Category: Eye Candy for Today
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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.
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Eye Candy for Today: Cropsey Autumn landscape
Autumn on Greenwood Lake, Jasper Francis Cropsey On Google Cultural Institute: Art Project. Use zoom controls in right side of image. Original is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Today is the Autumnal Equinox, and marks the beginning of Autumn (at least here in the Northern Hemisphere). The day and night are equal in…
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Eye Candy for Today: Waugh's Knight of the Holy Grail
The Knight of the Holy Grail, Frederick J. Waugh. In the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Click “View Larger” under the image.
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Eye Candy for Today: Reni's Europa
The Rape of Europa, Guido Reni, 1637 Elegant handling of figure and drapery in this 17th century interpretation of the story from Greek mythology. In the National Gallery, London. Use the fullscreen and zoom controls to the right of the image.
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Eye Candy for Today: William Merritt Chase still life
Pink Azalea—Chinese Vase, William Merritt Chase In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Pink Azalea—Chinese Vase, Met Museum