|
Articles and News |
|
About.com Art History
|
Get the latest headlines from the About.com Art History GuideSite.
|
|
-
Harshing Wally Cleaver's Mellow
Breaking news today: Tony Dow, American sculptor (b. 1945) and actor best known for his role in the sitcom Leave It to Beaver (1957-63), has had a sculpture selected to...
-
Some People Call Me Maurice
I speak not of the pompatus of love but, rather, the Maurice profile that just published. My choice this week was between Sendak and de Vlaminck. Because the Fauves were...
-
Wordless Wednesday - The Old Guard
Guard, 486-464 B.C.
© The Brooklyn Museum
(As you can see, this gentleman was not a member of the more recent "Old Guard," the Third United States Infantry. How can you tell...
-
Sunflowers Coloring Page
The bad news: sunflowers, those happy, vibrant faces at which I dearly love to look, are beyond done for the season. The good news: jays have replaced yellow with their...
-
Amy the Art Mom
Although I am now completely out of patience with the phrase "____(First Name) the ____(Occupation)," let's make room for one more version. It hasn't come up during campaign stump speeches,...
-
Wordless Wednesday - The County Election
The County Election, 1852
© Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
This timely topic is accompanied by a teaching tool, available to anyone by simply clicking on the picture. Things to...
-
US Voter Guide to Arts Positions
Over the past week we've seen trading tickers and Presidential campaign tactics sink to new lows and, I have to be honest with you, both are very distracting. Sort of...
-
John Kraft's Virtual Opening Reception
I won't tell you I have "always" liked the work of San Francisco painter John Kraft, but that's only because I wasn't aware of it until late in 2004....
-
Empowerment in a Bad Art History Job Market
Fellow Art History fans, the US economic "collapse" comes as no shock to most of us. And when I speak of "us," it's not in reference to art buyers of...
-
Renoir Nude Recovered
It is a minor painting, relatively inexpensive as far as Renoirs go and one that went missing 33 years ago, but, still. One should nearly always rejoice when a painting...
|
|
Articles and News 
