Woman in Blue Reading a Letter, Johannes Vermeer, about 1663–64. Oil on canvas, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
On view until tomorrow at the Getty –
http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/vermeer/
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Words of Wisdom: Robert Rauschenberg
“I usually work in a direction until I know how to do it, then I stop, At the time that I am bored or understand — I use those words interchangeably — another appetite has formed. A lot of people try to think up ideas. I’m not one. I’d rather accept the irresistible possibilities of what I can’t ignore.”
― Robert Rauschenberg
(Rauschenberg. Charlene. 1954. Combine painting. Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, Netherlands)
(Rauschenberg. Interview. 1955. Combine painting)
(Hymnal. 1955. Combine painting. Sonnabend Collection, New York NY)
(Robert Rauschenberg, Untitled, 1958. Solvent transfer, graphite, collage, watercolor, gouache, and oil pastel on paper. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Friedman 72.2, © Robert Rauschenberg / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY)
(Back to Robert Rauschenberg (2006): Robert Rauschenberg. Samarkand Stitches IV. Screenprint, collage on fabric, Edition of 50)
(Studio Painting. 1960-1961. Combine painting: mixed media with rope, pulley and canvas bag. Michael Crichton Collection, Los Angeles CA.)
Snowy Landscape with Arles in the Background
Oil on canvas
50.0 x 60.0 cm.
Arles: February, 1888
F 391, JH 1358
London: private collection
(http://bit.ly/XMA9bB)
“I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death” ― Leonardo da Vinci
Goodreads – http://bit.ly/XMvS7U
Art History Resources by Dr. Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe
Website: www.arthistoryresources.net/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Art.History.Resources
Art History Resources on the Web has served as an online gateway to the arts since its launch in October 1995, and since then, has emerged as a major online reference source for art history. Developed by Dr. Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe of Sweet Briar University, the site offers a comprehensive, updated collection of articles and research papers authored by Dr. Witcombe, podcasts, videos and weblinks organized by art period.
Dr. Witcombe’s major areas of research/lecture include: Renaissance Art, Baroque Art, Renaissance Prints, Renaissance Copyright, Archaeoaesthetics, Vision and Perception, Human Visual Experience, Vision Science, Neuropsychology, Image Studies, European Art, European Visual Culture, Mediterranean Art, Mediterranean Visual Culture, Modernism, Accademia di S. Luca, Greek Art, Roman Art, Prehistoric Art, Images of Women, Feminism, Leonardo da Vinci, Mary Magdalen, Sacred Places, Water
Venus of Willendorf ,c. 24,000-22,000 BCE, Oolitic limestone, Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, © (text only) 2000, revised 2003, Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe
Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise), 1872, Oil on canvas, Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, France
Black Art Project
“The Black Art Project, with a focus on the visual arts, is an evolving multi-faceted series of collective projects that together will present solid, verifiable documentation of the contributions of Black art and artists in the overall body of American art.”
Maintained by George-McKinley Martin, an art librarian, historian and collector whose mission is to raise the “visibility of black art history and the work of black artists through documentation, education, and advocacy.” Mr. Martin spent many years as the Chief of the Arts and Literature Division of the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL), and recently retired as the Coordinator of Special Collections at DCPL.
Words of Wisdom: August Rodin
“Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which Nature herself is animated.”
Auguste Rodin
(Rodin, The Kiss, 1882)
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