Category: Eye Candy for Today
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Eye Candy for Today: Grimshaw's Evening Glow
Evening Glow, John Atkinson Grimshaw Original is in the Yale Center for British Art, which has a couple of large files available for download. Also on Wikimedia Commons.
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Eye Candy for Today: Thomas Girtin drawing
Lichfield Cathederal, Staffordshire, Thomas Girtin On Google Art and Wikimedia Commons. Watercolor with pen and ink over graphite, 15×11″ (38x29cm). Original is in the Yale Center for British Art, which has a really high res download available. Info also here.
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Eye Candy for Today: Leonardo drawing
The Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing Right, Leonardo da Vinci Black chalk, charcoal and red chalk, 8 x 6 1/8″ ( 20x15cm). In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Click on “Fullscreen” under the image, then use zoom controls or download arrow. It’s not always easy to separate ourselves from the cultural icon…
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Eye Candy for Today: Nathaniel Bacon's fruit and veggies
Cookmaid with Still Life of Vegetables and Fruit, Nathaniel Bacon On the Google Cultural Institute: Art Project; click in upper right of image for zoom controls. Original is in the Tate. Yummy.
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Eye Candy for Today: Frederico Zuccaro drawing
Taddeo Drawing by Moonlight in Calabrese’s House, Frederico Zuccaro Pen and brown ink with wash, roughly 17×7 inches (43x18cm). Frederico Zuccaro’s drawing of his brother, Taddeo, drawing Rome and the Tiber by moonlight. I love the indication of additional drawings to the left and right, apparently on the outside of the shutters, or on paper…
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Eye Candy for Today: Henri Le Sidaner dusk scene
Small Table in Evening Dusk, Henri Le Sidaner On Google Art Project, also on Wikimedia Commons. Original is in the Ohara Museum of Art in Japan. See my post on Henri Le Sidaner.