Month: May 2022

• St Jerome’s home office: Fit for a genius

  

  For centuries people commissioned portraits to reinforce their role in society. It had little to do with our modern, lonely desire to feel seen for who we really are. Do we still believe a person can be described from a single viewpoint in one place? Will multimedia replace the official painted portrait?

  Diane Tucker

  2022-05-22

  Alfred Stieglitz, Antonello da Messina, Art, Art History, Colantonio, David Valdez, Photography, Portraits, Renaissance art, Saint Jerome

  Antonio da Messina "Saint Jerome in his Study", Colantonio "Saint Jerome in his Study", Great stories about great paintings

• Titian paints lust with eloquence

  

  The Roman goddess Venus is depicted nude in works of art because she represents the lofty ideals of spiritual love and divine beauty. Not Titian’s Venus. She represents something more carnal.

  Diane Tucker

  2022-05-12

  Art, Art History, Giorgione, Portraits, Renaissance art, Titian

  Giorgione "The Old Woman", Great stories about great paintings, Titian "Venus with a Mirror"

• Alexandra Exter: One night in Kyiv

  

  In her day, Ukrainian artist Alexandra Exter was one of the brightest stars in the European avant-garde. She knew Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and Fernand Léger. We hear so much about them. Why do we hear so little about her?

  Diane Tucker

  2022-05-01

  Alexandra Exter, Art, Art History, Cubo-Futurism, Modernism, Ukrainian Artists, Umberto Boccioni, Women artists

  Alexandra Exter "City at Night", Alexandra Exter art, Great stories about great paintings, Ukrainian female painters, Umberto Boccioni "Dynamism of a Cyclist"