Month: June 2022

• George Bellows: Last stop, 59th Street

  

  “Bellows paints the city in undress,” grumbled the New York Daily News and they were right. Did the artist’s fidelity to the hard truth about urbanization interfere with his ability to create beautiful works of art?

  Diane Tucker

  2022-06-19

  Art, Art History, Ashcan School, Edouard Manet, George Bellows, Impressionism, Landscapes, Realism

  Edouard Manet "The Old Musician", George Bellows "The Lone Tenement", Great stories about great paintings

• Leonardo’s brazenly feminist portrait

  

  During the Italian Renaissance, women were portrayed as ideals, symbols, and allegories — even in their own portraits. Then one day Leonardo da Vinci said goodbye to all that.

  Diane Tucker

  2022-06-05

  Art, Art History, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Filippo Lippi, Italian Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci, Portraits

  Domenico Ghirlandaio "Giovanna degli Albzzi Tornabuoni", Great stories about great paintings, Leonardo da Vinci "Mona Lisa"