Art in Everyday Life: Ancient Greece
As I’ve mentioned before, I resist the Western art historical tendency to consider the art of ancient Greece and Rome as the high points of artistic achievement, in a broad view of art around th ...
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Art in Everyday Life: J. Palin Thorley
While looking at images for the revision of one of our books, I came across an image of a metal pitcher from the 1930s. It had such clean, modern lines that it could easily be mistaken for a contempor ...
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Northern Renaissance Engraver: Israhel van Meckenem
I like showing you works from the Renaissance period in Northern Europe. This is partly because my mother was Swiss and I wrote my master’s thesis about a Swiss Renaissance painter (yes, Switzer ...
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The Japan-North Carolina Connection: Hiroshi Sueyoshi
Ceramic traditions vary greatly around the world. In some cultures, the material is considered all-important, while in other cultures, the form or shape is the emphasis. Techniques for production of c ...
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American Pre-Raphaelite: John William Hill
I always like to examine artists who are not written about in a major way in art historical publications (maybe because I’m a painter who will NEVER be written about in ANY art history textbook) ...
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"Outsider" Art: James Castle
I really don’t know what I think about the term “outsider art.” Wait, of course I know what I think! I always think it’s unfortunate when any art produced outside of the status ...
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Bamboo Artist: Torii Ippo
Okay, so I’m having “holy cow” moments more often these days! I came across this fabulous sculpture while scanning new images from the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, NC. I never ev ...
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Silhouettes: William James Hubard
As I was strolling through the Davis Art Images archives (don’t roll your eyes, a lot of us art historians have museums of images in our head), I happened by chance upon this lovely, delicate po ...
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Korean Folk Art: Minhwa Chaekgado
Every culture in history all over our planet has produced folk art, i.e. art intended for the everyday person, rather than wealthy or noble patrons. Although similar to so-called “primitive&rdqu ...
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First Anniversary Treasure Hunt
It’s hard to believe that a year has already gone by since this blog began. From hits on the blog, followers on Twitter, and links on online resources, it is encouraging to see such an interest ...
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