Appel à contributions !
"Montrer les collections médiévales" -> on attend vos réflexions sur la façon d'exposer les œuvres du Moyen Âge, sur les discours induits par les expositions, les collections des œuvres de la période, etc.
Thinking about the Extremely Subtle And Understated Symbolism For Fertility painting again (Cookmaid with Still Life of Vegetables and Fruit, c.1620–5, Sir Nathaniel Bacon)
All the lovingly and painstakingly crafted cabbages. The lovely bosom-forward lass holding that pumpkin? All the erect carrots? The shape of the wreath? So subtle! Incredible. 😆
These are digital #microscope photos of a camel from a 15th-century Persian manuscript in the @subugoe (Cod. MS pers. 14). The purple image was taken with ultraviolet light and the grey picture with infrared. Because infrared goes right through most pigments, it reveals the preliminary sketch of the camel underneath the pigment (which you see in the UV photo). Really interesting for the history of art!
A Rotterdam è #NatoOggi nel 1904 il pittore #WillemDeKooningnel 1926 si trasferisce negli USA dove diventa uno dei più importanti esponenti dell'espressionismo astratto
I finished The Art Thief by Michael Finkel. It documents the crimes of one prolific art-loving thief who robbed out-of-the-way castle museums and other convenient locations within a seven-country radius from his home base in Alsace.
I find art heist stories compelling even as they are disconcerting. Probably because I like reading about the art and art crime units as well as the people whose work it is to care for art. In this genre is also art restitution stories, which are also compelling.
Unfortunately (no spoilers), as interesting as it was reading about the stolen art and even the way it was stolen (the audacity -- and no romanticization of the thief here), the book's ending is a letdown.
However, it's a quick little read that's entertaining and also a study in one person's psychology.
A reminder that archive.org has a ton of documentaries contributed by Libraries around the globe, and they are all completely free, and available to download, or view online
I was looking for a documentary or discussion on Frida Kahlo and found a few and was reminded of how much I love the videos section on archive.org
Can someone recommend a good conceptual/theoretical article on #Annotation in the #Humanities/#DigitalHumanities, particularly #ArtHistory/#DigitalArtHistory? So not about specific tools, vocabularies etc., but on the very act of annotation, its purpose and its status as an intellectual activity?
If Sheila Hale's massive biography of Titian seems to much, you will find Bruce Cole's smaller & more tightly focussed Titian & Venetian Painting 1450-1590 (1999) an easier read. Cole focussed much more on the painting & deploys some good sources to explore Titian's career, method & influence. Full of concise insights this is good mainstream art history, ideal if you're interested in Titian & want a quick introduction.