Category: Eye Candy for Today
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Eye Candy for Today: Tiffany painting
Snake Charmer at Tangier, Africa by Louis Comfort Tiffany. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Yes, that Tiffany. Many who admire his designs and stained glass aren’t aware of his work as a painter. See my previous posts (listed below).
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Eye Candy for Today: Renaissance book illumination
From Book of Hours by Master Jean de Mauléon. This is a book illumination. The original is approximately 7 x 4″ (17 x 10 cm). In the Walters Art Museum. Click “Download Image” for full size.
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Eye Candy for Today: Frederic Leighton’s Lachrymae
Lachrymae by Frederic, Lord Leighton. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Click on “Fullscreen” under then image, then use zoom or download arrow. There is an image of the painting in the ornate, portal-like frame Leighton chose for it here. “Lachrymae” is latin for “tears”.
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Eye Candy for Today: Durer’s Hare
Hare (or Field Rabbit), by Albrecht Durer. Watercolor and bodycolor, roughly 10 x 8″ (35 x 22 cm). Wow. Stunning mastery of water media, and one of the most clear, focused and beautiful examples of artistic observation I’ve ever seen. On Google Art Project. Click on the image for zoom controls. Original is in the…
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Eye Candy for Today: Tissot multiple portrait
En plein soleil by James Jacques Joseph Tissot. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use “Fullscreen” link under image and then zoom or Download arrow.
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Eye Candy for Today: Klimt
Death and Life, by Gistav Klimt. On Google Art Project, click on image for zoom controls. Original is in the Leopold Museum, Vienna. OK, not one of Klimt’s more lighthearted works, but beautiful nonetheless.