction of art exhibits across the United States but there are some interesting shows coming up with art as varied as the Dutch Masters, Magritte and Picasso. " (Carol Hendricks) | Read this article >> DISCUSS this article >> 0 |
4 points by GayleFaucetteWisbon 3 months ago
![]() | The Portraiture of Rosalba Carriera | Art History Blogger(via arthistoryblogger.blogspot.com) "Rosalba was a portrait artist who worked in the relatively new medium of oil pastels." (Carol Hendricks) | Read this article >> DISCUSS this article >> 0 |
2 points by GayleFaucetteWisbon 3 months ago
![]() | What is Art? | Art History Blogger(via arthistoryblogger.blogspot.com) "This ages old question is often discussed and has widely varying answers." (Carol Hendricks) | Read this article >> DISCUSS this article >> 0 |
4 points by jeannerogers 3 months ago
![]() | Mantegna in Mantua: La Camera degli Sposi | Art History Blogger(via arthistoryblogger.blogspot.com) "This fresco cycle can help illustrate the importance of patronage in the arts during the Renaissance." (Carol Hendricks) | Read this article >> DISCUSS this article >> 0 |
5 points by GayleFaucetteWisbon 4 months ago
![]() | The Mona Lisa | Art History Blogger(via arthistoryblogger.blogspot.com) "Why has the Mona Lisa become so famous?" (Carol Hendricks) | Read this article >> DISCUSS this article >> 0 |
4 points by GayleFaucetteWisbon 4 months ago
![]() | The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece | Art History Blogger(via arthistoryblogger.blogspot.com) "Much of what we know of Greek sculpture today is due to the surviving Ancient Roman copies of originals." (Carol Hendricks) | Read this article >> DISCUSS this article >> 0 |
4 points by GayleFaucetteWisbon 5 months ago
![]() | A Painting Within a Painting: Hidden Messages in Dutch Art | Art History Blogger(via arthistoryblogger.blogspot.com) " Artists and art galleries flourished during what is now known as the Dutch Golden Age. " (Carol Hendricks) | Read this article >> DISCUSS this article >> 0 |
6 points by GayleFaucetteWisbon 6 months ago
![]() | The Unicorn Tapestries | Art History Blogger(via arthistoryblogger.blogspot.com) "Elaborate woven tapestries were a common art form during the period of late Medieval and the Renaissance." (Carol Hendricks) | Read this article >> DISCUSS this article >> 0 |
3 points by GayleFaucetteWisbon 6 months ago
![]() | Jusepe de Ribera's Classical Subjects | Art History Blogger(via arthistoryblogger.blogspot.com) "Ribera took Caravaggio's techniques a step further and became well known for portraying figures in an extremely naturalistic style." (Carol Hendricks) | Read this article >> DISCUSS this article >> 0 |
8 points by GayleFaucetteWisbon 6 months ago
![]() | Las Meninas and John Singer Sargent | Art History Blogger(via arthistoryblogger.blogspot.com) "I had never connected the two works on my own, but seeing them together made for a very interesting and unique comparison." (Carol Hendricks) | Read this article >> DISCUSS this article >> 0 |
5 points by GayleFaucetteWisbon 7 months ago
![]() | Italian Mannerist Painting | Art History Blogger(via arthistoryblogger.blogspot.com) "In fact I recently described Italian Mannerism as "the visual equivalent to nails on a chalkboard," but I still feel it is important to write about as it came directly after the High Renaissance and directly influenced Italian Baroque painting." (Carol Hendricks) | Read this article >> DISCUSS this article >> 0 |
3 points by GayleFaucetteWisbon 7 months ago
![]() | Cimabue, Giotto and Duccio- A comparison of three Madonnas | Art History Blogger(via arthistoryblogger.blogspot.com) "The 13th and 14th centuries in Italy are known by a variety of different names in art history." (Carol Hendricks) | Read this article >> DISCUSS this article >> 0 |
5 points by GayleFaucetteWisbon 8 months ago
![]() | Sculpture from the Cappella di San Severo | Art History Blogger(via arthistoryblogger.blogspot.com) "While the chapel had been around since the 1500's, the sculpture created in the mid-1700's is what the Cappella di San Severo is famous for today." (Carol Hendricks) | Read this article >> DISCUSS this article >> 0 |
5 points by GayleFaucetteWisbon 8 months ago
![]() | Van Gogh's The Starry Night | Art History Blogger(via arthistoryblogger.blogspot.com) "Vincent Van Gogh was known to have painted outside with candles placed in his hat so that he could see to work at night." (Carol Hendricks) | Read this article >> DISCUSS this article >> 0 |
6 points by GayleFaucetteWisbon 8 months ago
![]() | The Frescoes of Akrotiri | Art History Blogger(via arthistoryblogger.blogspot.com) "Most Minoan fresco subjects were scenes from daily life rather than paintings created to honor Pharaohs or gods." (Carol Hendricks) | Read this article >> DISCUSS this article >> 0 |
4 points by GayleFaucetteWisbon 9 months ago
![]() | Multiple versions of the same painting | Art History Blogger(via arthistoryblogger.blogspot.com) " Let's look at several well known versions of the same theme by the same artist." (Carol Hendricks) | Read this article >> DISCUSS this article >> 0 |
2 points by lisakaysnyder 10 months ago


