A cardboard lid is lifted and four archivists peer inside. A postal box from Paris. Who sent it? A piece of crusty wedding cake. Whose? Another box: $17,000 in cash. Yet another: An autographed picture of a naked Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
These are some of the many items workers have uncovered as they sift through 610 [...]
Category Archives: Art History
Warhol Memorabilia
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Out-of-Bounds: Images in the Margins of Medieval Manuscripts
Friday, August 14, 2009
Out-of-Bounds: Images in the Margins of Medieval Manuscripts
Date: Daily, September 1 - November 8, 2009,
Location: North Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
Admission: Free
Part of the genius of medieval art lies in its unique ability to combine serious and profound images with playful and witty ones. In illuminated manuscripts, a primary artistic medium of the Middle [...]
Ivan Shishkin, Artist
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
After decades of loving art and going to shows, you learn a thing or two—some good, some bad. One thing that I have really valued is the “discovery.” Often you head out to a show after reading a review, or because you already know and like the artist(s) or because you have heard great word [...]
Portrait Geometry
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Dr. Christopher Tyler of the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Researcy Institute, San Francisco has posted an essay online that is titled: “An Eye-Placement Principle in 500 Year of Portraits.” It is very short and well illustrated. Here is an exerpt:
To illustrate the degree to which an eye tends to be set on the center vertical in portraits, [...]
Art Babble; Resource Website
Monday, August 10, 2009
Art Babble, the tagline for which is “Play Art Loud”, aggregates art related videos from a variety of sources, most notably museums like the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Arts & Design, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Norman Rockwell Museum, Rubin Museum of Art, San Jose Museum of Art, The Solomon R. Guggenheim [...]
Historical Images of the Congo
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Boingboing led me to the tumblog of photographer Clayton Cubitt who has posted a collection of more than 700 black and white photographs taken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the early 20th century. To see 73 pages of images, chick Clayton says, here, and then click on the “Search” on the panel on the left [...]
Vespasian Birthplace: Roman Emperor’s 2000-Year-Old Villa Unearthed Near Cittareale
Friday, August 7, 2009
In these photos released by the Cittareale Cityhall, and taken on Aug. 5, 2009, archeologists are seen working on the pavement in a sprawling country villa believed by archeologists to be the birthplace of Vespasian, the Roman emperor who built the Colosseum, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) northeast of Rome near Cittareale. The 150,000-square-feet (14,000-square-meter) [...]
Smart European Art Museums Share Costs
Thursday, August 6, 2009
There’s a natural tension between museum curators, whose main goal is to display works of art, and conservators, whose job it is to guard them from the ravages of time or physical damage. Add to the mix, cash-strapped museum directors and funding organizations, and you’ve got the perfect opportunity for inventiveness. Enter MoLab, appropriate name for a hard-traveling [...]
Arthur Erickson Passed Away Today
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Erickson’s Museum of Glass in Tacoma Washington.
Arthur Erickson, a Vancouver-born architect who designed countless buildings around the world, has died at age 84, his family said Wednesday. He died in peace of old age, surrounded by family and friends. “[They've] been phoning from all over the world. It’s quite extraordinary. He first gained fame soon after forhis [...]
John Heartfield’s Anti-Nazi Photomontages
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
How the photomontage art of John Heartfield, a contemporary and friend of Brecht, warned the world of the rise of Hitler and Nazism. In the fight against sophisticated Nazi propaganda, Heartfield showed the Nazi regime in its true light.
To read an article, click here. Thanks to Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish.