Tag Archives: art

Women Holding Their Heads In Their Hands While Reading Du Jour

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: From my recent visit to the Art Institute of Chicago, a strange mini-trend I noticed. Jacques-Louis David, Madame François Buron (1769) Sir Thomas Lawrence, Mrs Jens Wolff (1803-15) Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Interrupted Reading (c. 1870) More art and other … Continue reading →

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Art Du Jour

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Gustav Klimt, Water Snakes II (1907)

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Art Du Jour

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Max Ernst, Napoleon in the Wilderness (1941)

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Art Du Jour

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Frederick Childe Hassam, A New Year’s Nocturne, New York  (1892) Best New Year’s wishes to all our readers and contributors. Related More great 19th-century American art and architecture. Another famous Hassam, The Avenue In The Rain, although the guy on whose office … Continue reading →

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Art Du Jour

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Eddie Pensier

  Erotic Scene (La Douleur), attributed to Pablo Picasso. (He denied it.) 1902-3, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art via The Dirty Stuff.

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Art Du Jour

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: John Singer Sargent, Dr. Pozzi at Home, 1881 Sargent’s adoring portrait of the infamous Dr. Samuel Jean de Pozzi (3 October 1846 – 13 June 1918), pioneering gynecologist, lover of Sarah Bernhardt (and it is rumored, of … Continue reading →

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Of Violence and Violins

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In the wake of the latest school shooting, people are once again arguing about whether works of art can be blamed for inspiring violence. A lot of people scoff at the question. It seems crazy to them to … Continue reading →

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Linkathon

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: “The last pre-Neolithic tribe on earth” isn’t giving up without a fight. A nice visit to a car-free quartier in Québec City. Why are there so few such neighborhoods in North America? Meet a great little Reddit … Continue reading →

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Linkathon

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Steve Sailer interviewed: Part One, Part Two. Is there a widely-read writer in the U.S. who is less acknowledged than Steve? How is money made? The Harvard Business Review thinks that these days it’s bloggers who are shaping … Continue reading →

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