Category: Eye Candy for Today
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Eye Candy For Today: Gilbert Stuart portraits
Portraits of Matilda Stoughton de Jaudenes, and Josef de Jaudenes y Nebot, by Gilbert Stuart Both paintings are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use the download or zoom icons under the images on the museum’s pages. 18th century painter Gilbert Stuart is an artist whose historical stature suffers from “greatest hits” syndrome. His portraits…
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Eye Candy for Today: Holbein’s portrait of Thomas More
Portrait of Sir Thomas More (painting); Sir Thomas More (drawing), Hans Holbein the Younger Links are to zoomable versions on the Google Art Project. The painting is in the Frick Collection, which also has a zoomable version, downloadable image on Wikimedia Commons; the drawing is in the Royal Collection Trust, downloadable version on Wikimedia Commons.…
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Eye Candy for Today: J.C. Leyendecker Pilgrim and Football Player illustration
Pilgrim and Football Player, cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, November 24, 1928, J. C. Leyendecker This is on the website of the Norman Rockwell Museum’s Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies. The page has fascinating information both about the origins of the association of American Football with the holiday of Thanksgiving, and about…
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Eye Candy for Today: William Henry Hunt ink and watercolor interior
Interior of Bushey Church, William Henry Hunt Pen and brown ink and watercolor, roughly 17×13 in. (42x33cm) The link is to a zoomable version on Google Art Project; the original is in the National Gallery of Art, DC. The NGA has downloadable files, though you need a free account to access the largest one. This…
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Eye Candy for Today: Alma-Tadema’s Vintage Festival
The Vintage Festival, Lawrence Alma-Tadema Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the National Gallery of Victoria. This is another of Alma-Tadema’s stunning evocations of life in classical Italy, in this case, a festival in Pompeii prior to the eruption of Vesuvius. The enlarged versions…
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Eye Candy for Today: Romá Ribera’s Woman in Evening Gown
Woman in Evening Gown, Romá Ribera Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona Ribera uses soft edges here to great effect, not only in framing his subject in soft backlighting, but in the portrayal of the texture of…