Lines and Colors art blog

Month: November 2020

  • Chen Yanning

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    Originally from Guangzhou in China, Chen Yanning studied at the Guangdong Academy of Fine Art. He became a U.S. citizen and now lives and works in New Jersey. Yanning takes as his primary subject portraits of young women, some formally posed and surrounded by still life objects, other more casually depicted in various activities. Though…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Botticelli’s Madonna of the Pomegranate

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    Madonna of the Pomegranate, Sandro Botticelli; egg tempera on wood panel, roughly 56 inches (144 cm) in diameter; link is to the file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, which does not appear to have a reproduction of the painting on its website. 15th century Florentine master Alessandro di Mariano…