Month: May 2022

• St Jerome’s home office is fit for a genius

  

  For centuries, people had their portrait painted to reinforce their position 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? Or is multimedia replacing the official painted portrait?

  Diane Tucker

  2022-05-22

  Antonello da Messina paintings, Art History, Diane Tucker, Niccolo Antonio Colantonio paintings, Renaissance Paintings, Saint Jerome in His Study

  Alfred Stieglitz, Colantonio Saint Jerome in his study, Diane Tucker, Messina Saint Jerome in His Study, Niccolo Antonio Colantonio, Photographer David Valdez, Saint Jerome in His Study

• Alexandra Exter: One night in Kyiv

  

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

  Diane Tucker

  2022-05-12

  Alexandra Exter, Art History, Diane Tucker, Modernism, Ukrainian Artists, Women artists

  Alexander Tairov, Alexandra Exter, City at Night (1913), Diane Tucker, Dynamism of a Cyclist, Ukrainian Modern Artists, Umberto Boccioni

• 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. But not Titian’s Venus. She represents something more carnal.

  Diane Tucker

  2022-05-02

  Art History, Diane Tucker, Giorgione paintings, Renaissance Paintings, Titian paintings

  Diane Tucker, Giorgione, La Vecchia, Renaissance art, Titian, Venetian Renaissance Art, Venus with a Mirror