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Shelley's Art History Blog May 2009 Archive

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

Madonna and Guy Epic Fail

Sunday May 31, 2009
Sometimes things in this world make no sense whatsoever. We could speak of current events now, wherein a medical doctor was shot and killed in his place of worship for ... Read More

What Is Mary Cassatt's Date of Birth?

Sunday May 24, 2009
Scholars, I seek your input. Yesterday a reader emailed me to let me know I'd made a "minor typo" by putting Mary Stevenson Cassatt (1844-1926) down for a May 25 ... Read More

Norman Rockwell at the Detroit Institute of Arts

Saturday May 23, 2009
Look at this picture. Remember what it was like to load (to bursting) the family station wagon and roar off for a long day, weekend or summer vacation? Those were ... Read More

Wordless Wednesday - My Day With the Software

Wednesday May 20, 2009
2008 The Munch Museum / The Munch-Ellingsen Group / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY 'Nuff said. See more Wordless Wednesdays on About

Image Gallery: The Pre-Raphaelites in Stockholm

Tuesday May 12, 2009
Life got you down, Bunky? You say the economy stinks, everyone is cranky over it and no one has a sense of humor these days? Even virtual strangers are running ... Read More

The Artists, the Argument, the Épée and the Ear

Tuesday May 5, 2009
Many of you who study Modern art history have been aware for years of the rumor that Paul Gauguin (not Vincent van Gogh) was responsible for van Gogh's ear lobe ... Read More

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