The Wonderful Horror of Goya’s Fight to the Death with CudgelsDon’t drop your fife in the showerSep 8, 20221Sep 8, 20221
Gabriel Metsu’s Plague Drama, The Sick ChildThe painting tells a story through its colors. The Boy recumbent atop the ultramarine and incarnadine robes of the Madonna. His gaunt frame…Aug 6, 2022Aug 6, 2022
Jean-François Millet’s Benighted PastOr how Futurists stole my patrimony and made me into the Rubenesque creature I am todayJul 20, 2022Jul 20, 2022
Moreau’s Galatea: Poseidon Eat Your Heart Out: Your Son’s a Depthless IncelI’ve noticed that museums often don’t know what to do with Moreau — too ahead of his time for rank among his coevals, but not famous…Feb 9, 2022Feb 9, 2022
Pablo Picasso’s “The Swimmer”: How to Take the Model out of the DrawingPablo Picasso’s “The Swimmer” is a sort of key to much of the painter’s other, more abstract figure drawings.Jan 13, 2022Jan 13, 2022
Saint Jerome sans Lion; De La Tour’s Reimagination of your Favorite Saintly ZaddyGeorges De La Tour’s radical depiction of Saint Jerome makes significant departures from those of his peers like Leonardo Da Vinci, Lotto…Jan 12, 2022Jan 12, 2022
The Prado’s Best History Painting: Queen Joanna the [S]ad by Francisco PadillaPadilla paints a stunning and sympathetic portrait of future feminist icon, Queen Joanna “the mad”Jan 7, 2022Jan 7, 2022
Sorolla’s Classical Swerve “Despues Del Baño”Joaquín Sorolla’s brief classical dalliance is more than meets the eyeJan 6, 2022Jan 6, 2022
Pomar’s Masterpiece of Motion (Red or no?)A long winded encomium on Pomar’s sexy GadanheiroJan 5, 2022Jan 5, 2022
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