"The Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles," 1996, by Faith Ringgold (American, born 1930), Color lithograph, 28x30 inches. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 425, this impression sold through Swann Auction Galleries in 2016 for $5,500. #arthistory#blackart#BlackHistoryMonth
Like all good #arthistory, Eunice Lipton's Looking into Degas: Uneasy images of women & modern life (1986) encourages you to look again at the work it discusses. Examining how Degas portrayed #women, Lipton offers a materialist reading of the subject, but a nuanced reading of Degas' social engagement. This is a well-illustrated & compelling but of analysis that I highly recommend to anyone interested in the #artist - enlightening stuff
This is a bit off-topic, but today, I can proudly announce that I'm the new owner of a larger #Norwegian#ExLibris collection. Since I was a child, I've been intrigued by this art form & during my years in Berlin, I was part of the ExLibris society's exchange events.
It's a great honour & a great responsibility to own such a collection. There is no collector/artist scene in Norway for ExLibris, but perhaps my work w/ the collection can be an incentive. #Woodcut#Linocut#BookHistory#ArtHistory
Having really enjoyed Jackie Wullschlager's recent book on Monet, I decided to go back & read her Chagall: Love & Exile (2008), despite having no real interest in the #artist. Once again its a really compelling combination of #arthistory & #biography which has shifted my view of Chagall considerably. As with the Monet, Wullschlager clearly indentifies the role of #women in the artist's life & accords them their due. Another great bio!
Raphael's Loggia in the Apostolic Palace 🏛️ Vatican. The decorations epitomize the spirit of the Italian Renaissance in its synthesis of Christian & classical themes.
HELP: looking for sources on fascist aesthetics. Why fascists (Nazi Germany, other fascist countries, and current fascist movements) like minimalism, Ancient Greek and Roman sculpture and architecture, and “elegant” beauty.
A great opportunity: "Moving objects, Mobilising Culture in the Context of (De)colonisation" Fellowship for scholars from formerly colonised countries: four fellowships in the Netherlands with stipend!
La verbena (The Fair), 1927, by Maruja Mallo (Ana María Gómez González), 1902-1995, oil on canvas,, 119 x 165 cm, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. #arthistory#surrealism#Art
Rodrigo Sarrat-Cave's latest article for 'The Signifier' traces the inspiration of Canadian artist Emily Carr, witness & documenter of a vanishing culture:
Published in Reaktion's Renaissance Lives series, David Ekserdjian's book Albrecht Durer: Art & Autobiography (2023) is built on the premise that Durer was one of the first really self-aware artists (rather than craftsmen). Sadly, this themes gets lost among the more detailed #arthistory around #paintings & #prints. Overall while this is a reasonable survey, it misses the opportunity to really develop the (supposed) central theme.
Fourth, to do this – combining micro and macro perspective – one needs to take an inter- and multi-disciplinary approach. #NewDiplomaticHistory greatly benefits from other disciplines or sub-disciplines, such as #politicalscience, #arthistory literary studies, #linguistics, #historyofideas or history of medicine, to name but a few. Finally, #emdiplomacy research needs to take up a global perspective that “challenges our self-evident beliefs and prevents us from being lured by the master narrative of #diplomacy as European innovation".
Gebke concludes by encouranging us not only to take a look at different (sub-)disciplines when researching #earlymodern diplomacy, but also to work in teams in order to connect the micro with the macro perspective. (6/6)
A detail of Raphael's fresco The Parnassus & study featuring the Greek poet Sappho.
Coming soon: RAPHAEL: A PORTRAIT, a detailed film about the extraordinary life, achievements & legacy of Raphael, (1483-1520), one of history’s most celebrated and prolific artists.
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