Title: The Lute Player, c. 1612/1620 Artist: Orazio Gentileschi (1563-1639) Music is timeless, its melodious notes sounding throughout the centuries, as depicted above by Italian Baroque artist Orazio Gentileschi. In […]
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Arts Everyday Living: Happy Birthday Dante Gabriel Rossetti—the Ultimate Master of Beauty
Title: Lady Lilith, 1867 Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) with his assistant Henry Treffry Dunn (1838-1899) British master Dante Gabriel Rossetti, born on Monday 197 years ago, is famed for his striking […]
Arts Everyday Living: The Art of the Cat—Renoir’s Perfect Companions, A Woman & Kitten
Title: Woman with a Cat Artist: Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) Finally, they are alone—the lovely young woman and her gray, striped cat. Or is her pet actually a kitten? Purring contentedly, wrapped affectionately […]
Arts Everyday Living: Celebrating Leonardo da Vinci’s Birthday–the Genius of Timeless Beauty
HAPPY BIRHDAY, LEONAARDO DA VINCI Title: The Head of the Virgin in Three Quarter View Facing Right, 1510-1513 Artist: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Works of art by the iconic Italian […]
Arts Everyday Living: Through the Eyes of Art Nouveau Master Mucha–Calendar Dreams
Title: Zodiaque (‘La Plume”), 1896-1897 Artist: Alphonse Marie Mucha (1860-1939) Can you discover all the astrological signs in this dream-like calendar by Art Nouveau Czech master Alphonse Mucha? For […]
Arts Everyday Living: Van Gogh’s Portrait of His Landlord’s Wife–On a Day in November
Title: L’Arlésienne Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) Madame Ginoux, the wife of Vincent van Gogh’s landlord in Arles, posed for the artist and his friend Paul Gauguin […]
Arts Everyday Living: Discovering Women Artists–Alice Pike Barney, Portraits of Her Daughters
On our July 9 blog, we featured the works of American artist Alice Pike Barney (1857-1931) whose favorite models were daughters poet Natalie Barney (1876-1972) above, and sculptor Laura Dreyfus […]
Arts Everyday Living: The Art of Color—Woman in a Rose Dress from an Age of Elegance
Title: Rose, 1907 Artist: Thomas Anshutz (1851-1912) For the summer, I am going to be featuring paintings for our viewers to contemplate and enjoy like this stunning portrait simply called […]
Arts Everyday Living: Impressionist Renoir & the Art of Fashion–The Perfect Parisian Hat
Title: Young Girl with a Pink and Black Hat, ca. 1891 Artist: Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) For the summer, I am going to be featuring paintings during the week for our viewers […]
Arts Everyday Living: A Woman of the Italian Renaissance–An Alternative to the Mona Lisa?
Title: Portrait of a Young Woman, c. 1508 Artist: Girolamo di Benvenuto, 1470-1524 Portrait of a Young Woman may not be the Mona Lisa and it is likely […]
