Arts Everyday Living: Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass, from Scandal to Icon at...
Click once, then twice on the work of art to enlarge it. In 1863, Luncheon on the Grass by 31 year old Edouard Manet, was the most scandalous painting in his native Paris described by one...
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: Sargent’s Masterpiece Notorious—The Case of Madame X
Click on the images to enhance or enlarge them. MONDAY AT THE ART MUSEUM: THE CASE OF MADAME X There was a grand disturbance before the portrait all day. In a few minutes I found John dodging...
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: Honoring Van Gogh This Week—Les Fleurs of Paris
Click on the painting to enlarge or enhance it. HONORING VAN GOGH LES FLEURS OF PARIS This week we are remembering Vincent van Gogh, in honor of the 125th anniversary of his death. highlighting...
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: Art Nouveau This Week—The Beauty & the Zodiac
ART NOUVEAU THIS WEEK THE BEAUTY & THE ZODIAC A style of decorative art, architecture, and design prominent in western Europe and the United States from about 1890 until World War I and...
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