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  • Been there, done that.

    The New Novel by Winslow Homer, 1877, Museum of Fine Art, Springfield MA This work is a favorite among avid readers and book clubs for obvious reasons. The orange of the dress and the…

  • Not What it Seems

    Prosperity – The Holy Place by Damien Hirst, 2006. This work is created out of butterflies and the perfect symmetry of the insects is mirrored in the perfect symmetry of the work. At first…

  • More of the Same

    Cranes (detail) by Ogata Korin, Edo Period c. 1700, Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian This is part of a larger work (a screen). The repetition of the from of the group of Cranes gives…

  • Look Familiar?

    Sosus of Pergamon: The Unswept Floor, Roman Mosaic, 2nd century CE A Roman mosaic based on an earlier painting. It depicts the remnants of a dinner party scattered all over the floor of a…

  • Painted Gentleman

    Augustus of Primaporta, Early 1st century CE, reconstructed copy of marble, that is a copy of bronze, with paint. Sometimes as we look at the art left behind by ancient civilizations we expect that…

  • Prodigy

    First Communion by Pablo Picasso, 1895-96. Picasso’s father was a painter who taught his son the skills of an artist at a young age. That allowed him to complete this work at the age…

  • Enhanced by Rain

  • Time Out

    Achilles and Ajax Playing a Game by Exekias, Greek amphora c. 540 BCE. In this scene on a Greek pot we see warriors of the Trojan battle taking time out to play a quick…

  • Rapid Leg Movement

    Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash, Giacomo Balla, 1912. A member of a group of Italian artists who struck by the changing world around them at the dawn of the 20th century, Balla…