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Shelley's Art History Blog July 2005 Archive

By Shelley Esaak, About.com Guide to Art History since 2003

Special Exhibitions Preview: Renaissance Masters on the East Coast

Sunday July 31, 2005
Stan Parchin, Senior Correspondent for Museums/Special Exhibitions, has been hard at it compiling this preview for Fall 2005. Stan, you see, is a specialist in Renaissance art (among other things; ... Read More

Fat Lady Sings for Disney Hand-Animators

Friday July 29, 2005
CBC News reports that the Walt Disney Company has announced the closing of DisneyToon Studios Australia (in Sydney) in mid-2006. After this closure, and another 250 lost jobs, there will ... Read More

Artists You Should Know: Grandma Moses

Saturday July 23, 2005
From the Art History mailbag: "Grandma Moses: Actual Grandma or clever marketing ploy? Thanks in advance, Dave" Hey, Dave - "actual Grandma," big time, though you're right to think that the selling power of ... Read More

Uncle.

Friday July 22, 2005
The car "keying" British Performance artist, whom I obviously don't "get," has got a new piece underway wherein a London gallery's water tap will or won't be left running for ... Read More

Mentor Huebner: One Artist Show

Sunday July 17, 2005
This is a first for About Art History: A special exhibition, a One Artist Show, completely online. The featured artist, Mentor Huebner, was no stranger to solo exhibitions of his ... Read More

Revolutionary Enhancements

Thursday July 14, 2005
By Stan Parchin Thursday July 14, 2005 Just in time for Bastille Day, two newly accessible and affordable sources of information for those interested in Art History have become available. (1) Check out the ... Read More

The Power of the Word "Raphael"

Tuesday July 12, 2005
It's no secret that I adore Raphael, both as an artist and (by all accounts) delightful hunk-a hunk-a burnin' Renaissance Man. Still, it was surprising to learn that a codex ... Read More

Artists' Lists: Baroque Artists

Sunday July 10, 2005
You know, you wonderful, hard-working educators really ought to take more than two weeks off. Heaven knows, you deserve it! I have a hard time, some days, handling my own ... Read More

To Our Friends In London

Thursday July 7, 2005
Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Many Internet servers are overloaded at present, but Dianne Hadaway, at About Single Parents, has got a comprehensive list of updated news sources, forum ... Read More

Artists You Should Know: Gilbert Stuart

Sunday July 3, 2005
In the spirit of the U.S. 4th of July holiday, let's have a look at one of our Founding (Artist) Fathers. Gilbert Stuart was born in Rhode Island and, though ... Read More

The Art History Forum

Sunday July 3, 2005
Got a nice new redesign this week. Happily, it's much easier to become a member and log in, and you can now tell that there's a whole website attached to ... Read More

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