Velazquez

A forestation of art — Soft words for a rich forestation. I am not blaspheming when I use soft, humble words to describe an artwork. I see the paintings in the museum of Madrid and there are different scenes of full lives in them. More than the naked eye will witness at first. In the…

Liberal Arts Blog — Friday is the Joy of Art, Architecture, Design, Film, and All Things Visual Day Today’s Topic: Edinburgh: Raphael, “The Holy Family,” Velazquez “Old Lady Frying Eggs,” and Church “Niagara” Last week, Vienna. Two weeks ago, Stockholm. Three weeks ago, Moscow. This week, Edinburgh — as we…

Liberal Arts Blog — Friday is the Joy of Art, Architecture, Design, Film, and All Things Visual Day Today’s Topic: Vienna: Velazquez, “Infanta Margarita,” Vermeer, “The Art of Painting,” Caravaggio, “David with the Head of Goliath” Today, we continue the tour of the world’s great art galleries to which I…

Reading notes is a weekly curation of my tweets. It is, as Michel de Montaigne so beautifully wrote, “a posy of other men’s flowers and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own.” In the first edition of 2021: The phrase ‘adult beginner’ can sound patronising, but learning…

The article is originally published by Luxeat. British architect Charlotte Skene Catling and her partner, artist Adam Lowe, know something about structure and space. They also know about representation and taste. She is the co-founder of the architectural firm Skene Catling de la Peña, while he re-imagines and materializes physical…

Contemporary art is, in more ways than one, a reflection of older art. It may be of this era, but it is, as all things are, a culmination of history. Contemporary art not only utilizes elements from Renaissance and Baroque art, but also encompasses similar themes of social issues and…

MARIA S. YOUNG / TIMES PHOTO Returning to their roots: Mary Lin Gross points to a photo of her grandmother, Helen Fry, which is part of a historical timeline mural on display at The Philadelphia Protestant Home.