New in August
Friday August 31, 2012
Heads up: a number of new articles were posted for you on About Art History in August of 2012. Gail Myhre provided us with a review of the Michael C. ... Read More
Life Imitates Art that Imitated Life
Friday August 31, 2012
Andy Warhol's 32 Campbell's Soup Cans (1962) is 50 years old this year and, as we all know, half a century is one of those big birthday milestones. In order ... Read More
Guess the Artist
Monday August 27, 2012
Your clues this week are:
The artist was born in the Ottoman Empire, was primarily active in France during the second half of the 19th-century, and died in the Kingdom ... Read More
An Actual "Gallery Girl" Takes One for the Team
Sunday August 26, 2012
Casey Stranahan is a hero. Specifically, she is my hero for singlehandedly preventing me from committing the published equivalent of seppuku. How did it come to this? Please, allow me ... Read More
Guess the Artist
Monday August 20, 2012
Your clues this week are:
The artist was German and active in the 20th-century. Born with an extremely common surname, the artist added a distinguishing hyphen + place-of-birth at age ... Read More
Guess the Artist
Monday August 13, 2012
Your clues this week are:
The artist was English, apprenticed to a cabinet maker at age 11, and could have had a career building violins.
Our artist changed course at ... Read More
Guess the Artist
Monday August 6, 2012
Your clues this week are:
The artist was Greek, lived in the Late Archaic period, and was important in the pioneer generation of Attic red-figure painters. It is worth noting ... Read More