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Presence and Absence at the Gardner Museum | Alberti’s Window

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An Art History Blog. Tuesday, March 31st, 2015. Presence and Absence at the Gardner Museum. My son and I looking into the Garden Court at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, March 2015. On how Mrs. Gardner (called “Mrs. Jack” by her friends) is a “female subject” that visitors encounter when they visit the space. Roman marble throne, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, n.d. Detail of Titian Room of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Mrs Gardner’s presence and absence was also included in the museum...

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French Art at the Exposition Universelle of 1889 | Alberti’s Window

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An Art History Blog. Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015. French Art at the Exposition Universelle of 1889. Café Volpini poster, cover and front page for Volpini exhibition, 1889. Image courtesy Wikipedia. As a result, journalists were sure to pass by the café and see the art on display. Although the Café Volpini show was a flop from an economic standpoint, the artists must have gotten some exposure by being on the fair grounds, given that an overwhelmingly impressive number of people – 28 million! To prepare for t...

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Tapestries and Social Metaphors | Alberti’s Window

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An Art History Blog. Saturday, April 11th, 2015. Tapestries and Social Metaphors. Ann Hamilton, the event of a thread, Park Armory, New York, 2012-2013. Photo by James Ewing. The interconnectedness of individuals is especially apparent to me in Ann Hamilton’s installation “the event of a thread”. Of people rather than of any sort of barrier between them. You can see some videos of this installation HERE. The Miraculous Draught of Fishes. 1 There are several different accounts that report when some of the...

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shesh 'n trev: My girls, July 2015

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My girls, July 2015. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The history of art, music, literature and francophilia are my driving passions, but what I love most is my family. This is where I write about it all. My art history blog. Archaeology in Europe News. I'm ready for my closeup Mr. Demille. Shove Me in the Shallow Water. The Hassell Castle - Alex, Brooke, and Hailey. Becca's Thoughts . . . The Medieval Garden Enclosed. The Book of Bytheway. La vida del campion.

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Cleopatra and the Carpet Myth | Alberti’s Window

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An Art History Blog. Friday, February 20th, 2015. Cleopatra and the Carpet Myth. Jean-Leon Gérôme, “Cleopatra and Caesar,” 1866. Today in class I showed my students the beginning of a short video clip. By Sotheby’s about Gérôme’s. The video clip mentions how Gérôme’s painting has influence on Cecil B. DeMille, who directed. Which was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1963, starring Elizabeth Taylor) has a great scene. Which shows the queen dramatically and unceremoniously unrolled from a rug before Caesa...

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The “Nude” Doric Column | Alberti’s Window

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An Art History Blog. Wednesday, May 6th, 2015. The “Nude” Doric Column. Left: Doric column from Temple of Athena at Paestum, Italy. Right: Metropolitan Kouros, c. 600 BCE. 8220;Thus two orders were invented, one of a masculine character, without ornament, the other bearing a character which resembled the delicacy, ornament, and proportion of a female” (Vitruvius, 4:1:7). At that point, I had a student ask if the Doric order was supposed to be perceived as nude, since the Ionic order was described as clot...

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The Medieval Academy Blog. North America's first organization of medievalists. Newer posts →. DigiPal VI: The Palaeography Awakens…. August 19, 2016. For a list of confirmed speakers, please visit:. Http:/ www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/digipal-vi/. Or just jump straight in and book here:. Https:/ digipal-vi.eventbrite.com/. SEMA prizes for teaching, first book, and scholarly achievement: Sept. 1 deadline coming up. August 19, 2016. The Award for Teaching Excellence. Recognizes achievement in the teach...

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Announcements | The Medieval Academy Blog

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The Medieval Academy Blog. North America's first organization of medievalists. Fall 2016 Exhibitions at Bridwell Libary. August 19, 2016. Inscribed Illuminations and Inspirations: Manuscripts at Bridwell Library: August 8, 2016 December 16, 2016 in The Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Galleries Surveying the wide range of manuscripts in Bridwell Library Special Collections representing the Christian, Judaic, and Islamic traditions, … Continue reading →. Call for Participatory Sessions RBMS 2017 Iowa City. We ar...

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A blog about medieval art history, with a special focus on Hungary. You can subscribe to the RSS feed of post updates clicking below or by copying and adding the following link to you reader:. Http:/ jekely.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default. Alternatively, you can join this site and follow with Google Friend Connect. For regular updates on this blog, my website on the Art of Medieval Hungary. Or the Medieval Art Weekly. Follow me on Twitter:. I also have a Flavors.me. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Johannes ...