I invite you to look at the image above and compare it to this view of The Virgin of the Rocks. Notice anything different? Say, a touch of RBG color adjustment?
As one of countless millions of other multi-tasking women, I've been thinking about Berthe Morisot a lot lately. She wanted to be an artist and worked hard at it. Unfortunately, she did so during an era...
Good news, everyone! Reuters (and a dozen other sources) is reporting that German and Ukrainian police have recovered The Taking of Christ which was, itself, taken from the Museum of Western and Eastern Art in Odessa, Ukraine nearly two...
Those of you who subscribe to the weekly About.com Art History newsletter (and if you don't, why not?) are already aware that "school's out" equals "housecleaning" on an educational website. Time to fling open all of the windows, launder...
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There are eight million stories in the Naked City sphere of art history and, increasingly, more writers blogging about them. This is wonderful news for art history students, professionals and enthusiasts everywhere because all of these stories deserve to be told. However, it's difficult ... nay, impossible ... to...
June 7, 2010, will mark Paul Gauguin's 162nd birthday, so Beth Gersh-Nesic and I collaborated on a chronology of his life that quickly got out of hand for us--much as Gauguin ran his...
During this unseasonably warm holiday weekend, my thoughts turn to Sandro Botticelli's 1485 tempera panel Venus and Mars. This scene could depict any of us, were we women still given to wearing gowns,...
Just a reminder, Gentle Readers, that the long awaited, formerly untitled art project reality television show Work of Art: The Next Great Artist is set to premier on the Bravo Network Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 at 11 p.m. EDT.
To reiterate, not a fan of reality competitions...
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