Category: Eye Candy for Today
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Eye Candy for Today: Meléndez still life
Still Life with Oranges, Jars and Boxes of Sweets, Louis Meléndez The original is in the Kimbell Art Museum in Texas. View the painting in high resolution on the Google Cultural Institute: Art Project, or on Wikimedia Commons (large version here, 3.3mb). A superbly composed and painted tour-de-force of still life from the Spanish master.…
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Eye Candy for Today: Metcalf nocturne
May Night, Willard Metcalf There is an article on Wikipedia that gives background on the painting. The original is in the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
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Eye Candy for Today: The Merode Altarpiece
Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece), Workshop of Robert Campin Here we find the early 15th century artist(s) diving headlong into the capabilities of the newly adopted medium of oil painting, exploring its capacity for layers of richly colored glazes and almost infinite ability to accommodate the desire for minute detail. The entire triptych, open, is only…
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Eye Candy for Today: Alma-Tadema's Moses
The Finding of Moses, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. The link above is to the file on Wikimedia Commons (click on their image for large version) though the image at top is from a version on WikiPaintings (click “Show Sizes” for larger versions). I think the latter image has better color, though it has been inexplicably flopped…
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Eye Candy for Today: John Hamilton Mortimer etching
Comedy (from Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds), John Hamilton Mortimer In the metropolitan Museum of Art. Use “Fullscreen” link and Download arrow. The outside dimentions of the sheet on which the etching is printed are roughly 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (29 x 19 cm). Another example of that wonderful quality of…
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Eye Candy for today: Ingle watercolor
Still Life with Brass Candlestick, John Stuart Ingle — watercolor on paper, 29×42″ (75x107cm). A beautiful bit of watercolor realism by contemporary American artist John Stuart Ingle. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art, use the Fullscreen link and zoom or download arrow.