Shelley's Art History Blog November 2003 Archive

As promised, here's a whole section of related resources to aid in further explorations of the Op Art movement. Of special interest are pages of Educator Resources ... Read More

After much ado, I am pleased to announce that we've got a brand new Essential feature here. The Feature Formerly Known as "Shows and Events" (sorry, Prince)(as if Prince ... Read More

Here in the U.S. it's an official holiday (and an unofficial 4.5 day "weekend") where lots of people get together to eat turkey and things we normally don't eat otherwise ... Read More

This news item caught my eye and small wonder: food (especially food that tastes sublime and is presented beautifully) is yet another topic which fires my passion. The Baltimore ... Read More

This week we dive into the nuts and bolts of all those separate phases that comprise what we now call "The Renaissance". (High time, too.) The first period, ... Read More

Jone Johnson Lewis, Guide to the most excellent About Women's History site, was generous enough to point out that a rather large gap here needed filling. As a woman ... Read More

First, let me go on record as saying that comic and sequential art is art, and those who create it are artists. That is my opinion. We're all ... Read More

Here are some links for you Last Supper fans, including lots of "compare and contrast" type images. Now, I just got an email from a reader who tells me ... Read More

Week after week, "Leonardo Last Supper", "da Vinci Last Supper", "Last Supper" - and many other variations thereof - make appearances in About Art History's search string results. ... Read More

Neat concept, here. The creator, Bruce Harrison, has a theory that (quoting from his press release): "Many millions of living people, probably tens of millions of living people, share ... Read More

Not all preservation movements have public funding or corporate underwriting. Neil Ralley is one person who is single-handedly bringing awareness to an often-neglected art form: stained glass. ... Read More

Anyone following the two sales of Modern and Impressionist art at Sotheby's and Christie's, last week, would be tempted to speculate on the art market and the market in general. ... Read More

I've always agreed with Voltaire, who described the Chateau de Versailles as "a masterpiece of bad taste and magnificence", especially about the "masterpiece" bit. The 700-room palace (along with ... Read More

Begging your kind indulgence, we've left the vast tangle of Renaissance art (temporarily) this week, to sneak a peek at all the fun they had in the 1960s with Op ... Read More

The artist Peter Max yesterday presented posters of his latest work (underwritten by AT&T, according to Business Week), to surviving family members of victims of the 9-11 Pentagon attack. ... Read More

• Thomas Sully (American painter), died in 1872 • Maurice Utrillo (French painter), died in 1955

There is a fascinating article in Art News Online this month regarding the "Ten Most Wanted Works of Art". It's always amazing to read how the Other Half (?)(Someone ... Read More

This was such a heartening news item, it deserves to be shared here. NPR's Steve Inskeep recently authored a piece on All Things Considered about senior artists and their new ... Read More