Why’s Vermeer’s painting Young Woman with a Water Pitcher such a big deal?
– Light elevates everyday tasks
– Young Woman with a Water Pitcher – the inner sanctum
– A more iconic shield than Captain America’s
Table of contents for this post on The Three Youngest Daughters of George III.
– Whoah. King George had how many kids?
– The Three Youngest Daughters of George III – anything but posers
– Copley’s red connections
Why is Rosa Bonheur’s painting The Horse Fair important?
– Muscularity in motion
– Obedience and freedom in The Horse Fair
– Bonheur – LGBT pioneer and fashion iconoclast
Why is Charles Demuth’s I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold one the top 100 NYC paintings?
– Artistic friendship on a poster portrait
– I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold‘s vibrant electricity
– William Carlos Williams named 3 times
What does Willem de Kooning evoke in the painting Rosy Fingered Dawn at Louse Point?
• Homeric phrases and Long Island
• De Kooning’s gestural impact
• Landscape ladies
What’s so special about Arctic Tern, the Audubon bird painting?
• Audubon – hunter turned lover
• Blue moves the Arctic Tern
• Feet make the bird