Category: Masters
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Anthonis Mor: Technical Info on the National Portrait Gallery Website
Alway a delight to find this kind of information.
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Great Interactive Website for a Rubens Show
I hope they will keep this up even after the show ends: Rubens: The Power of Transformation Note: I found this via the Art History News website.
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The National Gallery Technical Bulletin: Titian after 1540
This special edition is dedicated to the study of Titian’s technique and style after 1540.
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“J. M. W. Turner and other English artists of his generation relied on the development of innovative gels. “
“To paint quickly while creating exceptional texture and volume effects, J. M. W. Turner and other English artists of his generation relied on the development of innovative gels.”
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The National Gallery Technical Bulletin: Sir Joshua Reynolds
This special edition is dedicated to the paintings of Joshua Reynolds in the National Gallery and the Wallace Collection.
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Titian’s Secret Revealed
“He was simply better than anyone else.”
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A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings Online
For those familiar with Ernst van de Wetering’s Rembrandt – The Painter at Work and the Rembrandt Research Project, you may also be aware of the six-part series of Rembrandt books entitled A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings. If you’re not interested in paying the going rate for an actual volume (Volume I is currently selling […]
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Caravaggio’s Contarrelli Chapel in High-Res and Head-On
If you visit the Contarelli Chapel in Rome’s San Luigi dei Francesi, you can see the paintings that made Caravaggio a superstar. The only down side is having to appreciate The Calling of St. Matthew and The Martyrdom of St. Matthew at oblique angles. Thanks to Factum Arte’s extraordinary images you can now see the […]
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From Odd Nerdrum to Igor Stravinsky and a Favorite Quote on the Creative Process
I have a recent habit of saving a variety of essays, forums posts and articles I find on the internet as PDFs then assembling them into one bundle, which I print as a bound book and carry around with me for a month or so to read and contemplate. In the latest collection I included an article […]
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Rubens: How to Price a Painting
For one evaluates pictures differently from tapestries. The latter are purchased by measure, while the former are valued according to their excellence, their subject, and number of figures. —Letter of June 1, 1618, to Sir Dudley Carleton.
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Notes on Copying Velázquez in the National Gallery
Notes on the notes: this post is long overdue! My glorious trip to the National Gallery occurred almost one year ago and the following notes I took on my iPad before, during and after my time in the National Gallery. I had put off publication mainly because I was going to accompany these notes with […]
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The Obfuscation of Lazarus… and Subsequent Illuminations
This past Sunday, July 8th, I went to see the newly restored “Raising of Lazarus” by Caravaggio on display through the 15th in Rome’s Palazzo Braschi. This was a “must see” for me, as the painting’s actual home is in Sicily. Having just visited Malta, this would also allow me to follow another chronological step […]
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One of My Top Ten Greatest Paintings of All Time
Worth the journey ten times over. The Beheading of John the Baptist by Caravaggio n Malta, June, 2012.
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Notes on R.A.M. Stevenson’s Velázquez
Annotation Summary for: velasquez-RAM-stevenson Page 11: Cover Page 15: TOC Page 17: List of illustrations Page 21: Bibliography Page 25: Introduction Page 26: The true effect of art is slow. Page 26: The energy and eloquence of a Ruskin and the sympathetic comprehension of a whistler or Carolus-Duran are needed for Madrid. Page 27: Delacroix; […]
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“Du sollst werden, der du bist”
—Nietzsche Many thanks to Charles for his gracious hospitality and inspiring exuberance. (And thank you, Venchi, for what may be the best gelato ever.)
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The Nerdrum Museum
A comprehensive collection and an exquisite presentation, showing full paintings and details. My compliments to the website architects! Launched April 8th, 2012. Visit The Nerdrum Museum
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The Holy Grail of Flesh Tones, Part II: Velazquez
A funny thing happened the other day as I was googling through the web universe in search of greater enlightenment on flesh tones…
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Odd Nerdrum’s Ground
I just had a conversation with my Maestro about this tonight… though I have managed to concoct my own “Italian version” of the ground, you can read a super explanation of the actual materials used here on Art Babel.