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Before They Were Popular Memes
The Gayer-Anderson Cat (also named Figure) the Egyptian Cat goddess, Late period after 600 BC, The British Museum. Bronze figure of a seated cat. The cat mummies were buried in honor of the goddess…
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Influences
Galatea, c. 1512-14 by Raphael, Villa Farnesina, Rome. “As subject he (Raphael) chose a verse from a poem by the Florentine Angelo Poliziano which had also helped to inspire Botticelli‘s Birth of Venus. These…
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The Arrival
La Naissance de Vénus (Birth of Venus)1879 by William-Adolph Bouguereau, Musee d’Orsay, Paris. Very similar in composition to Botticelli’s work. Bouguereau had a very successful career. His realistic style appealed to a large number…
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Water Under the Bridge
The Water-Lily Pond by Claude Monet, National Gallery London. Monet is the most famous of the 19th century group of artists known as the Impressionists. The effect of the light upon the pond that…
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Lost and Found
Photo by Vivian Maier Vivian Maier was a street photographer whose work was acquired by John Maloof at an auction in Chicago about 10 years ago. Maloof says the collection of over 100,000 negatives…
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Understanding Symbols
The Hunter (Catalan Landscape) by Joan Miro, 1923-24, MoMA, NYC. Miro began his work as a painter doing portraits but soon found the work of artists like Picasso and the Surrealists with whom he…
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Liberation
The Liberation of Aunt Jemima, 1972 by Betye Saar, Collection of the Berkeley Art Museum. Betye Saar liberated Aunt Jemima back in 1972 it is nice to see that Quaker Oats is now getting…
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Full Moon
The Harvest Moon, c. 1894 -96 by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Glasgow School of Art My favorite artist. He was also an amazing architect. He was so far ahead of his time and although he…
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Jewel Tones
Maharaja Jaswant Singh of Marwar, ca. 1880, watercolor, The Brooklyn Museum. The simple setting of this watercolor work is unusual and it has more in common with a photograph than a painting. It reflects…
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