Tag Archives: painting

Notes on “At Eternity’s Gate”

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: It’s inevitable that Julian Schnabel’s movie about Van Gogh, “At Eternity’s Gate,” will be compared to Altman’s “Vincent and Theo.” Both pictures attempt to capture the ecstatically enervated aspects of Van Gogh’s art; they’re expressionistic takes … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Movies | Tagged At Eternity's Gate, Film, Julian Schnabel, movies, painting, vincent van gogh, Willem Dafoe | 1 Comment

Juxtaposin’: The Works of Man

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Art | Tagged Caspar David Friedrich, Juxtaposin', painting, Pieter Bruegel the Elder | 1 Comment

Linkage

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: About those bonobos … Women in combat? Great! But there seems to be one small problem … Cool project. Finally, a political cause I can get behind. What to make of the cult of work? Is it possible … Continue reading →

Posted in Linkathons | Tagged bonobos, Islam, Jolly Boys, Music, painting, Roger Scruton, Steve Sailer | Leave a comment

Art Du Jour

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: “The Judgment of Paris” by Marcantonio Raimondi, designed by Raphael, ca. 1510-1520, followed by “Luncheon on the Grass” by Édouard Manet, 18-62-1863. Click on the images to enlarge.

Posted in Art | Tagged engraving, French art, Italian art, painting | Leave a comment

Art Du Jour

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Ivan Aivazovsky, “The Birth of Aphrodite,” 1887. Click on the image to enlarge. Related Back here I shared a gallery of Aivazovsky’s seascapes.

Posted in Art | Tagged Ivan Aivazovsky, mythology, painting | Leave a comment

Swings

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Art, Movies | Tagged a, A Day In the Country, Charulata, Film, France, Impressionism, India, Jean Renoir, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, movies, painting, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Rococo, Satyajit Ray, swings | 6 Comments

A Day at the Bowers Museum

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Although I’ve lived within 10 minutes of it for almost a decade, it was only within the past month that I finally made it over to Orange County’s Bowers Museum, an art and cultural history institution located in … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Art | Tagged Academic art, ancient Egypt, ancient history, Bowers Museum, brooklyn museum, Chinese art, French art, headhunters, Knohl Collection, Ludwig van Beethoven, mummies, Oceania, Orange County, painting, Papua New Guinea, Spanish colonial revival | 3 Comments

“Tim’s Vermeer”

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: The biggest surprise for me about this documentary was how un-tricky, un-conceptual, and un-meta it was. Co-produced and hosted by Penn Jillette and directed by his partner-in-po-mo-magic Teller, it’s a straightforward account of their friend Tim Jenison, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aesthetics, david hockney, johannes vermeer, martin mull, painting, penn, penn and teller, philosophy, richard gregory, teller, tim jenison | 9 Comments

Art Du Jour

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Paul Delaroche, “The Execution of Lady Jane Grey,” 1833. More here. Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Art | Tagged Academic art, French art, painting, Paul Delaroche | 1 Comment

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 →