Ada and Alex by Alex Katz

Ada-and-Alex by Alex Katz

Table of Contents for Ada and Alex by Alex Katz includes:

• Reduced to spare parts
• Cutthroat culture by Alex Katz
• Abstract Expressionism versus Ada and Alex – a competition

Amédée David the Comte de Pastoret by Ingres

Amedee-David-Marquis--de-Pastoret by Jacques Louis David

What’s the story behind this Count’s smug mug?

• Son of a revolutionary lady
• The challenge of Amédée David the Comte de Pastoret
• Bad reputation and Legion of Honor
• Symbols vs. substance

Madame de Pastoret and Her Son – Jacques Louis David

Madame-de-Pastoret-and-Her-Son

Table of Contents for art blog on Madame de Pastoret and Her Son:

• Aristocrats vs. revolutionaries
• Symbols in Madame de Pastoret and Her Son
• Working mothers of the French Revolution
• Prison, exile, and a missing needle

Portrait of a Young Man in his Study by Lorenzo Lotto

Portrait-of Young-Man-In-his-Study---Lorenzo-Lotto

My blog piece about the painting Portrait of a Young Man in his Study explores:

• Details as personae in the Young Man in his Study painting.
• Lorenzo Lotto’s secretive, telling lizard.
• This Young Man’s dating profile.