Tuesday, August 9th, 2022 nn “Our Daily Bread” and Brazil Anna Bella Geiger, “Our Daily Bread (O Pão Nosso de Cada Dia),” 1978. Six postcards and screenprint on paper bag mounted on card. Tate Modern I recently returned from helping to co-lead a study abroad program in London. Our group visited the Tate Modern and...
Monday, September 18th, 2023 Formal Elements and Personality Standard of Ur, Battle (War) side view, 2550-2400 BCE. Image courtesy Smarthistory It’s the beginning of the school quarter, and I’m interested in knowing what formal elements have an impact on my students. I’m really influenced by the composition of a work of art, and I know...
20th century Indigenous art Saturday, April 20th, 2024 Dorothy Napangardi: Floor and Family Dorothy Napangardi, “Yuparli (Bush Banana),” 1993. Synthetic polymer paint on canvas (Australian, Warlpiri people, Western Desert, Northern Territory). Private collection I recently found a video of the Australian Aboriginal artist Dorothy Napangardi at work: she is seated on the ground, sitting on...
accidental damage contemporary art Thursday, October 3rd, 2024 nn “Lost Masterpieces”: Tracey Emin’s Tent I first came across the book Lost Masterpieces by Michael Collins at the library earlier this year, and I liked it so much that I bought a copy as a birthday present to myself. It is a small little green book...
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Introduction The Impressionism art movement transformed how the modern world could be seen and painted. Emerging in France in the 1870s, it championed immediacy, atmosphere, and the shifting sensations of light and color. Instead of polished historical tableaux, Impressionist painters favored everyday life and the fleeting visual “impression” of a moment. Their rebellious exhibitions outside...
Introduction Impressionism is the defining art movement of late 19th-century France, a revolution waged not with manifestos but with light, color and everyday life. Breaking from academic tradition, Impressionist painters depicted modern Paris and its outskirts with quick, visible brushstrokes and luminous color, pursuing the fleeting “impression” of a moment. Their experiments transformed painting’s purpose...
Introduction: The Moment Light Changed Painting Impressionism emerged in late 19th-century France as a radical rethinking of how painters could see—and show—the world. Instead of idealized history scenes finished to a glossy perfection, Impressionist artists pursued the fleeting effects of light, color, weather and movement. Their paintings, made quickly and often outdoors, captured sensation rather...