Category: Eye Candy for Today
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Eye Candy for Today: Gao Yan landscape
Clear Streams in a Summer Ravine, Gao Yan On Google Art. Original is in the Hong Kong Museum of Art. Ink on paper 15×69″ (38x175cm) A beautiful ink painting from the late Ming Dynasty (17th century).
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Eye Candy for Today: Raphael drawing
Kneeling Woman with her Left Arm Raised, Raphael (Raffaello Santi) On Google Art Project; also Wikimedia Commons. Original is in the National Galleries Scotland. Red chalk with touches of black chalk. 11×7.5″ (28x19cm). When I think of superb draftsmanship in the history of art, Raphael is way up there on the list. Way up there.
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Eye Candy for Today: Roepel still life
Still Life with Fruit, Coenraet Roepel Google Art Project. Click at right of image for zoom controls. Original is in the Museo Lázaro Galdiano. Show off!
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Eye Candy for Today: Canaletto drawing
Architectural Capriccio, Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Pen and brown ink, with gray wash, over graphite and traces of black chalk, 11 1/4 x 8 1/16 inches (286 x 204 mm) Wow, I just love drawings like this — simultaneously loose and gestural and pinned to geometrically solid draftsmanship. What a brilliant use of warm brown…
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Eye Candy for Today: Claude landscape with mythological figures
Landscape with Nymph and Satyr Dancing, Claude Lorrain On Google Cultural Institute: Art Project. Original is in the Toledo Museum of Art. Hi-res file on Wikimedia Commons. See my previous posts on Claude Lorrain, and here.
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Eye Candy for Today: Fantin-Latour asters and fruit
Asters and Fruit on a Table, Henri Fantin-Latour Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use Fullscreen link and download arrow. I find it fascinating that Fantin-Latour has de-emphasized the glass vase — likely a star part of the composition in the hands of many other artists — and emphasized instead the textural surface of both the flowers…