Mona's Noisy Smile - 7/11/2007 9:13:57 PM
In more news on Leonardo's Mona Lisa scientists Leonid L. Kontsevich & Christopher W. Tyler have analyzed the painting's famously ambiguous smile in a novel application of the spatial reverse correlation technique consisting of adding samples
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Was Michelangelo (Fill in the Blank)? - 7/11/2007 9:13:58 PM
More Michelangelo silliness in Was Michelangelo autistic? from those who think art history involves some self-projections of the personal pathologies of present day writers themselves. Perhaps Michelangelo was a grumpy self-absorbed workaholic who didn
http://www.art-james.com/archives/was-michelangelo-fill-in-the-blank.aspx
Was Michelangelo (Fill in the Blank)? - 7/11/2007 9:13:58 PM
More Michelangelo silliness in Was Michelangelo autistic? from those who think art history involves some self-projections of the personal pathologies of present day writers themselves. Perhaps Michelangelo was a grumpy self-absorbed workaholic who didn
http://www.art-james.com/archives/was-michelangelo-fill-in-the-blank.aspx
Hockney's Basic Photo Drawing - 7/11/2007 9:13:58 PM
1960s Pop artist David Hockney speaks to the BBC on the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition based on the ridiculed notion of drawing which may after all be somehow important: Drawing has been neglected for the last 30 years...
http://www.art-james.com/archives/hockneys-basic-photo-drawing.aspx
Hockney's Basic Photo Drawing - 7/11/2007 9:13:58 PM
1960s Pop artist David Hockney speaks to the BBC on the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition based on the ridiculed notion of drawing which may after all be somehow important: Drawing has been neglected for the last 30 years...
http://www.art-james.com/archives/hockneys-basic-photo-drawing.aspx
Raphael: Urbino to Rome - 7/11/2007 9:13:58 PM
The National Gallery London is bringing together over 100 paintings and drawings of Raphael tracing the Renaissance master's progress from his apprenticeship with the painter Perugino through his period of study in Florence to his mature classical wo
http://www.art-james.com/archives/raphael-urbino-to-rome.aspx
Raphael: Urbino to Rome - 7/11/2007 9:13:58 PM
The National Gallery London is bringing together over 100 paintings and drawings of Raphael tracing the Renaissance master's progress from his apprenticeship with the painter Perugino through his period of study in Florence to his mature classical wo
http://www.art-james.com/archives/raphael-urbino-to-rome.aspx
American Eden: Hudson River School - 7/11/2007 9:13:59 PM
A rare view of 19th century American landscapes is on view in the show American Eden: Landscape Masterworks of the Hudson River School at the North Carolina Museum of Art Raleigh. Over 50 paintings mostly on loan from the Wadsworth...
http://www.art-james.com/archives/american-eden-hudson-river-school.aspx
American Eden: Hudson River School - 7/11/2007 9:13:59 PM
A rare view of 19th century American landscapes is on view in the show American Eden: Landscape Masterworks of the Hudson River School at the North Carolina Museum of Art Raleigh. Over 50 paintings mostly on loan from the Wadsworth...
http://www.art-james.com/archives/american-eden-hudson-river-school.aspx
At the Museums - 7/11/2007 9:13:59 PM
The summer season is usually slow but there's a few things to see in the New York museums: Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261 - 1557) March 23 2004 - July 4 2004 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York. Fairly...
http://www.art-james.com/archives/at-the-museums.aspx
At the Museums - 7/11/2007 9:13:59 PM
The summer season is usually slow but there's a few things to see in the New York museums: Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261 - 1557) March 23 2004 - July 4 2004 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York. Fairly...
http://www.art-james.com/archives/at-the-museums.aspx
Hughes: We Need Slow Art - 7/11/2007 9:13:59 PM
In a scathing dig at the Royal Academy (and all art schools ) critic Robert Hughes denounced the academic collusion with mainstream collectors who need to preserve the value of the stale mini-tradition of Conceptual art- a tradition which is now...
http://www.art-james.com/archives/hughes-we-need-slow-art.aspx
Hughes: We Need Slow Art - 7/11/2007 9:13:59 PM
In a scathing dig at the Royal Academy (and all art schools ) critic Robert Hughes denounced the academic collusion with mainstream collectors who need to preserve the value of the stale mini-tradition of Conceptual art- a tradition which is now...
http://www.art-james.com/archives/hughes-we-need-slow-art.aspx
1912 Whitney Bi-Perpetual - 7/11/2007 9:13:59 PM
After 92 years of the shocking transgressive challenge of the avant-garde once again the unenlightened bourgeoisie can don their tails and top hats derbies and waistcoats to shout their indignant cries of You call this ART?!! at the Whitney Biennial....
http://www.art-james.com/archives/1912-whitney-biperpetual.aspx
1912 Whitney Bi-Perpetual - 7/11/2007 9:13:59 PM
After 92 years of the shocking transgressive challenge of the avant-garde once again the unenlightened bourgeoisie can don their tails and top hats derbies and waistcoats to shout their indignant cries of You call this ART?!! at the Whitney Biennial....
http://www.art-james.com/archives/1912-whitney-biperpetual.aspx
Arte Disegno Invenzione - 7/11/2007 9:13:59 PM
From the preface to Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari: On Art (Arte): Up to the present I have discoursed upon the origin of sculpture and painting perhaps more at length than was necessary at this stage. I have...
http://www.art-james.com/archives/arte-disegno-invenzione.aspx
Arte Disegno Invenzione - 7/11/2007 9:13:59 PM
From the preface to Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari: On Art (Arte): Up to the present I have discoursed upon the origin of sculpture and painting perhaps more at length than was necessary at this stage. I have...
http://www.art-james.com/archives/arte-disegno-invenzione.aspx
Caravaggio at Met - 7/11/2007 9:14:00 PM
The Met Museum is opening the show Painters of Reality: The Legacy of Leonardo and Caravaggio in Lombardy (May 27 - August 15 2004) with accompanying publication....
http://www.art-james.com/archives/caravaggio-at-met.aspx
Caravaggio at Met - 7/11/2007 9:14:00 PM
The Met Museum is opening the show Painters of Reality: The Legacy of Leonardo and Caravaggio in Lombardy (May 27 - August 15 2004) with accompanying publication....
http://www.art-james.com/archives/caravaggio-at-met.aspx
Fire Enhances Saatchi Art - 7/11/2007 9:14:00 PM
In a cultural disaster of unmitigated proportions a fire has apparently destroyed many works by the Saatchi YBAs: Taken as a whole the fire represents a national artistic tragedy a cultural loss on a massive scale said Katherine Heron daughter of the late
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