Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon (The Young Ladies of Avignon) (1907) by Pablo Picasso The Young Ladies of Avignon, originially entitled The Brothel of Avignon, is a very large oil on canvas measuring 96 x […]
Opening of the Fifth Seal (The Vision of St. John the Divine) (1608-1614) by El Greco El Greco’s (1541-1614)( Opening of the Fifth Seal is also known as The Fifth Seal of the Apocalypse […]
“The Last Supper” (1495-98) by Leonardo da Vinci The Last Supper is one of the most famous paintings in the world. The artist who painted it, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) is also on almost […]
“The Virgin and Child with St. Anne” (c. 1508) by Leonardo da Vinci The great Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) painted this masterpiece The Virgin and Child with St. Anne as an oil on wood […]
A Boy with a Flying Squirrel (1765) by John Singleton Copley John Singleton Copley (1738-1815) was a well-known American artist who painted many portraits in colonial New England as well as historical and mythological subjects. […]
The Blinding of Samson (1636) by Rembrandt van Rijn The masterpiece The Blinding of Samson is located at the Stadel Museum in Frankfort, Germany. Many consider this painting to be the most gruesome and […]
Introduction to Art Analysis (Version 2) You may see my original blog post of an Introduction to Art Analysis here. Speaking with friends and family in the past year about the subject I think I […]
Video analysis of Nighthawks by Edward Hopper I have previously posted my written interpretation of Nighthawks on this blog, Nighthawks part 1 here,Nighthawks part 2 here and Nighthawks part 3 here. However, I think […]
The Three Dead and the Three Living and The Steerage Most of my blog posts discuss examples of famous works of art which appear to refer to several other works of art by another artist. […]
Sleeping Venus (c. 1508-1510) by Giorgione, landscape and sky by Titian Giorgione (c. 1477/1478-1510) was born Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco. He was a rather well-known Italian painter in Venice and part of the High Renaissance. […]