tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30516991885286305242024-03-28T20:29:06.122-07:00Spencer AlleyBenjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comBlogger7688125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-17332487170049258302024-03-28T12:00:00.142-07:002024-03-28T12:00:00.247-07:00Modern Eye-Contact<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_B8T2LCGzAEMRLKTSCR4O_xbNxbJcrcbOeIDim3fbMvg--gS9bQVuChaUyIaD1WfbYO2uyUVbDz_rGMslReVKCgr8fLLWEnwFCon2aJeue1ugdQyNCyw7ImLDI_Hq1efxrC91_mbSeOo3_Hc8NF_rukNEqO-8k2dUitoX6obn5PH6PzlTTw10BJUmqg=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1193" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_B8T2LCGzAEMRLKTSCR4O_xbNxbJcrcbOeIDim3fbMvg--gS9bQVuChaUyIaD1WfbYO2uyUVbDz_rGMslReVKCgr8fLLWEnwFCon2aJeue1ugdQyNCyw7ImLDI_Hq1efxrC91_mbSeOo3_Hc8NF_rukNEqO-8k2dUitoX6obn5PH6PzlTTw10BJUmqg=w319-h400" width="319" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emil Nolde<br /><b>Head of Woman III</b><br />1912<br />woodcut<br /><i>Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhOJtbNbnIXKb8QlfGLhcNQZEtjq1nqEATGkUfXsTyvq0QjYF-FQH7FH7-YSNMtAunnoAS0k2zqEjqQ52zJM3gH8OxXlfJJqlE5LeY6xFhK9BhugP5D1j5IJ0CIric6-Oz6x9TvsKDKcyRfU1ni0QTIfTYaMYq3IEGX8WWOuuar7Yxl4kLtoA4B9FI2w=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1132" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhOJtbNbnIXKb8QlfGLhcNQZEtjq1nqEATGkUfXsTyvq0QjYF-FQH7FH7-YSNMtAunnoAS0k2zqEjqQ52zJM3gH8OxXlfJJqlE5LeY6xFhK9BhugP5D1j5IJ0CIric6-Oz6x9TvsKDKcyRfU1ni0QTIfTYaMYq3IEGX8WWOuuar7Yxl4kLtoA4B9FI2w=w301-h400" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jacques Villon<br /><b>Head of a Man</b><br />1923<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKGG7yrigaRMwmgHWlI8UMpf7Xs55AgISphWwY4KMW5hgp6RT3DvOA8o3Ugu2ZYVyOO2MqFzxyAGkcDvhIxztMUQvclTUnIrAj8Rmz73BHFwUY76GL1NTt1MxNef6UTQNxcBx8ZkOwrKQ0UeMtLyilX_MWra9ldBg3bkJQJP07h9QZxUc0RwaO1E1Reg=s677" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="560" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKGG7yrigaRMwmgHWlI8UMpf7Xs55AgISphWwY4KMW5hgp6RT3DvOA8o3Ugu2ZYVyOO2MqFzxyAGkcDvhIxztMUQvclTUnIrAj8Rmz73BHFwUY76GL1NTt1MxNef6UTQNxcBx8ZkOwrKQ0UeMtLyilX_MWra9ldBg3bkJQJP07h9QZxUc0RwaO1E1Reg=w331-h400" width="331" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">George Bellows<br /><b>Head of Gregory</b><br />1924<br />lithograph<br /><i>Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjImn6HT6o8b9ghdTgN8dPdmRrWN_de3RvBFCMBV0XnO8-bIK3z0w-j0H8IhdPxIvggLzSdX0ZHKIj6j-iTSFdQOgHPqzfOgxO3HMzquRXQdIGLzhtWyre2FyhD8DNnIga1aM9yG9g8RE236z0x7eWiD5mVv46duEahRGoMRtC7zXiVLmyPEb_RDe0JLQ=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="797" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjImn6HT6o8b9ghdTgN8dPdmRrWN_de3RvBFCMBV0XnO8-bIK3z0w-j0H8IhdPxIvggLzSdX0ZHKIj6j-iTSFdQOgHPqzfOgxO3HMzquRXQdIGLzhtWyre2FyhD8DNnIga1aM9yG9g8RE236z0x7eWiD5mVv46duEahRGoMRtC7zXiVLmyPEb_RDe0JLQ=w311-h400" width="311" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Denman Waldo Ross<br /><b>Portrait Study of John Feeney</b><br />1925<br />drawing<br /><i>Harvard Art Museums</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhABeDo7KdFVEWoRMKqd_vDVvbh1Kn9DohxiKGBYOf-OPZ8szxOHF2riWAzAziPbUl1-_7yB-6o0LNkKTEMmffgLqcEgDK3LJpoJTJTNT-z7K2W81h3fplTkF-Vo6GdyA2HJKH43jg7pAhNmRgxI8OO-vO5Rmv03y6MNc1DYGT5TcVc3K-950M3WM4rTA=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1137" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhABeDo7KdFVEWoRMKqd_vDVvbh1Kn9DohxiKGBYOf-OPZ8szxOHF2riWAzAziPbUl1-_7yB-6o0LNkKTEMmffgLqcEgDK3LJpoJTJTNT-z7K2W81h3fplTkF-Vo6GdyA2HJKH43jg7pAhNmRgxI8OO-vO5Rmv03y6MNc1DYGT5TcVc3K-950M3WM4rTA=w304-h400" width="304" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Downton<br /><b>Head of a Young Woman</b><br />1933<br />drawing (colored chalks)<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg28a9jUUPtQND5pnu957Eh8fR2aA8CsQid5cW7FdODtVG7VeTvVRk2sFZ8foTqmM9pgS5vesR6PS2qcWu-NHqycT2hhfSk3x_MBKZX4khAOcTfcDRkS2UTPuiV852bXHFNBbqOjLxewFYhNRH7bLDHZ0AKGFiws7XI5AS4rs7SKCsGwGvOoB-aTIXEuA=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1076" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg28a9jUUPtQND5pnu957Eh8fR2aA8CsQid5cW7FdODtVG7VeTvVRk2sFZ8foTqmM9pgS5vesR6PS2qcWu-NHqycT2hhfSk3x_MBKZX4khAOcTfcDRkS2UTPuiV852bXHFNBbqOjLxewFYhNRH7bLDHZ0AKGFiws7XI5AS4rs7SKCsGwGvOoB-aTIXEuA=w288-h400" width="288" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ian Fleming<br /><b>Self Portrait</b><br />1935<br />drawing<br /><i>Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifCrRJxV6zL5dltu9Dk32Qz8DOoBVD-hm8HZD2bvD9LV6UH8y_tbNtut7snZAxsyBKHy2FNDvCdglFmY0N6CqpDdmmmSXG-eU3kB5C7BawTCa54J-6ahGe1G4RnoEqSpp5KwjGxBSosGMxiejLXQ33AjCMBiTCDIb_ywK4vTz-qViVlPKhvN0aQiTkHw=s701" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifCrRJxV6zL5dltu9Dk32Qz8DOoBVD-hm8HZD2bvD9LV6UH8y_tbNtut7snZAxsyBKHy2FNDvCdglFmY0N6CqpDdmmmSXG-eU3kB5C7BawTCa54J-6ahGe1G4RnoEqSpp5KwjGxBSosGMxiejLXQ33AjCMBiTCDIb_ywK4vTz-qViVlPKhvN0aQiTkHw=w343-h400" width="343" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gerald Brockhurst<br /><b>Head of Kathleen Woodward (the Artist's Wife)</b><br />1942<br />lithograph<br /><i>Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEithvF4284LHGbh-xJH6BYTJpBBmqnFeUWYOFozWcOcleWs4g9xqsuOqCoaWLr137FJMaymCHcVldRmyZXSgez6gZ8irBBw7m5GqdyPkWQH1ul2gIZQxIK2BF1EkAMtGWUlbcoZyoq2Xme7LzFk62UIIOhecKRFbKImDVrx4McN5cztyVX01p4cfC3i8A=s766" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="595" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEithvF4284LHGbh-xJH6BYTJpBBmqnFeUWYOFozWcOcleWs4g9xqsuOqCoaWLr137FJMaymCHcVldRmyZXSgez6gZ8irBBw7m5GqdyPkWQH1ul2gIZQxIK2BF1EkAMtGWUlbcoZyoq2Xme7LzFk62UIIOhecKRFbKImDVrx4McN5cztyVX01p4cfC3i8A=w311-h400" width="311" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul Cadmus<br /><b>Portrait of Sandy Campbell</b><br />1943<br />drawing<br /><i>Princeton University Art Museum</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmTU0DBR7T1MW-gJDvtOVjnTusCiaPxSQvvmUwcCXz80QcKsQqCDbKT_J8h9DNBflL4avclkyRRPNsuIxKuuN9X08fJnCxS-OKI5nB9QANvAPmUQmL18ETiGyoZMf_NLH7Se-PGcvGUzIS3tRzGpuoPXyy9e4yDTP7P73rtlwllACBg2vFp8nNsSacKQ=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1138" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmTU0DBR7T1MW-gJDvtOVjnTusCiaPxSQvvmUwcCXz80QcKsQqCDbKT_J8h9DNBflL4avclkyRRPNsuIxKuuN9X08fJnCxS-OKI5nB9QANvAPmUQmL18ETiGyoZMf_NLH7Se-PGcvGUzIS3tRzGpuoPXyy9e4yDTP7P73rtlwllACBg2vFp8nNsSacKQ=w304-h400" width="304" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Craxton<br /><b>Head of a Young Man</b><br />1948<br />drawing<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuxnq9fKua6CSKdEJrLRGHaRfiCfAMrtrZ51w7MIdXo8f0BC-vvKy40rNS3N5BCQV5toyeAEoCTWgYabBYxX7g_w4bs6HuYvbVDIGc8LRx3yK11XWMZ37gQ6CS1Ngzf2aHfwMHPJoArEHIYpw0jjENa3G3u3UhG25BjTGHDN3rYDnsS2RWNPiMMTlFcA=s1000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="719" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuxnq9fKua6CSKdEJrLRGHaRfiCfAMrtrZ51w7MIdXo8f0BC-vvKy40rNS3N5BCQV5toyeAEoCTWgYabBYxX7g_w4bs6HuYvbVDIGc8LRx3yK11XWMZ37gQ6CS1Ngzf2aHfwMHPJoArEHIYpw0jjENa3G3u3UhG25BjTGHDN3rYDnsS2RWNPiMMTlFcA=w288-h400" width="288" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">André Beaudin<br /><b>Head</b><br />1951<br />drawing<br /><i>Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIuwFG9sLEhKQtUpx8GRyTufSQI6KvlI31YHBjMuKuAGGJdH_ab7Y1oUBhSd8Tvto1gyZJbAYfx5QrlwRMD_PZEKROpkhGvmsYxHh5QcUGuGdTNWVDhZT2QnMPQg3o7L14EY1BlEyg7eRBGHkQNst0WybG0Tjhq37XpIVo7zCu1ASEc6usLGmFjZuhNw=s1536" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1122" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIuwFG9sLEhKQtUpx8GRyTufSQI6KvlI31YHBjMuKuAGGJdH_ab7Y1oUBhSd8Tvto1gyZJbAYfx5QrlwRMD_PZEKROpkhGvmsYxHh5QcUGuGdTNWVDhZT2QnMPQg3o7L14EY1BlEyg7eRBGHkQNst0WybG0Tjhq37XpIVo7zCu1ASEc6usLGmFjZuhNw=w293-h400" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cecil Collins<br /><b>Head</b><br />1960<br />lithograph<br /><i>Tate Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXtgxXMtwjrQHUS9oG6M0zi_qNPaTpLJ1dXg-SHxVtZZfp24c_YOUhl_wHpI82Zo71V9HT1IYIF_p-tU9Ox_DvDX3I0FZwE9yUhrqJF_up9mbS5AMTAiA-hUZZgYFZczxNPianlwz6pitgKaWH6u6O2mzTpY0YCDTmNODU4vrF7cA9EV_eB7G-BT_xCg=s1042" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1042" data-original-width="899" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXtgxXMtwjrQHUS9oG6M0zi_qNPaTpLJ1dXg-SHxVtZZfp24c_YOUhl_wHpI82Zo71V9HT1IYIF_p-tU9Ox_DvDX3I0FZwE9yUhrqJF_up9mbS5AMTAiA-hUZZgYFZczxNPianlwz6pitgKaWH6u6O2mzTpY0YCDTmNODU4vrF7cA9EV_eB7G-BT_xCg=w345-h400" width="345" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Georg Baselitz<br /><b>Large Head</b><br />1966<br />woodcut and monotype<br /><i>Tate Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhr5ZUPnvySAvn5E53RqBUvvx8P0ALAI4-l0IUclRckxoDmqgFDo8cCcmjkvICRje36hINXgAIWsamGHPnJcIaKD0G2jLjoCV9n0_06RcEuvayUnP3LO-ByspfoFY6h3_uuBOBHbSnx6fJYHdxtik5P0Jl2OnXpE1Fe-uO2O9CHMw6a1N2tvUIXQOLpkw=s1420" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1281" data-original-width="1420" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhr5ZUPnvySAvn5E53RqBUvvx8P0ALAI4-l0IUclRckxoDmqgFDo8cCcmjkvICRje36hINXgAIWsamGHPnJcIaKD0G2jLjoCV9n0_06RcEuvayUnP3LO-ByspfoFY6h3_uuBOBHbSnx6fJYHdxtik5P0Jl2OnXpE1Fe-uO2O9CHMw6a1N2tvUIXQOLpkw=w400-h361" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Francesca Woodman<br /><b>Untitled, Rome, Italy</b><br />1977-78<br />gelatin silver print<br /><i>Tate Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhP74bku8jHEGXA-tAAtaNiXq85YZ_WkMVejYKjZZhvDLyTtia8EUR1AggyCrb_IYTyl8z8etF1sUyKA9o2s9FvKxSfsIKxcwXhN25WV-Aee-P7xseTYa4Zkjg_1a8qPNDpB-qJRw_PZzw064D-w0F_GDWHrKqWpyMEk2slVUdgqJfMulv3E4LriMBUg=s730" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="724" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhP74bku8jHEGXA-tAAtaNiXq85YZ_WkMVejYKjZZhvDLyTtia8EUR1AggyCrb_IYTyl8z8etF1sUyKA9o2s9FvKxSfsIKxcwXhN25WV-Aee-P7xseTYa4Zkjg_1a8qPNDpB-qJRw_PZzw064D-w0F_GDWHrKqWpyMEk2slVUdgqJfMulv3E4LriMBUg=w396-h400" width="396" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert Mapplethorpe<br /><b>Self Portrait</b><br />1980<br />gelatin silver print<br /><i>Tate Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQgXA2hIfm65-wRr5ZiuQnEAdUtPSBQvJfnjI7AXRSG5bq1nK8Fp5_J6nM-kNvK_iDEO_ljC_MMDk--u9e6xMjQPJyy48F3SJ7J27MHV-cqUjhZ-8DdQVZ-HesbpFxrlcLwG7A8WdXAj_jTE8ESSAvb1R_P5SyQ755Tk4BwA2AkakUntKNpfWAVmlDyw=s1290" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="959" data-original-width="1290" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQgXA2hIfm65-wRr5ZiuQnEAdUtPSBQvJfnjI7AXRSG5bq1nK8Fp5_J6nM-kNvK_iDEO_ljC_MMDk--u9e6xMjQPJyy48F3SJ7J27MHV-cqUjhZ-8DdQVZ-HesbpFxrlcLwG7A8WdXAj_jTE8ESSAvb1R_P5SyQ755Tk4BwA2AkakUntKNpfWAVmlDyw=w400-h297" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Francesco Clemente<br /><b>Self Portrait</b><br />1984<br />color woodcut<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3QtuEI0OHxBjd-oOWfbBXODg735-PintxgPZBhaAMatTRE4VINzD6vFy3aDmr-NyxYaeW_z3XX7IrnuUjUKXXu3t8Eorxb98nUHxoicohAhVqHfwOh1zmBPDU8BHOEJ0h6srVhIt7JkMUVirutY5on953glwCgI_ggo_Bmmk0Wp_v656gJj_5We8MCg=s672" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="506" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3QtuEI0OHxBjd-oOWfbBXODg735-PintxgPZBhaAMatTRE4VINzD6vFy3aDmr-NyxYaeW_z3XX7IrnuUjUKXXu3t8Eorxb98nUHxoicohAhVqHfwOh1zmBPDU8BHOEJ0h6srVhIt7JkMUVirutY5on953glwCgI_ggo_Bmmk0Wp_v656gJj_5We8MCg=w301-h400" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thomas Ruff<br /><b>Portrait 1986 (Stoya)</b><br />1986<br />C-print<br /><i>Tate Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />"To either side tree-lined roads began to appear. In the rain these roads had the resilient atmosphere of ancient places. Their large houses stood impassively in the dark, set back amidst their dripping trees. Between them, a last, panoramic glimpse of the city could be seen below: of its eternal red and yellow lights, its pulsing mechanism, its streets always crawling with indiscriminate life. It was a startling view, though not a reassuring one. It was too mercilessly dramatic: with its unrelenting activity it lacked the sense of intermission, the proper stops and pauses of time. The story of life required its stops and its pauses, its days and nights. It didn't make sense otherwise. But to look at that view you'd think that a human life was meaningless. You'd think that a day meant nothing at all."<div><br /></div><div>– Rachel Cusk, from the novel <i>Arlington Park</i> (2006)</div>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-6398446099968756432024-03-28T00:00:00.000-07:002024-03-28T00:00:00.137-07:00Rembrandt - Luks - Balenciaga - Picasso<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWFPNFD1oScrTl6B7zMjR5JdQbTeAS3Y-SYKt_sCVVEaNY6Jgl3XwxZ9OIj1oBZdRA7-XNuVdyz8w01dN_30H2LZEYruEx35zXsS8RhkH0FkFD6PskzOUG3upk3m6V1EsiiWFgEiQtuhd0halvAPaZVcfd7veOotoSMoUn-agkXxzCprfcA86knMJAHU4/s1500/Rembrandt-Minerva-in-her-Study-1635-oil-on-canvas-Leiden-Collection-New-York.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1250" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWFPNFD1oScrTl6B7zMjR5JdQbTeAS3Y-SYKt_sCVVEaNY6Jgl3XwxZ9OIj1oBZdRA7-XNuVdyz8w01dN_30H2LZEYruEx35zXsS8RhkH0FkFD6PskzOUG3upk3m6V1EsiiWFgEiQtuhd0halvAPaZVcfd7veOotoSMoUn-agkXxzCprfcA86knMJAHU4/w334-h400/Rembrandt-Minerva-in-her-Study-1635-oil-on-canvas-Leiden-Collection-New-York.jpg" width="334" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rembrandt<br /><b>Minerva in her Study</b><br />1635<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Leiden Collection, New York</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTSE-LRtgCtRM8iDZ4UHHiZH_bCcfYgu3icoXkiS-Mt4_-9s3OcXyIxTly5nZLKYulAwvxyDR5UaOQU7EVXgpYXHIDAVqpf4yAIrFkBW6jj98kPvPTpZhfxqayF9KwzSVFe1yZd571S5-ePnyyJBaPOvWzUMluiHW31eWBXLRrObUHUUkDVkCjDs3Hpff/s1200/Rembrandt-Portrait-Study-of-Saskia-van-Uylenburgh-c1635-drawing-Mus%C3%A9e-Bonnat-Helleu-Bayonne.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="894" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTSE-LRtgCtRM8iDZ4UHHiZH_bCcfYgu3icoXkiS-Mt4_-9s3OcXyIxTly5nZLKYulAwvxyDR5UaOQU7EVXgpYXHIDAVqpf4yAIrFkBW6jj98kPvPTpZhfxqayF9KwzSVFe1yZd571S5-ePnyyJBaPOvWzUMluiHW31eWBXLRrObUHUUkDVkCjDs3Hpff/w298-h400/Rembrandt-Portrait-Study-of-Saskia-van-Uylenburgh-c1635-drawing-Mus%C3%A9e-Bonnat-Helleu-Bayonne.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rembrandt<br /><b>Portrait Study of Saskia van Uylenburgh</b><br />ca. 1635<br />drawing<br /><i>Musée Bonnat-Helleu, Bayonne</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheILiNdDUvBk4TzwnHxX-_QEg-bsn6JL2vm2Mtgkqgk2llwG7rR2cLaCjA-3XNvfcb-j9oS7IF-kSVsGM7rp6624oHw7c8QPK0BuBN79liPh_tlYU6gIQjrmQ5lLe1GhgnlQd9Mm3S7o_f5Rg-oUp7rpauV_hCRzx2hqNdUbGfNBg0Imzj-r5gnJNmS-yg/s1116/Rembrandt-Supper-at-Emmaus-c1640-41-drawing-Fitzwilliam-Museum-Cambridge.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheILiNdDUvBk4TzwnHxX-_QEg-bsn6JL2vm2Mtgkqgk2llwG7rR2cLaCjA-3XNvfcb-j9oS7IF-kSVsGM7rp6624oHw7c8QPK0BuBN79liPh_tlYU6gIQjrmQ5lLe1GhgnlQd9Mm3S7o_f5Rg-oUp7rpauV_hCRzx2hqNdUbGfNBg0Imzj-r5gnJNmS-yg/w368-h400/Rembrandt-Supper-at-Emmaus-c1640-41-drawing-Fitzwilliam-Museum-Cambridge.jpg" width="368" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rembrandt<br /><b>Supper at Emmaus</b><br />ca. 1640-41<br />drawing<br /><i>Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4RPiaSTgEpl7JqX1LlhgjaSTGf3i3uzaLehAIspkCE3BvclgPcgkF0TJdjdukYevUEEY3elhibNzPm0Z8CVk6aItuoqCexmVAdulD9bs0CKTMjAEq2R6laFqkwytWZd9uyzoASAqkwMoYVqeZFkkDTuArCutNZ1_vs0yT05NKWoC2ktqnILqpht1U1N9/s1500/Rembrandt-Portrait-of-Clement-de-Jonghe-(printseller)-1651-etching-St%C3%A4dtisches-Museum-Braunschweig.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1157" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4RPiaSTgEpl7JqX1LlhgjaSTGf3i3uzaLehAIspkCE3BvclgPcgkF0TJdjdukYevUEEY3elhibNzPm0Z8CVk6aItuoqCexmVAdulD9bs0CKTMjAEq2R6laFqkwytWZd9uyzoASAqkwMoYVqeZFkkDTuArCutNZ1_vs0yT05NKWoC2ktqnILqpht1U1N9/w309-h400/Rembrandt-Portrait-of-Clement-de-Jonghe-(printseller)-1651-etching-St%C3%A4dtisches-Museum-Braunschweig.jpg" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rembrandt<br /><b>Portrait of printseller Clement de Jonghe</b><br />1651<br />etching<br /><i>Städtisches Museum, Braunschweig</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTfZDDWaglBaV5kGUHBWLQWfPmvGWr3_p8PFdy1LCpH-XE92W16B35uGWnVr_LMMh77sQBvC6b7OS8JFl269v_N45THbAtCr8VdL3AVgWlU6Tj6AmzZOPFyDcvbsIg7QVXQWH9OR8CLCCidQ_LXX5GH0WIO8w_hCPivFrw9GZX8x6S7k7h2y0wfT8iiZwo/s600/Luks-George-The-Immigrant-c1904-1906-oil-on-canvas-Tacoma-Art-Museum.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="443" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTfZDDWaglBaV5kGUHBWLQWfPmvGWr3_p8PFdy1LCpH-XE92W16B35uGWnVr_LMMh77sQBvC6b7OS8JFl269v_N45THbAtCr8VdL3AVgWlU6Tj6AmzZOPFyDcvbsIg7QVXQWH9OR8CLCCidQ_LXX5GH0WIO8w_hCPivFrw9GZX8x6S7k7h2y0wfT8iiZwo/w295-h400/Luks-George-The-Immigrant-c1904-1906-oil-on-canvas-Tacoma-Art-Museum.jpeg" width="295" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">George Luks<br /><b>The Immigrant</b><br />ca. 1904-1906<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Tacoma Art Museum, Washington State</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESIV039_R7n4d3INoaa3znj-j5blf5R4dOCY3NYuUh7nVMJWhKz3fXEFPocFrTgfb8aFXRJTBtPXqU8I9kHpGhR3mJjYhsgd2BB829O9fmjfVjar-O_5vReyvkgzrcVHJxafXi1HpeeLQEnnkz2aEJECLiyVrPjQ6MQfOFWGx3tuiRvgJPPB_OydMRO8d/s800/Luks-George-Fortune-Teller-c1920-oil-on-canvas-Memphis-Brooks-Museum-of-Art-Tennessee.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="714" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESIV039_R7n4d3INoaa3znj-j5blf5R4dOCY3NYuUh7nVMJWhKz3fXEFPocFrTgfb8aFXRJTBtPXqU8I9kHpGhR3mJjYhsgd2BB829O9fmjfVjar-O_5vReyvkgzrcVHJxafXi1HpeeLQEnnkz2aEJECLiyVrPjQ6MQfOFWGx3tuiRvgJPPB_OydMRO8d/w358-h400/Luks-George-Fortune-Teller-c1920-oil-on-canvas-Memphis-Brooks-Museum-of-Art-Tennessee.jpeg" width="358" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">George Luks<br /><b>Fortune Teller</b><br />ca. 1920<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Tennessee</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgTWZzmiETBQLfXXJGGpxHe-WJlhRFTncqtDUeQJ-C46LmbaykNibftbSrxHyUMu75Vp6aIw0C-35UdwHthV2kgTaGGBer1Nvl2UIUzaw50nusMkMVa8r3HYj76aGyt9GNvEMn_RLaDx0he4z64IRBVhDmy0L6xTVvO3TZOfggBFOkXiTMQMhXgaUze-i3/s900/Luks-George-Society-Girl-c1920-oil-on-canvas-Weatherspoon-Art-Museum-Greensboro-North-Carolina.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="755" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgTWZzmiETBQLfXXJGGpxHe-WJlhRFTncqtDUeQJ-C46LmbaykNibftbSrxHyUMu75Vp6aIw0C-35UdwHthV2kgTaGGBer1Nvl2UIUzaw50nusMkMVa8r3HYj76aGyt9GNvEMn_RLaDx0he4z64IRBVhDmy0L6xTVvO3TZOfggBFOkXiTMQMhXgaUze-i3/w335-h400/Luks-George-Society-Girl-c1920-oil-on-canvas-Weatherspoon-Art-Museum-Greensboro-North-Carolina.jpg" width="335" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">George Luks<br /><b>Society Girl</b><br />ca. 1920<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEils2JM0CMw0JbVe7u5SGmyJWAacTfJsnyDoQnjvzosguhZ3oqZ3lJwBCCUJBT-w1XrsLjaCl1GZaQqaWVmUFrdvIZFlsv6fUpfriwBjLa2SS9FQi-UqJ98EZpV9gV0kUcrzKEt-J43-LOlnPr90e5GZsiFAEyl4-9YLpQbbg3aOyozAJtdN9wT_PVbS7Pb/s604/Luks-George-Pals-c1907-oil-on-canvas-New-Britain-Museum-of-American-Art-Connecticut.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEils2JM0CMw0JbVe7u5SGmyJWAacTfJsnyDoQnjvzosguhZ3oqZ3lJwBCCUJBT-w1XrsLjaCl1GZaQqaWVmUFrdvIZFlsv6fUpfriwBjLa2SS9FQi-UqJ98EZpV9gV0kUcrzKEt-J43-LOlnPr90e5GZsiFAEyl4-9YLpQbbg3aOyozAJtdN9wT_PVbS7Pb/w331-h400/Luks-George-Pals-c1907-oil-on-canvas-New-Britain-Museum-of-American-Art-Connecticut.jpeg" width="331" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">George Luks<br /><b>Pals</b><br />ca. 1907<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ54f7vd7INxyzBlXe_3ijShznb2eWNg_yN2Y4s0MXibbh0PgsON0gxFN5-nXgqAEhuAuP_o-GkyuEUOB-Wnkxhp05WFdEv0at9XbIk-2pEGq-650ZTYO02sHL78CkPF1O-NCoq4yS1ghA7kz8qDN6X-4bIzr-qZzz62lm0h5NlP0E0UxwqRzwEa7tGnaO/s600/Textile-France-Evening-Gown-by-Crist%C3%B3bal-Balenciaga-1950-silk-crepe-and-silk-shantung-Phoenix-Art-Museum-Arizona.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="379" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ54f7vd7INxyzBlXe_3ijShznb2eWNg_yN2Y4s0MXibbh0PgsON0gxFN5-nXgqAEhuAuP_o-GkyuEUOB-Wnkxhp05WFdEv0at9XbIk-2pEGq-650ZTYO02sHL78CkPF1O-NCoq4yS1ghA7kz8qDN6X-4bIzr-qZzz62lm0h5NlP0E0UxwqRzwEa7tGnaO/w253-h400/Textile-France-Evening-Gown-by-Crist%C3%B3bal-Balenciaga-1950-silk-crepe-and-silk-shantung-Phoenix-Art-Museum-Arizona.jpg" width="253" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cristóbal Balenciaga<br /><b>Evening Gown</b><br />1950<br />silk crepe and silk shantung<br /><i>Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kjkm9m4it7-JRwQCt_EWZuP0ZJaH961Hpl9q-e8qLLAg2U91Gpg86mU8_CcdxGgYMYJTrY6ytyXfv_a2Vn6IHUNgFGMMHB8VDNgBMYKsaw6EagdyEzuMbNArLdxrclC7WnVj4uw_7YBifRqJ7E70hUtTpTgLF3Pp_2XKT-9titBNWav3ggdXH6jPoqez/s1500/Textile-France-Ballgown-by-Crist%C3%B3bal-Balenciaga-1955-silk-velvet-devor%C3%A9-National-Gallery-of-Victoria-Melbourne.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1095" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kjkm9m4it7-JRwQCt_EWZuP0ZJaH961Hpl9q-e8qLLAg2U91Gpg86mU8_CcdxGgYMYJTrY6ytyXfv_a2Vn6IHUNgFGMMHB8VDNgBMYKsaw6EagdyEzuMbNArLdxrclC7WnVj4uw_7YBifRqJ7E70hUtTpTgLF3Pp_2XKT-9titBNWav3ggdXH6jPoqez/w293-h400/Textile-France-Ballgown-by-Crist%C3%B3bal-Balenciaga-1955-silk-velvet-devor%C3%A9-National-Gallery-of-Victoria-Melbourne.jpg" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cristóbal Balenciaga<br /><b>Ballgown</b><br />1955<br />silk velvet devoré<br /><i>National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQW15oBtQCS_Zh509aG4ZWTAInaUPZHe0JRNhrrhKN7RYqaokqa9DM7jx8pi82qXo7WUDzrVQSGKtw7hAY4R9fW5BFgSrdpKOfu40GdT5Fg2GG1Nff_CDUK3RlRwCR1tcYSoTUeUQSzvjCzGzkZ1zpuF1CYFiveveRJuDSyvcAwatkBmxZvo8-h6SlQveG/s600/Textile-France-Evening-Gown-with-Coat-by-Crist%C3%B3bal-Balenciaga-1962-silk-Phoenix-Art-Museum-Arizona.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="473" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQW15oBtQCS_Zh509aG4ZWTAInaUPZHe0JRNhrrhKN7RYqaokqa9DM7jx8pi82qXo7WUDzrVQSGKtw7hAY4R9fW5BFgSrdpKOfu40GdT5Fg2GG1Nff_CDUK3RlRwCR1tcYSoTUeUQSzvjCzGzkZ1zpuF1CYFiveveRJuDSyvcAwatkBmxZvo8-h6SlQveG/w315-h400/Textile-France-Evening-Gown-with-Coat-by-Crist%C3%B3bal-Balenciaga-1962-silk-Phoenix-Art-Museum-Arizona.jpg" width="315" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cristóbal Balenciaga<br /><b>Evening Gown with Coat</b><br />1962<br />silk<br /><i>Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90SK9Yqw0ez3K4YdztgYEelYHniWRR0p0bEkTfvwrm683hdVthdmGRVXtLUgg4biM8AkunEqKa6EgK8g8DNQWMbvAjoCREV_QbHMP2OA6-dj3yLzyjahz8ZqWcvSkbvIBDhtpQ9MGhesO5HXuZlH0xj-cm0CzWORk9GS5NUbvPhLDVOdzLEZVBPHjChZH/s1400/Textile-France-Cocktail-Dress-by-Crist%C3%B3bal-Balenciaga-1967-gilk-gazar-National-Gallery-of-Victoria-Melbourne.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1099" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90SK9Yqw0ez3K4YdztgYEelYHniWRR0p0bEkTfvwrm683hdVthdmGRVXtLUgg4biM8AkunEqKa6EgK8g8DNQWMbvAjoCREV_QbHMP2OA6-dj3yLzyjahz8ZqWcvSkbvIBDhtpQ9MGhesO5HXuZlH0xj-cm0CzWORk9GS5NUbvPhLDVOdzLEZVBPHjChZH/w314-h400/Textile-France-Cocktail-Dress-by-Crist%C3%B3bal-Balenciaga-1967-gilk-gazar-National-Gallery-of-Victoria-Melbourne.jpg" width="314" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cristóbal Balenciaga<br /><b>Cocktail Dress</b><br />1967<br />silk gazar<br /><i>National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKJ5oh5BHd3rg0zBSsyd0Yql0WK1L5L8QQnBv_MvrhkfZDsNjwJDZkp2a18EjmY3CpPl9yK4xXRt33GMbunlzjJXYoMXXEsxiTH3ToSws54vdKXIz3kiSbZjrYbeRptN_VdjGEkalAQROZfxrgb62OukiJWD3m86SZuhMSkTGPgO6TYNB4IV5RkMIaKWL/s700/Picasso-Pablo-Bullfight-c1960-linocut-San-Jose-Museum-of-Art-California.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="700" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKJ5oh5BHd3rg0zBSsyd0Yql0WK1L5L8QQnBv_MvrhkfZDsNjwJDZkp2a18EjmY3CpPl9yK4xXRt33GMbunlzjJXYoMXXEsxiTH3ToSws54vdKXIz3kiSbZjrYbeRptN_VdjGEkalAQROZfxrgb62OukiJWD3m86SZuhMSkTGPgO6TYNB4IV5RkMIaKWL/w400-h344/Picasso-Pablo-Bullfight-c1960-linocut-San-Jose-Museum-of-Art-California.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pablo Picasso<br /><b>Bullfight</b><br />ca. 1960<br />linocut<br /><i>San Jose Museum of Art, California</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6m_NMjc9Erqw7s1EDYJZBwe1kHuZ4gMARsBnqtBlaCSiYAHgNZ9k9v_kPKiE23YrkdNNimaF9_OVwyEixgDG48mPuapECZk4sORbDT3FEx3yS-s8frRCPU8Z46TMwPSMTCGnFcsD57ZmLPyItXXzbkQPwLFmlv7vFCtDHNhTJa_bsRyI9AeSqj5EjjgN/s923/Picasso-Pablo-Femme-assise-1926-27-oil-on-canvas-Art-Gallery-of-Ontario-Toronto.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="923" data-original-width="680" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6m_NMjc9Erqw7s1EDYJZBwe1kHuZ4gMARsBnqtBlaCSiYAHgNZ9k9v_kPKiE23YrkdNNimaF9_OVwyEixgDG48mPuapECZk4sORbDT3FEx3yS-s8frRCPU8Z46TMwPSMTCGnFcsD57ZmLPyItXXzbkQPwLFmlv7vFCtDHNhTJa_bsRyI9AeSqj5EjjgN/w295-h400/Picasso-Pablo-Femme-assise-1926-27-oil-on-canvas-Art-Gallery-of-Ontario-Toronto.jpg" width="295" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pablo Picasso<br /><b>Femme assise</b><br />1926-27<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9BJQEMECJugBc6syRvHHlhSQOwVsKoeONc8t8xJOdEMkZoEuawoT5mtumV5tiYa22jYG4ypxk91gwFc5fqz-MwOneZE9W4sieD2hhCDAeoIdiVUbsf6RGbrfvum20qCc8yVSQKdNSW87xZIk_mdir1UtnFbfKd0_58fl5SJFiisVgJ4UNgHBW_Tf0w9pB/s1500/Picasso-Pablo-Pierrot-as-Orchestra-Conductor-c1920-23-pochoir-Fralin-Museum-of-Art-Charlottesville-Virginia.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1157" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9BJQEMECJugBc6syRvHHlhSQOwVsKoeONc8t8xJOdEMkZoEuawoT5mtumV5tiYa22jYG4ypxk91gwFc5fqz-MwOneZE9W4sieD2hhCDAeoIdiVUbsf6RGbrfvum20qCc8yVSQKdNSW87xZIk_mdir1UtnFbfKd0_58fl5SJFiisVgJ4UNgHBW_Tf0w9pB/w309-h400/Picasso-Pablo-Pierrot-as-Orchestra-Conductor-c1920-23-pochoir-Fralin-Museum-of-Art-Charlottesville-Virginia.jpg" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pablo Picasso<br /><b>Pierrot as Orchestra Conductor</b><br />ca. 1920-23<br />pochoir<br /><i>Fralin Museum of Art, Charlottesville, Virginia</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8P8RC4dRZk4-uoYhpxVsU27SZof8esyvhp5lqB1Kj9EUmZvr6C2-peVPgPwI2ivFZ3lSKFU9lBhX9MVXkrJTDBgn6ZOt0k7knEMT2Tae6R-GQnh8LN1CSjEXiGGBtz5b51BvP0d_mGy-rmAq-d61voHOjeRRvgwuXmWPLZ4bX13OaP1HKaqPIhI9IoiQ/s729/Picasso-Pablo-Young-Woman-in-Striped-Dress-1949-oil-on-canvas-Los-Angeles-County-Museum-of-Art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="560" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8P8RC4dRZk4-uoYhpxVsU27SZof8esyvhp5lqB1Kj9EUmZvr6C2-peVPgPwI2ivFZ3lSKFU9lBhX9MVXkrJTDBgn6ZOt0k7knEMT2Tae6R-GQnh8LN1CSjEXiGGBtz5b51BvP0d_mGy-rmAq-d61voHOjeRRvgwuXmWPLZ4bX13OaP1HKaqPIhI9IoiQ/w308-h400/Picasso-Pablo-Young-Woman-in-Striped-Dress-1949-oil-on-canvas-Los-Angeles-County-Museum-of-Art.jpg" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pablo Picasso<br /><b>Young Woman in Striped Dress</b><br />1949<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Los Angeles County Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>from</i> Part Three of <b>The Age of Anxiety</b><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b> </b>Presently, the extraordinary charm of these gardens begins to work upon them also. It seems an accusation. They become uneasy and unwell.</div><div><br /></div><div>Emble says:<br /> I would stay to be saved but the stillness here<br /> Reminds me too much of my mother's grief;<br /> It scorns and scares me.</div><div><br /></div><div>Quant says:<br /> My excuses throb.<br /> Louder and lamer.<br /><br />Rosetta says: <br /> The long shadows<br /> Disapprove of my person.<br /><br />Malin says:<br /> Reproached by the doves,<br /> My groin groans.<br /><br />Rosetta:<br /> I've got a headache,<br /> And my nose is inflamed.<br /><br />Quant: My knees are stiff.<br /><br />Emble:<br /> My teeth need attention.<br /><br />Then Quant says:<br /> Who will trust me now,<br /> Who, with broad jokes have bored my children<br /> And, warm by my wife, have wished her dead<br /> Yet turned her over, who have told strangers<br /> Of the cars and castles that accrued with the fortune<br /> I might have made?<br /><br />And Emble says:<br /> My mortal body<br /> Has sinned on sofas, assigning to each<br /> Points for pleasure, I have pencilled on envelopes<br /> Lists of my loves.<br /><br />And Rosetta says:<br /> Alas for my sneers<br /> At the poor and plain: I must pay for thinking<br /> Failure funny.<br /><br />And Malin says:</div><div> I have felt too good<br /> At being better than the best of my colleagues:<br /> Walking by water, have worked out smiling<br /> Deadly reviews. My deeds forbid me<br /> To linger longer. I'll leave my friend,<br /> Be sorry by myself.<br /><br />Then Emble again: I must slip off<br /> To the woods to worry.<br /><br />Then Rosetta:<br /> I want to retire<br /> To some private place and pray to be made<br /> A good girl.<br /><br />And then Quant: </div><div> I must go away<br /> With my terrors until I have taught them to sing. </div><div> <br />– W.H. Auden (1944-46)</div>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-51450657529734495512024-03-27T12:00:00.167-07:002024-03-27T12:00:00.187-07:00Modern Heads in Profile<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4TzDhiHdAZNNVFaCSKEnvWZT7oSI0EqCMypceR6Lu1F8WLAnuntX9eISDNsKFCkOK4ptw8ZO2_JGGGAnN0k48UEJcJbNPBz4d6bvEXd8SREVubkviO1bw4grnQnU7LJCdmXlM_Lof8SIoSSxo4FJ2Yd6EP6LdzLyEE8ams7XcsoEP999-URrrc_SS5w=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1081" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4TzDhiHdAZNNVFaCSKEnvWZT7oSI0EqCMypceR6Lu1F8WLAnuntX9eISDNsKFCkOK4ptw8ZO2_JGGGAnN0k48UEJcJbNPBz4d6bvEXd8SREVubkviO1bw4grnQnU7LJCdmXlM_Lof8SIoSSxo4FJ2Yd6EP6LdzLyEE8ams7XcsoEP999-URrrc_SS5w=w289-h400" width="289" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julian Opie<br /><b>Head</b><br />2007<br />screenprint<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDGhrTOsymrb1lbP0w1UO_5RbesmhH2UlIK2SbmK6yVwuYk_j9POkDI4cIG67RZdXjMkjYL1U6DD0EgJqJYawyVgCJfGgXDfFdyMUjbc_XRkkGhO9F6uLWN6ycHq0EwnCoz5PHOiINJSnfn9menZ6hK5ljcZDXZ2aPoTesLowsud4M3doSJfGIm_ordg=s730" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="542" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDGhrTOsymrb1lbP0w1UO_5RbesmhH2UlIK2SbmK6yVwuYk_j9POkDI4cIG67RZdXjMkjYL1U6DD0EgJqJYawyVgCJfGgXDfFdyMUjbc_XRkkGhO9F6uLWN6ycHq0EwnCoz5PHOiINJSnfn9menZ6hK5ljcZDXZ2aPoTesLowsud4M3doSJfGIm_ordg=w298-h400" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Bellany<br /><b>Janus</b><br />1982<br />screenprint<br /><i>Tate Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7eBOxHLdwpl_1JJvlCSbgNdhVnsN8_932J6md3rdQjqy8AKmIU6Ifnr9EB2eM3GYZ1PnLI0Pbr8F62MkPaz8OO3Ea_pi1sI766g4D_G-c4cipSVgMhndaZ0IGTsxKZANTqPqwnhjksJj7C_qh-lJ1X5U33jH-__Wnd88uTA78nxhV0yT0dTLZboJp3Q=s1226" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="859" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7eBOxHLdwpl_1JJvlCSbgNdhVnsN8_932J6md3rdQjqy8AKmIU6Ifnr9EB2eM3GYZ1PnLI0Pbr8F62MkPaz8OO3Ea_pi1sI766g4D_G-c4cipSVgMhndaZ0IGTsxKZANTqPqwnhjksJj7C_qh-lJ1X5U33jH-__Wnd88uTA78nxhV0yT0dTLZboJp3Q=w280-h400" width="280" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arnulf Rainer<br /><b>Untitled (Death Mask)</b><br />1978<br />photograph, with added ink<br /><i>Tate Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEQWR5e5jcNy5v9xqr5DwUbkX0bc7jHzJfSdFlMEOk4bL_ZLhUDfPD4t7eZ7kv2MLFJo4SPFIjOL2ALLUn1cWuXKd5xgH4b17AimQsIQKXNdbMxIkpqSYZEIuWR2uEglCEI8N2qaxA51P0ecubY72H1M2mHMwb-cRA_80v14k1ab_rcI9oLbIkv54CGQ=s1290" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="925" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEQWR5e5jcNy5v9xqr5DwUbkX0bc7jHzJfSdFlMEOk4bL_ZLhUDfPD4t7eZ7kv2MLFJo4SPFIjOL2ALLUn1cWuXKd5xgH4b17AimQsIQKXNdbMxIkpqSYZEIuWR2uEglCEI8N2qaxA51P0ecubY72H1M2mHMwb-cRA_80v14k1ab_rcI9oLbIkv54CGQ=w286-h400" width="286" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ivor Abrahams<br /><b>Morella</b><br />(series, E.A. Poe: Tales and Poems)<br />1976<br />screenprint<br /><i>Tate Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTipz8PqTwFhYGRzABUAy5L9uNVGeUx6w_Zc0CiQHZM_9Q8O0JVn5EmfAOYz1ZjTmcjvLEVnPT32-QMWCDnH8nVHcuLW_yYs-qWBQGdIAbGFhhWQdK5eQN3P8aHQYyHniuHJMLybC-Bg8Z1Lm_eLtz-7FAaCuTYsvmkEuTBgsAlN3qFrQg_DiBrET1eg=s730" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="647" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTipz8PqTwFhYGRzABUAy5L9uNVGeUx6w_Zc0CiQHZM_9Q8O0JVn5EmfAOYz1ZjTmcjvLEVnPT32-QMWCDnH8nVHcuLW_yYs-qWBQGdIAbGFhhWQdK5eQN3P8aHQYyHniuHJMLybC-Bg8Z1Lm_eLtz-7FAaCuTYsvmkEuTBgsAlN3qFrQg_DiBrET1eg=w355-h400" width="355" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mino Maccari<br /><b>Portrait of Giorgio Morandi</b><br />1975<br />intaglio print<br /><i>Tate Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihktoT6IumFv9r4coaRK_q9-REx1fJAeeI0cfXj4BR05WgNt9Xrc5R41ZM2rju7Bbzz7E2uXB9w_ooPsVKrgJ9UN2sf05ziVk9x2nvkvsOi487IyDfrS9URgukaoSr4QV4ZrYMyvigaVBLT29Y-o40b8aOWsX6Qmu16bRONQ_HteB8QvwFmG2nYBnNLQ=s1545" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1545" data-original-width="1122" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihktoT6IumFv9r4coaRK_q9-REx1fJAeeI0cfXj4BR05WgNt9Xrc5R41ZM2rju7Bbzz7E2uXB9w_ooPsVKrgJ9UN2sf05ziVk9x2nvkvsOi487IyDfrS9URgukaoSr4QV4ZrYMyvigaVBLT29Y-o40b8aOWsX6Qmu16bRONQ_HteB8QvwFmG2nYBnNLQ=w290-h400" width="290" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elisabeth Frink<br /><b>Study of Man's Head</b><br />1965<br />drawing, with watercolor<br /><i>Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhl4tTTHxLCG5J54njKWSHE3WX3nobfNjXTNrNohUm_47jYMyss1JrdrWf5BgrlWs_Olm1w0MsmmYomkfVjI4F0JngsVLcB736uMnyUlu3n_sL49aiajw6DnFNL220ZL8CuSbokjJdjtnoVKNdsoWIhgJ3iWfbbJnRIsycEA7Gp_0tojEqNtQ26ZnC1Uw=s717" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhl4tTTHxLCG5J54njKWSHE3WX3nobfNjXTNrNohUm_47jYMyss1JrdrWf5BgrlWs_Olm1w0MsmmYomkfVjI4F0JngsVLcB736uMnyUlu3n_sL49aiajw6DnFNL220ZL8CuSbokjJdjtnoVKNdsoWIhgJ3iWfbbJnRIsycEA7Gp_0tojEqNtQ26ZnC1Uw=w335-h400" width="335" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan Eardley<br /><b>A Glasgow Boy</b><br />ca.1955<br />oil on board<br /><i>Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_GCR_asOJRZ4XrduYnySoO2VH-T7iaDJoOTNCYWyf-znFX107_bHXB4tLfLrhN8Asy2I2cbtquK92MQvZwXbvSOQxQmj-yKc-87to4-m12AIPQUI1J71nP4QnAKj_uQGp9FRS0y2nM9ZxGT-r-J1ZF-R-iIePRVUOMQAPbLjd5asnn4ROeEgxAju7MA=s1075" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="841" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_GCR_asOJRZ4XrduYnySoO2VH-T7iaDJoOTNCYWyf-znFX107_bHXB4tLfLrhN8Asy2I2cbtquK92MQvZwXbvSOQxQmj-yKc-87to4-m12AIPQUI1J71nP4QnAKj_uQGp9FRS0y2nM9ZxGT-r-J1ZF-R-iIePRVUOMQAPbLjd5asnn4ROeEgxAju7MA=w313-h400" width="313" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emilio Amero<br /><b>Woman balancing Water Pot</b><br />1940<br />gelatin silver print<br /><i>Philadelphia Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi79DhrMcjCMT4YhofcPRArW2EqZ0za4s81WsWkH6D9sIc1LsIdgUxs-W6BlLQIzMvWpz_mxDNimo-4jlSwxgnqDZCtLJG793VEEHExRZEf-ZaUC2nx23U9fuf3huQlOhz18di4tkP6pE5HwG7Dy3CujFkBNShOkrskK4je88hYUGlEyDikS83tncMoVA=s480" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="382" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi79DhrMcjCMT4YhofcPRArW2EqZ0za4s81WsWkH6D9sIc1LsIdgUxs-W6BlLQIzMvWpz_mxDNimo-4jlSwxgnqDZCtLJG793VEEHExRZEf-ZaUC2nx23U9fuf3huQlOhz18di4tkP6pE5HwG7Dy3CujFkBNShOkrskK4je88hYUGlEyDikS83tncMoVA=w319-h400" width="319" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arshile Gorky<br /><b>Untitled (Head)</b><br />ca. 1932-34<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Yale University Art Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZLR0JsRmobTXjtIOziETeak5KqrvC1sj4BNJjYwyWe48iOofyaflWcgDZUQU9dntlb190HLq5-W7PfcVeTeY0fUk2y6sRCg9ff7sK_9M_3ygv3icjvs-NY9shb4Cs4-ddTYboPe5Cj6XmB-h_QuuHnUYAk9unt2UXmGlcpy7Z8isFbL5Y3clZ5XT-0Q=s800" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="664" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZLR0JsRmobTXjtIOziETeak5KqrvC1sj4BNJjYwyWe48iOofyaflWcgDZUQU9dntlb190HLq5-W7PfcVeTeY0fUk2y6sRCg9ff7sK_9M_3ygv3icjvs-NY9shb4Cs4-ddTYboPe5Cj6XmB-h_QuuHnUYAk9unt2UXmGlcpy7Z8isFbL5Y3clZ5XT-0Q=w333-h400" width="333" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roi Partridge<br /><b>Woman's Head in Profile</b><br />1929<br />etching<br /><i>Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco<br />(Achenbach Foundation)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkvYOzMV_vXsJF-BOUYwGDa0Bxyn9CRZ08m9tiSUNkkZi0dN3L0dXkenLYX9ygsZ9SUuDAGaH-2F8_Y2CHfVzZ8t_0Efl835soAqAUE_yGZNhXd0IGAa4IGAES-SxswhsjhXUT_q2_3uRjMvJs_aYSplYjpDSahtjS-yoGpHHLtO6tY2mijXFmz24R8A=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1213" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkvYOzMV_vXsJF-BOUYwGDa0Bxyn9CRZ08m9tiSUNkkZi0dN3L0dXkenLYX9ygsZ9SUuDAGaH-2F8_Y2CHfVzZ8t_0Efl835soAqAUE_yGZNhXd0IGAa4IGAES-SxswhsjhXUT_q2_3uRjMvJs_aYSplYjpDSahtjS-yoGpHHLtO6tY2mijXFmz24R8A=w324-h400" width="324" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oskar Schlemmer<br /><b>Head in Profile</b><br />1928<br />lithograph<br /><i>Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggRIb7H2Yhm-WEaoj-ZEXs1L7loGaey6Cu79pBdN1umrK5WFYmdQCDzUgImjWuwE2xjKV_4f4x7eVT7EzGdnsmZ-O7WmPEkCow0GnsZZnSK75ShkD_uTIh9wNqPYheohPK3xtUVNzSEP-thQtjnhQctpaezNi90aEYdjK0KE4kaT3NxIoEdQQUIIZAWw=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1201" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggRIb7H2Yhm-WEaoj-ZEXs1L7loGaey6Cu79pBdN1umrK5WFYmdQCDzUgImjWuwE2xjKV_4f4x7eVT7EzGdnsmZ-O7WmPEkCow0GnsZZnSK75ShkD_uTIh9wNqPYheohPK3xtUVNzSEP-thQtjnhQctpaezNi90aEYdjK0KE4kaT3NxIoEdQQUIIZAWw=w320-h400" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Suzanne Valadon<br /><b>Head of Maurice Utrillo</b><br />1928<br />lithograph<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifqpOu8Y0ZfLn7Fqs1vyDgJyeLofS3u_z24hqhOG3mUhS6IiaUKSWyLnV_YBjUok3BZd3Q642Tc2OoL23xkVlR-vbyo51a3dgUrORxWhg4ISrykEOglFS0NRXGkoSTmxl3GipDddU55k21Tc3eWjqzY-AwfVZt0CuH8kKPdcD7bgEc-YV3XUsm28rX5g=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1265" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifqpOu8Y0ZfLn7Fqs1vyDgJyeLofS3u_z24hqhOG3mUhS6IiaUKSWyLnV_YBjUok3BZd3Q642Tc2OoL23xkVlR-vbyo51a3dgUrORxWhg4ISrykEOglFS0NRXGkoSTmxl3GipDddU55k21Tc3eWjqzY-AwfVZt0CuH8kKPdcD7bgEc-YV3XUsm28rX5g=w338-h400" width="338" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aubrey Beardsley<br /><b>Headpiece for Malory's <i>Morte d'Arthur</i></b><br />ca. 1893<br />drawing<br /><i>Morgan Library, New York</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfbmjTkaQ4ppmoK5-SNbnIpT_B8Le0TSBYgU5GwXoHn9WqWMj43eUQrz5o6LGmM1ixPw_bUonKJPir2_jxv3tr8howYmkEig8kB_ZhdvxQ2oC1UF5Eqt8ZqMkGM9XUifBLvaFOdg486vSo1r6Ojdf1Y8SMxOTZ3U8BlaLLFSu2sgFh3AWYr2Nk2PayXg=s1290" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1031" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfbmjTkaQ4ppmoK5-SNbnIpT_B8Le0TSBYgU5GwXoHn9WqWMj43eUQrz5o6LGmM1ixPw_bUonKJPir2_jxv3tr8howYmkEig8kB_ZhdvxQ2oC1UF5Eqt8ZqMkGM9XUifBLvaFOdg486vSo1r6Ojdf1Y8SMxOTZ3U8BlaLLFSu2sgFh3AWYr2Nk2PayXg=w320-h400" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Singer Sargent<br /><b>Head of a Young Man</b><br />ca. 1890<br />drawing<br /><i>Yale University Art Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsdvcxIzuNHJx4BhTthSg_INJHpYqBndkRF6iZl2_6UYue6uWzgpAS3ip6IH860Oqc0DXhHuX397psUmektW1wdT-svrsMejDrT6scrBA14qN7BlT8z-PElJDAqwFuR68BWSH2sk5lzoZ2gYNafOpC4lSLetjDUgDTKm80LRlaO6-GUJEEcNxh-MnUgA=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="990" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsdvcxIzuNHJx4BhTthSg_INJHpYqBndkRF6iZl2_6UYue6uWzgpAS3ip6IH860Oqc0DXhHuX397psUmektW1wdT-svrsMejDrT6scrBA14qN7BlT8z-PElJDAqwFuR68BWSH2sk5lzoZ2gYNafOpC4lSLetjDUgDTKm80LRlaO6-GUJEEcNxh-MnUgA=w386-h400" width="386" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert Hatton Monks<br /><b>Head of a Girl</b><br />1898<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Harvard Art Museums</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwE7phJi2M5nEtUrLYiDXyStoc7BbFzd0CCe6_O5mM2kYLnTv6y3nrWjeZcc6S7KEu9vfBGXhGTPPcF0NPD45BsBDkxn3ysC2oMsetByTHqgacJ0qJ_7uHHLjidzCfUYnlyrBu3lwakNasUMJaMeiH_4C5TAQeT1xoq0HMjMj1oas7_6Rbo0-XlYitHA=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1181" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwE7phJi2M5nEtUrLYiDXyStoc7BbFzd0CCe6_O5mM2kYLnTv6y3nrWjeZcc6S7KEu9vfBGXhGTPPcF0NPD45BsBDkxn3ysC2oMsetByTHqgacJ0qJ_7uHHLjidzCfUYnlyrBu3lwakNasUMJaMeiH_4C5TAQeT1xoq0HMjMj1oas7_6Rbo0-XlYitHA=w315-h400" width="315" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">G.F. Folingsby<br /><b>Head of a Bearded Man</b><br />ca. 1875<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />"Now Juliet lay still and looked at the map of Venice that hung in a frame on the wall opposite their bed. She looked at the intestinal canals all held against each other in a knot. Now, just as the stone walls of Venice endured the dark water that lay between them, and the water endured its confinement in the twisting walls that held it there, and as their eternal involvement was something that had a name, a being, a kind of beauty, so Juliet could endure the coming day."<div><br /></div><div>– Rachel Cusk, from the novel <i>Arlington Park</i> (2006)<p></p></div>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-23957357030275407232024-03-27T00:00:00.000-07:002024-03-27T00:00:00.167-07:00Leighton - La Farge - Léger - Lichtenstein<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4acXpzv6NEYTpCWuvPjsLXWUlYiUW2aMknQ09GOoAPQSkGouCPOAACQFnt8_mTzTFBqgsmvKkM3GeW_z4w_yD54Ch-atMT7C25tnT4eLgrVLBZhFjNCyfZSMNC4wz4vrc7RgWPDL2r40bCUok1WJyB_eBLoHPo6suJ3tzWnTFhdLmMbGq8OE_B_hhYG1/s1500/Leighton-Frederic-Portrait-of-Miss-Dorothy-Dene-1895-drawing-Clark-Art-Institute-Williamstown-Massachusetts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1111" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4acXpzv6NEYTpCWuvPjsLXWUlYiUW2aMknQ09GOoAPQSkGouCPOAACQFnt8_mTzTFBqgsmvKkM3GeW_z4w_yD54Ch-atMT7C25tnT4eLgrVLBZhFjNCyfZSMNC4wz4vrc7RgWPDL2r40bCUok1WJyB_eBLoHPo6suJ3tzWnTFhdLmMbGq8OE_B_hhYG1/w296-h400/Leighton-Frederic-Portrait-of-Miss-Dorothy-Dene-1895-drawing-Clark-Art-Institute-Williamstown-Massachusetts.jpg" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frederic Leighton<br /><b>Portrait of Miss Dorothy Dene</b><br />1895<br />drawing<br /><i>Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0n75kGxC_IJCUN9rZwJgi5ue4UiBsDCDhTFu6ypRyIEkwGCNttrWFUzQnpHM3rSKTrso5E6I9CgGTjNTUTND6Q2YQ6ZhOys8PRiM2lOc6eFYNdQVo3LISrJQ6CI_u8m5OOX1sIhdZrMWYFgG1VmMpfPvmVyZNKMxCl19KY4FW_nKsWou-s1-6U5DODV61/s1200/Leighton-Frederic-Samson-carrying-the-Gates-c1864-wood-engraving-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="1200" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0n75kGxC_IJCUN9rZwJgi5ue4UiBsDCDhTFu6ypRyIEkwGCNttrWFUzQnpHM3rSKTrso5E6I9CgGTjNTUTND6Q2YQ6ZhOys8PRiM2lOc6eFYNdQVo3LISrJQ6CI_u8m5OOX1sIhdZrMWYFgG1VmMpfPvmVyZNKMxCl19KY4FW_nKsWou-s1-6U5DODV61/w400-h378/Leighton-Frederic-Samson-carrying-the-Gates-c1864-wood-engraving-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frederic Leighton<br /><b>Samson carrying the Gates</b><br />ca. 1864<br />wood-engraving<br /><i>National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_24nhkSJ_ZIcF8Hdbx8M_fGejFEKBGkR2W15OJByRVhRBVlE0XhFk_YyB6N66B2cVa9EEf1OYRmfT2_kEci2oXPe3X5f2Wa3QDM04RciBX7VwdmZJayedQNZJ_RIaDL-ssPXoxpQyJmpgqoWcuAWsm6C-nzYJZ0Ksd4CJBqxanhWcPtXjAuWtMc0S3qyH/s1200/Leighton-Frederic-Death-of-the-Firstborn-c1864-wood-engraving-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1078" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_24nhkSJ_ZIcF8Hdbx8M_fGejFEKBGkR2W15OJByRVhRBVlE0XhFk_YyB6N66B2cVa9EEf1OYRmfT2_kEci2oXPe3X5f2Wa3QDM04RciBX7VwdmZJayedQNZJ_RIaDL-ssPXoxpQyJmpgqoWcuAWsm6C-nzYJZ0Ksd4CJBqxanhWcPtXjAuWtMc0S3qyH/w359-h400/Leighton-Frederic-Death-of-the-Firstborn-c1864-wood-engraving-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" width="359" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frederic Leighton<br /><b>Death of the Firstborn</b><br />ca. 1864<br />wood-engraving<br /><i>National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrT84uuZZhSdBKL-x4tAp0jgO94cgHHzps34p5KQMvpKbu4Guemu5Vv5C4fwyNo6-846n9Zax25mYKInHt2UtDU96Ht5lnIKfwwxptBxyzoS2kEtsO8xI2XkC-joLhh5TSHPfPX0QZ5o4W0AN-Q2AugnO1cXIgVivPvodQ5Af2GBpT3ubzUWmNHPt-NAkJ/s1200/Leighton-Frederic-The-Spies-Escape-c1864-wood-engraving-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="1200" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrT84uuZZhSdBKL-x4tAp0jgO94cgHHzps34p5KQMvpKbu4Guemu5Vv5C4fwyNo6-846n9Zax25mYKInHt2UtDU96Ht5lnIKfwwxptBxyzoS2kEtsO8xI2XkC-joLhh5TSHPfPX0QZ5o4W0AN-Q2AugnO1cXIgVivPvodQ5Af2GBpT3ubzUWmNHPt-NAkJ/w400-h384/Leighton-Frederic-The-Spies-Escape-c1864-wood-engraving-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frederic Leighton<br /><b>The Spies Escape</b><br />ca. 1864<br />wood-engraving<br /><i>National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8WSIWoPx0Hagv3f_7j4fRrxkokEMewYCY2FU48OXjxFoHPIJQRxV_07RGc5HARa71uUIuzYH31-fgXsKoXGGJsruuA5RVjWOjc7APnIT9YnrqQHMzCq7l-RisZa4TeFWRwIRejoxh6EN8DOSfD3gWNEf8pSwaHxCnNQZK4PbFGE9HizEEMwba1cKsUF__/s1500/La-Farge-John-Andromeda-1859-oil-on-board-(sketch)-Clark-Art-Institute-Williamstown-Massachusetts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="968" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8WSIWoPx0Hagv3f_7j4fRrxkokEMewYCY2FU48OXjxFoHPIJQRxV_07RGc5HARa71uUIuzYH31-fgXsKoXGGJsruuA5RVjWOjc7APnIT9YnrqQHMzCq7l-RisZa4TeFWRwIRejoxh6EN8DOSfD3gWNEf8pSwaHxCnNQZK4PbFGE9HizEEMwba1cKsUF__/w259-h400/La-Farge-John-Andromeda-1859-oil-on-board-(sketch)-Clark-Art-Institute-Williamstown-Massachusetts.jpg" width="259" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John La Farge<br /><b>Andromeda</b><br />1859<br />oil on board (sketch)<br /><i>Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi4lGbNiGGgBjd6ha2sO_t6yduk0zJYuGfOi69a5UJh1v6ZhJMuZ_8u_Cb-O3jxcuwbGqJiaRBS4IGZQpswpPdggAxsMKrrS1QaH_h6oy31ruNR-U0GHitFMNRuhEM4ztzoNZCmt3Ky5YOQok5lrYhErQ22Bj1vKnF9TVix2eV4Lfo4v9l_lr5da22xNe3/s662/La-Farge-John-Apple-Blossom-in-Small-Chinese-Vase-c1879-watercolor-and-gouache-on-paper-New-Britain-Museum-of-American-Art-Connecticut.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi4lGbNiGGgBjd6ha2sO_t6yduk0zJYuGfOi69a5UJh1v6ZhJMuZ_8u_Cb-O3jxcuwbGqJiaRBS4IGZQpswpPdggAxsMKrrS1QaH_h6oy31ruNR-U0GHitFMNRuhEM4ztzoNZCmt3Ky5YOQok5lrYhErQ22Bj1vKnF9TVix2eV4Lfo4v9l_lr5da22xNe3/w303-h400/La-Farge-John-Apple-Blossom-in-Small-Chinese-Vase-c1879-watercolor-and-gouache-on-paper-New-Britain-Museum-of-American-Art-Connecticut.jpeg" width="303" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John La Farge<br /><b>Apple Blossom in Small Chinese Vase</b><br />ca. 1879<br />watercolor and gouache on paper<br /><i>New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZtRYZyWiIqNDZLmBdypFrQRKM-Mc6ybVkIUeW_pV3KELEffTikA2LTmtvvPoWUcLnKLrp4Kgrs4T41oAcKKy7-4aPmT5YMXdd3uqMolOtYh29p2eIy-kolYLvnJh1h8lBqCwH8OJDtbflNKtJQfO_ztWHW7x7L5KCUHmgUzL_AKZQIzWkI9xcg5aEz_w/s781/La-Farge-John-Autumn-Scattering-Leaves-c1900-watercolor-and-gouache-on-paper-New-Britain-Museum-of-American-Art-Connecticut.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZtRYZyWiIqNDZLmBdypFrQRKM-Mc6ybVkIUeW_pV3KELEffTikA2LTmtvvPoWUcLnKLrp4Kgrs4T41oAcKKy7-4aPmT5YMXdd3uqMolOtYh29p2eIy-kolYLvnJh1h8lBqCwH8OJDtbflNKtJQfO_ztWHW7x7L5KCUHmgUzL_AKZQIzWkI9xcg5aEz_w/w256-h400/La-Farge-John-Autumn-Scattering-Leaves-c1900-watercolor-and-gouache-on-paper-New-Britain-Museum-of-American-Art-Connecticut.jpeg" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John La Farge<br /><b>Autumn Scattering Leaves</b><br />ca. 1900<br />watercolor and gouache on paper<br /><i>New Britain Museum of American Art, <br />Connecticut</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0UFtYM80MmqZItYKa5IP_sDddEtk5u2mUO-dWEzMLaB3azqVvYVgymG8Kc4HSKHMa4A7bZMFfI3ATmrdqxaKNnzmgqyVcvpopEsoyPBPkjhvhn7Km3CP8dv2lTi-vdB1DUEgE71FtaVLGAF6aadmtr12wfpu_fMw0NNWfOv6rxyfSwBMWbyAFl8qHWax/s1024/La-Farge-John-Trompe-l'oeil-Curtain-window-1882-84-leaded-opalescent-glass-Newport-Art-Museum-Rhode-Island.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="705" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0UFtYM80MmqZItYKa5IP_sDddEtk5u2mUO-dWEzMLaB3azqVvYVgymG8Kc4HSKHMa4A7bZMFfI3ATmrdqxaKNnzmgqyVcvpopEsoyPBPkjhvhn7Km3CP8dv2lTi-vdB1DUEgE71FtaVLGAF6aadmtr12wfpu_fMw0NNWfOv6rxyfSwBMWbyAFl8qHWax/w275-h400/La-Farge-John-Trompe-l'oeil-Curtain-window-1882-84-leaded-opalescent-glass-Newport-Art-Museum-Rhode-Island.jpg" width="275" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John La Farge<br /><b>Window with Trompe-l'oeil Curtain</b><br />1882-84<br />leaded opalescent glass<br /><i>Newport Art Museum, Rhode Island</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVdLaO15IEC-LKe7kyWY_Gv8EtpDBi-VSAsc4cWnnk-yviYg0dlofeU8_f_4qMBdw8JxFLX5mojf12OLjgDzXYVO6_OiE2-vzu5a0ha1EP1LDaXJmMbwL_bvQgfSRKKyBRIzRnc3kxdQgie3daEgxC0fjnukRS7c_HBMjGUnuifnTzbrjGQ9WT4HhdkCJa/s560/L%C3%A9ger-Fernand-Composition-aux-Sujets-1930-oil-on-canvas-Los-Angeles-County-Museum-of-Art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="560" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVdLaO15IEC-LKe7kyWY_Gv8EtpDBi-VSAsc4cWnnk-yviYg0dlofeU8_f_4qMBdw8JxFLX5mojf12OLjgDzXYVO6_OiE2-vzu5a0ha1EP1LDaXJmMbwL_bvQgfSRKKyBRIzRnc3kxdQgie3daEgxC0fjnukRS7c_HBMjGUnuifnTzbrjGQ9WT4HhdkCJa/w400-h315/L%C3%A9ger-Fernand-Composition-aux-Sujets-1930-oil-on-canvas-Los-Angeles-County-Museum-of-Art.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fernand Léger<br /><b>Composition aux Sujets</b><br />1930<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Los Angeles County Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYoJrkyxanh0MdEXE96SHaVeUDp-c970MOrbvXb25CM3xjdzWTJBpg8rYPU-da42-3-uC2NLwrV_PJV5wGY634l7FdmDWFCxjYguv_rO6Ad2-kzapyGe3yC_UYip5cUVYo-lHaZQAJhvylbNALwQ_zu7scEncB7nnlQrgt18lAzPU8fYwyGtPLQfjixeVF/s800/L%C3%A9ger-Fernand-Illustration-to-Les-Illuminations-of-Rimbaud-1949-pochoir-A-Art-Gallery-of-Greater-Victoria-British-Columbia.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="588" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYoJrkyxanh0MdEXE96SHaVeUDp-c970MOrbvXb25CM3xjdzWTJBpg8rYPU-da42-3-uC2NLwrV_PJV5wGY634l7FdmDWFCxjYguv_rO6Ad2-kzapyGe3yC_UYip5cUVYo-lHaZQAJhvylbNALwQ_zu7scEncB7nnlQrgt18lAzPU8fYwyGtPLQfjixeVF/w294-h400/L%C3%A9ger-Fernand-Illustration-to-Les-Illuminations-of-Rimbaud-1949-pochoir-A-Art-Gallery-of-Greater-Victoria-British-Columbia.jpeg" width="294" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fernand Léger<br /><b>Illustration to <i>Les Illuminations</i> of Rimbaud</b><br />1949<br />pochoir<br /><i>Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilG_sxAb6vOjKrmkb7ppXH4EIa7pGPdRpE-F_xJG0cblFYRYQF5eurI9OQXen7mmAUEFI7lPYoHHu63EUqdaTr3qsWWNRLxlPa-AQykwy9960g_6Y1kxRjjbIEeEeVpkdtJvqcQE7kRPDUmEsnLUd07ORzc2Su9AMSu9lz5vUhiz9pFdF9ZwagFhoUMwsH/s800/L%C3%A9ger-Fernand-Illustration-to-Les-Illuminations-of-Rimbaud-1949-pochoir-B-Art-Gallery-of-Greater-Victoria-British-Columbia.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="592" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilG_sxAb6vOjKrmkb7ppXH4EIa7pGPdRpE-F_xJG0cblFYRYQF5eurI9OQXen7mmAUEFI7lPYoHHu63EUqdaTr3qsWWNRLxlPa-AQykwy9960g_6Y1kxRjjbIEeEeVpkdtJvqcQE7kRPDUmEsnLUd07ORzc2Su9AMSu9lz5vUhiz9pFdF9ZwagFhoUMwsH/w296-h400/L%C3%A9ger-Fernand-Illustration-to-Les-Illuminations-of-Rimbaud-1949-pochoir-B-Art-Gallery-of-Greater-Victoria-British-Columbia.jpeg" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fernand Léger<br /><b>Illustration to <i>Les Illuminations</i> of Rimbaud</b><br />1949<br />pochoir<br /><i>Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgONEVofYIQkBw3MYksCXUJ_9c9qO6qIcrYtmZFrNKq8Ymc1OfqT9sod65tkPpln4TZ810yVDJe8-ks_jnXfgPPc_faoJY5I5hSHKp2bMdsmzcrPbPj6osVdhniU0SrbJU2LFlVsz8WqX0F2Oa-EEKCrtYyvsIJsUFAha_pycLz-Fef-0yeDS5N7XVoBR6c/s1441/L%C3%A9ger-Fernand-Marie-the-Acrobat-1948-lithograph-San-Diego-Museum-of-Art.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1441" data-original-width="1126" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgONEVofYIQkBw3MYksCXUJ_9c9qO6qIcrYtmZFrNKq8Ymc1OfqT9sod65tkPpln4TZ810yVDJe8-ks_jnXfgPPc_faoJY5I5hSHKp2bMdsmzcrPbPj6osVdhniU0SrbJU2LFlVsz8WqX0F2Oa-EEKCrtYyvsIJsUFAha_pycLz-Fef-0yeDS5N7XVoBR6c/w313-h400/L%C3%A9ger-Fernand-Marie-the-Acrobat-1948-lithograph-San-Diego-Museum-of-Art.jpeg" width="313" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fernand Léger<br /><b>Marie the Acrobat</b><br />1948<br />lithograph<br /><i>San Diego Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmhnOIoV9VC5uMqBvQAFEHg2vqHcaViNdm9q3NVJJ-g3Ht_Cm-dnqGDCsPvros7K-usSbtQbrZHjh6pHSz_8tH2INS2DY4Pi_kzvV3B2aBMpWVX7Plr3h8Yi4EwoiMtkdUrySrpvexE_oybYrj-vzoiOjjGmyuiFAfzmh6Br87dbAyruSEZMdQMTLL6Ve/s774/Lichtenstein-Roy-Cold-Shoulder-1963-oil-and-magna-on-canvas-Los-Angeles-County-Museum-of-Art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="543" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmhnOIoV9VC5uMqBvQAFEHg2vqHcaViNdm9q3NVJJ-g3Ht_Cm-dnqGDCsPvros7K-usSbtQbrZHjh6pHSz_8tH2INS2DY4Pi_kzvV3B2aBMpWVX7Plr3h8Yi4EwoiMtkdUrySrpvexE_oybYrj-vzoiOjjGmyuiFAfzmh6Br87dbAyruSEZMdQMTLL6Ve/w280-h400/Lichtenstein-Roy-Cold-Shoulder-1963-oil-and-magna-on-canvas-Los-Angeles-County-Museum-of-Art.jpg" width="280" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roy Lichtenstein<br /><b>Cold Shoulder</b><br />1963<br />oil and magna on canvas<br /><i>Los Angeles County Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcXUsS9F_PyWkMjBqALr1ygNT4sBnb8Te06RtJFvofwXxxsiwBTFCIsfdJ3ZgbWmQKkjcx1IHw9yjYXTZDLCHnuXgIg71Kmfn2LCCytIs6TIHVYGEXzC3upXC-ys_m5uWcM8dU7Ii52c3wD-l8p3UfyxMwRQ19ApfzL7x0-qTfr9eYJTK2X4H1qxNLx3L/s900/Lichtenstein-Roy-Figures-1978-lithograph-Wichita-Art-Museum-Kansas.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="900" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcXUsS9F_PyWkMjBqALr1ygNT4sBnb8Te06RtJFvofwXxxsiwBTFCIsfdJ3ZgbWmQKkjcx1IHw9yjYXTZDLCHnuXgIg71Kmfn2LCCytIs6TIHVYGEXzC3upXC-ys_m5uWcM8dU7Ii52c3wD-l8p3UfyxMwRQ19ApfzL7x0-qTfr9eYJTK2X4H1qxNLx3L/w400-h295/Lichtenstein-Roy-Figures-1978-lithograph-Wichita-Art-Museum-Kansas.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roy Lichtenstein<br /><b>Figures</b><br />1978<br />lithograph<br /><i>Wichita Art Museum, Kansas</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_tNsy_xPSgQU_z686_r7OnuocJCuoz-uwOPbgv38M_LUGQ1ojfMNb_v7jl8hcsBGFqib-4r_oqm6hnVMOPoN-o1C2zOz-5QRQ1qV48Z2g0taV5AR_h9635j3hx3W-Y0c3pjzaRCLwqUdwgYNlKrRdB8Rz_ruaIwLzSoDFMOLp-oUh2u0TKNu5EKdrf2_/s1209/Lichtenstein-Roy-Guggenheim-Poster-1969-screenprint-North-Carolina-Museum-of-Art-Raleigh.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1209" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_tNsy_xPSgQU_z686_r7OnuocJCuoz-uwOPbgv38M_LUGQ1ojfMNb_v7jl8hcsBGFqib-4r_oqm6hnVMOPoN-o1C2zOz-5QRQ1qV48Z2g0taV5AR_h9635j3hx3W-Y0c3pjzaRCLwqUdwgYNlKrRdB8Rz_ruaIwLzSoDFMOLp-oUh2u0TKNu5EKdrf2_/w400-h398/Lichtenstein-Roy-Guggenheim-Poster-1969-screenprint-North-Carolina-Museum-of-Art-Raleigh.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roy Lichtenstein<br /><b>Guggenheim Poster</b><br />1969<br />screenprint<br /><i>North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmFhWrsJiiVVWMJU8yVS_fs7Z3h2e1zMDVx2f3PuNGDZYaQgPi_4cxWeuBMYuIrFWEYXYFsaxYTerEcDzQ6_6RACImIK9sD-aTYe5grlXWt7uTJSZn2wHGEtZJLXGMaxOJH7kwFfoowd7FMIeUKYnDvm6RYMt3Af1Pj5JEqxeq0d22HcNhYd-WufW-3k0/s843/Lichtenstein-Roy-Landscape-1967-screenprint-combined-with-C-print-Art-Institute-of-Chicago.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="843" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmFhWrsJiiVVWMJU8yVS_fs7Z3h2e1zMDVx2f3PuNGDZYaQgPi_4cxWeuBMYuIrFWEYXYFsaxYTerEcDzQ6_6RACImIK9sD-aTYe5grlXWt7uTJSZn2wHGEtZJLXGMaxOJH7kwFfoowd7FMIeUKYnDvm6RYMt3Af1Pj5JEqxeq0d22HcNhYd-WufW-3k0/w400-h318/Lichtenstein-Roy-Landscape-1967-screenprint-combined-with-C-print-Art-Institute-of-Chicago.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roy Lichtenstein<br /><b>Landscape</b><br />1967<br />screenprint combined with C-print<br /><i>Art Institute of Chicago</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>from</i> Part Three of <b>The Age of Anxiety</b><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b> </b>Now they arrive, two and two, east and west, at the hermetic gardens and the sixth stage of their journey is completed. They gaze about them entranced at the massive mildness of these survivals from an age of cypresses and cisterns.</div><div><br /></div><div>Rosetta says:<br /> How tempting to trespass in these Italian gardens<br /> With their smirk ouches and sweet-smelling borders,<br /> To lean on the low<br /> Parapet of some pursive fountain<br /> And drowse through the unctuous day.<br /><br />Emble says:<br /> There are special perspectives for speculation,<br /> Random rose-walks, and rustic bridges<br /> Over near canals;</div><div> A miniature railroad with mossy halts<br /> Wambles through wanton groves.<br /><br />Quant says:<br /> Yet this is a theater where thought becomes act<br /> And beside a sundial, in the silent umbrage<br /> Of some dark daedal,<br /> The ruined rebel is recreated<br /> And chooses a chosen self.<br /> <br /> From lawns and relievos the leisure makes<br /> Its uncomfortable claim and, caught off guard,<br /> His hardened heart<br /> Consents to suffer, and the sudden instant<br /> Touches his time at last.<br /><br />Malin says:<br /> Tense on the parterre, he takes the hero's<br /> Leap into love; then, unlatching the wicket<br /> Gate he goes:</div><div> The plains of his triumph appear empty,<br /> But now among their motionless<br /><br /> Avenues and urns with extra élan<br /> Faster revolves the invisible corps<br /> Of pirouetting angels,<br /> And a chronic chorus of cascades and birds<br /> Cuts loose in a wild cabaletta.<p>– W.H. Auden (1944-46)</p></div>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-19110837520977714822024-03-26T12:00:00.097-07:002024-03-26T12:00:00.130-07:00Medallion Heads<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOGkmaV5rK_S9RXxcVRDyVIWYeiRJ9Dn6l3AHUgW0ciQDYUrJpoCjWuHCHV7_sSmKw2MD_QzJfEKvJMyQtmqVpKRon3zUGYKMiufh9NgUDnbgsJxmcSa6yf2UIqX68yzg0Wux4GiPgAVgFyztt_AdBW0qXuhr9vbKsDsQ2Zt2_T40BLRE07MoVbxlgow=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOGkmaV5rK_S9RXxcVRDyVIWYeiRJ9Dn6l3AHUgW0ciQDYUrJpoCjWuHCHV7_sSmKw2MD_QzJfEKvJMyQtmqVpKRon3zUGYKMiufh9NgUDnbgsJxmcSa6yf2UIqX68yzg0Wux4GiPgAVgFyztt_AdBW0qXuhr9vbKsDsQ2Zt2_T40BLRE07MoVbxlgow=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pisanello<br /><b>Head with Three Infantile Faces</b><br />ca. 1440-1444<br />bronze medallion<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyviYukRz25bQLTUCtarPmbclYyiuFZmsE7C-3p0v-uRis8cNIiVQdKwhVbkJyR1iFxgbiH4971D91PsjvNFhYuHUR18rnL8VFCFsLAv2_hSNZHxkIjxkBOdKpTkK5nhkL7n1llawZefpfUgGwj3j9scq3bqsKU9C1QVTOmgQuwNNfkVa_Q_j4GX6aUA=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyviYukRz25bQLTUCtarPmbclYyiuFZmsE7C-3p0v-uRis8cNIiVQdKwhVbkJyR1iFxgbiH4971D91PsjvNFhYuHUR18rnL8VFCFsLAv2_hSNZHxkIjxkBOdKpTkK5nhkL7n1llawZefpfUgGwj3j9scq3bqsKU9C1QVTOmgQuwNNfkVa_Q_j4GX6aUA=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matteo de' Pasti<br /><b>Head of Sigismondo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini & Fano</b><br />1447<br />bronze medallion<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwnDB9sWEHSJle6GRIPnXpVlxiY7ikpNhX-5lg4JwYkSpgtgoJ8y46OfuMO9UrqfjPxk5NKvPIzh9rTz79viOirmuq3qIWr9PcSSonLzVLBjiZgLNrHWg2_WhVn_ox5XNzyOxk_ak8uN_b-_FHvbSXbg4XYbx1xAsEuJ7Ez1bZzCB9uaLUvm46d80OKw=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwnDB9sWEHSJle6GRIPnXpVlxiY7ikpNhX-5lg4JwYkSpgtgoJ8y46OfuMO9UrqfjPxk5NKvPIzh9rTz79viOirmuq3qIWr9PcSSonLzVLBjiZgLNrHWg2_WhVn_ox5XNzyOxk_ak8uN_b-_FHvbSXbg4XYbx1xAsEuJ7Ez1bZzCB9uaLUvm46d80OKw=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Filarete (Antonio di Pietro Averlino)<br /><b>Head of Marcus Croto</b><br />before 1469<br />bronze medallion<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1LB5qUF8B9HQD7F4-dUByXJLTpOHhFe9V9CS0A3WvMtsy8tN91stJbsyRxqaNdcW5ACeZeS1MWZaEksIwCsQAJWv-SE7b-2W6qDNrbDpEp6_Wm1mo80vNmZrPi67gXSBI0TiEyI23c9V0wYDzmqD0-xE9pAYm0yg3fOevg6-pti4Tif6hv5Jl8Bkgkg=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1476" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1LB5qUF8B9HQD7F4-dUByXJLTpOHhFe9V9CS0A3WvMtsy8tN91stJbsyRxqaNdcW5ACeZeS1MWZaEksIwCsQAJWv-SE7b-2W6qDNrbDpEp6_Wm1mo80vNmZrPi67gXSBI0TiEyI23c9V0wYDzmqD0-xE9pAYm0yg3fOevg6-pti4Tif6hv5Jl8Bkgkg=s320" width="315" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vittore Gambello<br /><b>Self Portrait as Emperor Augustus</b><br />ca. 1510-30<br />bronze medallion<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixZWDe-8N_Remj0KormbU8PwxBlQUC3cDLqN439XAKDoitiF67FtVLBPJOOD0NgJhCQ7vECdNCfa_GC7ISYmSG71qRun4_WJ9mC2c3KMy6hqorFqdQlxxXMRzCu2Z9BMeHyI4-ziqnsPqRyi6xTaxJ33SjM7ns90aLgUFCf36Sm_EJ60SOCzSoqEfR4A=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixZWDe-8N_Remj0KormbU8PwxBlQUC3cDLqN439XAKDoitiF67FtVLBPJOOD0NgJhCQ7vECdNCfa_GC7ISYmSG71qRun4_WJ9mC2c3KMy6hqorFqdQlxxXMRzCu2Z9BMeHyI4-ziqnsPqRyi6xTaxJ33SjM7ns90aLgUFCf36Sm_EJ60SOCzSoqEfR4A=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anonymous Italian Artist<br /><b>Head of Giuliano II de' Medici, duc de Nemours</b><br />1513<br />bronze medallion<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidGbK-_aC9SmIlHivKK3E0KWHXBFj_3iStGaU8iAGgtEnUwVYyXwcdp-WusIpNoTtDcDl4vGojtcyQZs3282H1Z5AzeSP0V83yZFEJ-fl0nXn4Mbu0oqazfwNUOP6JMiMKjrc4hReSisy94yIwV6T_mOG1JxLsFz2RUdf-N2WcWAE1dTUC7Y5hXt7zhw=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1495" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidGbK-_aC9SmIlHivKK3E0KWHXBFj_3iStGaU8iAGgtEnUwVYyXwcdp-WusIpNoTtDcDl4vGojtcyQZs3282H1Z5AzeSP0V83yZFEJ-fl0nXn4Mbu0oqazfwNUOP6JMiMKjrc4hReSisy94yIwV6T_mOG1JxLsFz2RUdf-N2WcWAE1dTUC7Y5hXt7zhw=s320" width="319" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Domenico di Polo de' Vetri<br /><b>Head of Alessandro de' Medici, 1st Duke of Florence</b><br />1532<br />bronze medallion<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigJVISln0_nBz6DD6hFtM0XL5cAuUz8fu6x9AJLGKWyvMZVP1tEcQUzKkJK561q3EoVPV57hNhl4oBz09gCUUkmW3mCXXuvvvkuLKDRWAEGahuxXy9ZttAXpZqEk41BGTa82MMBjygNabI8EN8IR_LeUiLrkm0Md5GXEGQa7nVYAdhVub4fv3Qv4MhpA=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigJVISln0_nBz6DD6hFtM0XL5cAuUz8fu6x9AJLGKWyvMZVP1tEcQUzKkJK561q3EoVPV57hNhl4oBz09gCUUkmW3mCXXuvvvkuLKDRWAEGahuxXy9ZttAXpZqEk41BGTa82MMBjygNabI8EN8IR_LeUiLrkm0Md5GXEGQa7nVYAdhVub4fv3Qv4MhpA=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giovanni da Cavino<br /><b>Head of Arethusa</b><br />ca. 1550<br />bronze medallion<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuli1Xcslfwy76awoaY6rSugPshWNitOwY6a2WgBBShvK1viAzmL2HXSFoMZbkEjtEWGqCrw4Qzm8bbwJpzMwN4ybFynov8XXOt8Ej1pkWlsAyvrmMAjDZqByUBP5VxkQsCXCpU7ec3GioMEYXn5n_9lV44xRDRGO7eoEb0BsHY3U3oK1kq6Aj8I2NsA=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuli1Xcslfwy76awoaY6rSugPshWNitOwY6a2WgBBShvK1viAzmL2HXSFoMZbkEjtEWGqCrw4Qzm8bbwJpzMwN4ybFynov8XXOt8Ej1pkWlsAyvrmMAjDZqByUBP5VxkQsCXCpU7ec3GioMEYXn5n_9lV44xRDRGO7eoEb0BsHY3U3oK1kq6Aj8I2NsA=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pierre Régnier<br /><b>Head of Louis XIII, King of France</b><br />1624<br />gilt-bronze medallion<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJpnuIJTRpcmAzeXt0kP6NvlomOxvYhcOEIPAEhdCJLP91rmRpoTqr5BUzcBORf7aeCEEBL6nQTETAuwnLbi_RhiYYGnX60LS2AaZAJScAjd-65eFb_AN2Ml044Copf5HGUu_b1BlrbXM-Efdm1IwTgveViUStBEm_0dTculMglxcfBk7ykW-NKsKs2g=s1013" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="982" data-original-width="1013" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJpnuIJTRpcmAzeXt0kP6NvlomOxvYhcOEIPAEhdCJLP91rmRpoTqr5BUzcBORf7aeCEEBL6nQTETAuwnLbi_RhiYYGnX60LS2AaZAJScAjd-65eFb_AN2Ml044Copf5HGUu_b1BlrbXM-Efdm1IwTgveViUStBEm_0dTculMglxcfBk7ykW-NKsKs2g=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thomas and Abraham Simon<br /><b>Head of General Monk</b><br />1660<br />gold medallion<br />(struck at the Restoration of King Charles II)<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1AXw2u5-jc3T8x3F41fr7ghCd08KADICKfZFt9-c76uxW03ePh8CoQtKVzlUw_OihdPyj_Z0tLsSG4YHqp-HpoeqJv8g7Oq31dnG04Ty_rRUQ_LDBiI7AQnditj5XnDcWI5-lExT0oKMOcF_IplqkobBPhhV-OSvt7W7Gf2Ew-mmCW5XL2z1bMgIi-Q=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1AXw2u5-jc3T8x3F41fr7ghCd08KADICKfZFt9-c76uxW03ePh8CoQtKVzlUw_OihdPyj_Z0tLsSG4YHqp-HpoeqJv8g7Oq31dnG04Ty_rRUQ_LDBiI7AQnditj5XnDcWI5-lExT0oKMOcF_IplqkobBPhhV-OSvt7W7Gf2Ew-mmCW5XL2z1bMgIi-Q=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giovanni Martino Hamerani<br /><b>Head of Christina, Queen of Sweden</b><br />1680<br />bronze medallion<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhv4cGcnQ2qFO83JhrdJPfzdcJzbk1CU5xaQpc5vEy0IqkH3AoaAsr8kMeBE9SOnQbFReHU9hzB2CywYACV4GmSgGHtBdfqUtzUJUqrtv-zf0iJQM9L7Y8q5NCmYJQ8ulAlqysI4-c4AFJR-nskIPedDN7SWZsUEWRelOZ7JZ2TrHL7iIjwDTMlPpZUyw=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhv4cGcnQ2qFO83JhrdJPfzdcJzbk1CU5xaQpc5vEy0IqkH3AoaAsr8kMeBE9SOnQbFReHU9hzB2CywYACV4GmSgGHtBdfqUtzUJUqrtv-zf0iJQM9L7Y8q5NCmYJQ8ulAlqysI4-c4AFJR-nskIPedDN7SWZsUEWRelOZ7JZ2TrHL7iIjwDTMlPpZUyw=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jean Mauger<br /><b>Head of Louis XIV, King of France</b><br />ca. 1713<br />bronze medallion<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjq15iCxVgYzNRfZbs6WcTTo1zGIRH0nMMs3q_ZS9tNgF1HlNxe5Q1NAmUikjkAYe4ljObzsrnj9yFSm8KGxiHJ98egEngFOq_kj5pXowm2qf5bsl2RVxy3lxi-Y1jVvICs80xvpoXsGhuelY33C9sCWx0w5fusXaJ_gbc4Qv5DSuItrXqrJVj4UYokuQ=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjq15iCxVgYzNRfZbs6WcTTo1zGIRH0nMMs3q_ZS9tNgF1HlNxe5Q1NAmUikjkAYe4ljObzsrnj9yFSm8KGxiHJ98egEngFOq_kj5pXowm2qf5bsl2RVxy3lxi-Y1jVvICs80xvpoXsGhuelY33C9sCWx0w5fusXaJ_gbc4Qv5DSuItrXqrJVj4UYokuQ=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stefano Passamonti<br /><b>Head of sculptor Antonio Canova</b><br />1816<br />lead medallion<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7vDjEClc-M2sgRfToOBi-Jb1pRdQRARsWU8lX--NtQHBsmBJv3ZnhcpvNchPLFE8Q7i5wDn9Ouqb7eesKGaJt2yR3hcqByR9Clx2pR-5QXNy6rrlP8pZvvxAClvFPOPgdOT4_e9Dk6NrQfTfQLFJ5iYYDgFjGYpSmWlO69qvdmZfHDjBe-OiywN_qlg=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7vDjEClc-M2sgRfToOBi-Jb1pRdQRARsWU8lX--NtQHBsmBJv3ZnhcpvNchPLFE8Q7i5wDn9Ouqb7eesKGaJt2yR3hcqByR9Clx2pR-5QXNy6rrlP8pZvvxAClvFPOPgdOT4_e9Dk6NrQfTfQLFJ5iYYDgFjGYpSmWlO69qvdmZfHDjBe-OiywN_qlg=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">André Galle<br /><b>Head of painter Jacques-Louis David</b><br />1820<br />bronze medallion<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwvlYhY2rpGMbrDUl1Pyso5SPN_xOZr877byOwY6V3mS5UXkAk3u1Xxstq2VPJEJ5w66L63iTKaYdEXKmkCsJht1laPMjElF8rOvh2OAdiBGEb-YQRRs0QrbdTS1i5ANg-S1CtdvUl1aTIJyLb5rN7Ai7OQtvPNVvCo2zMrXWcaRVmriz2RelpNmfS5w=s1400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwvlYhY2rpGMbrDUl1Pyso5SPN_xOZr877byOwY6V3mS5UXkAk3u1Xxstq2VPJEJ5w66L63iTKaYdEXKmkCsJht1laPMjElF8rOvh2OAdiBGEb-YQRRs0QrbdTS1i5ANg-S1CtdvUl1aTIJyLb5rN7Ai7OQtvPNVvCo2zMrXWcaRVmriz2RelpNmfS5w=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jules-Clément Chaplain<br /><b>Personification of France</b><br />(commemorating the Exposition Universelle, Paris)<br />1900<br />bronze medallion<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpYKmX7_YuDwIxOI1FwQTZuMQWnnGWLSncN8UVL3up1FoC_QMlyGprQHVAFRZgS0kzBM49XCCrB1VykbkbEcgWQtJCXwvAOCcPUGusf8TJrN4j0YKBdc2L8NURgod096k3SdUurJCvtad_Sg01rTBXxtY07gHGS2CGt3hI45Ed5da5ruw7A59nK19bhw=s1272" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="1245" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpYKmX7_YuDwIxOI1FwQTZuMQWnnGWLSncN8UVL3up1FoC_QMlyGprQHVAFRZgS0kzBM49XCCrB1VykbkbEcgWQtJCXwvAOCcPUGusf8TJrN4j0YKBdc2L8NURgod096k3SdUurJCvtad_Sg01rTBXxtY07gHGS2CGt3hI45Ed5da5ruw7A59nK19bhw=s320" width="313" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maurice Delannoy<br /><b>Genius of Theatre</b><br />1930<br />bronze medallion<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-7H3R3yFBuQwWkZaQfiiJnRTSIA-5N5f1C3wrCqa0T7RWBkKKbLK7qdaKOCN9z7-hBrA8rMfZGmR5XQyzQ9locPx2umlsbBTJVMWqqmVtKQ0Q4JrmOyBkv4hlt3PSLS_IZdbyUN92Qlz8m3bVez_iF2v38PMXBnCaD2ZnRkuA8rua186WDEcsOuSu9Q=s1121" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1121" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-7H3R3yFBuQwWkZaQfiiJnRTSIA-5N5f1C3wrCqa0T7RWBkKKbLK7qdaKOCN9z7-hBrA8rMfZGmR5XQyzQ9locPx2umlsbBTJVMWqqmVtKQ0Q4JrmOyBkv4hlt3PSLS_IZdbyUN92Qlz8m3bVez_iF2v38PMXBnCaD2ZnRkuA8rua186WDEcsOuSu9Q=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anonymous Italian Artist<br /><b>Head of Minerva</b><br />1932<br />gold medallion<br /><i>Philadelphia Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>The Final Morbidity of the Interior Embezzler</b><div><br /></div><div> <i>It may seem morbid of an embezzler to keep a memorandum, yet</i></div><div><i> many of them do. It may be mere neatness.</i></div><div><i> – Wallace Stevens, "Surety and Fidelity Claims"</i></div><div><br /></div><div>I've made a little sluice-gate in the flow</div><div>of cash across the spreadsheet on my screen.</div><div>Amid torrential chaos and foreseen</div><div>disasters it maintains its small and slow</div><div>on-off diversions, so my work can show</div><div>the delicacy of difference between</div><div>the beans I count and one uncounted bean,</div><div>and where the latter might invisibly go.</div><div><br /></div><div>The hollowed shoe-tree, the hermetic jar</div><div>are gadgetry I might revert to yet. </div><div>There is the money of the thing, the far</div><div>secure retirement years, the deep-hedged bet,</div><div>but I love working where the unknowns are,</div><div>and writing down what I need to forget. </div><div><br /></div><div>– Henry Taylor (2002)</div><div><p></p></div>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-88562384495758004652024-03-26T00:00:00.000-07:002024-03-26T00:00:00.140-07:00Kurelek - Jawlensky - Kandinsky - Legros<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBKDm3IfxP3Zt5WrkO94bYNGe6SpWoIVXev_DBnu3fhTv46l4QNdPjWIbYH2eZX4X8CuUOps65wauQgUpbP-XCFOZD4Q2UG2l3JYe6MwDdDAMUJBfBr_PHHV8PRaOb2T_HUHAEegMG_tpI5nWauZSNr9hIiRvKFryo_gJsmd1KQsJdBbTaJI2Q8y4ljobj/s800/Kurelek-William-Lumberjacks'-Breakfast-1973-mixed-media-on-panel-Art-Gallery-of-Greater-Victoria-British-Columbia.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="800" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBKDm3IfxP3Zt5WrkO94bYNGe6SpWoIVXev_DBnu3fhTv46l4QNdPjWIbYH2eZX4X8CuUOps65wauQgUpbP-XCFOZD4Q2UG2l3JYe6MwDdDAMUJBfBr_PHHV8PRaOb2T_HUHAEegMG_tpI5nWauZSNr9hIiRvKFryo_gJsmd1KQsJdBbTaJI2Q8y4ljobj/w400-h290/Kurelek-William-Lumberjacks'-Breakfast-1973-mixed-media-on-panel-Art-Gallery-of-Greater-Victoria-British-Columbia.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William Kurelek<br /><b>Lumberjacks' Breakfast</b><br />1973<br />mixed media on panel<br /><i>Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtDBVxky-mekusKTfhyphenhyphenV6ai3P-N-8JyMcnf2tXBx9OuALuWq_y2AMgKMZOxTHzVkKfou3EWvWwPSHgwMRR5r_G9-K45BOD8hWiJdW0kh5a4bzaQjia-MK-J28AZOxjZ9p9Q43Am5U8bF-7MrxGH5rcDFSLsd9-yKeNFuoBxQyMNhc9MNJc4xCO1bJYo0H/s1500/Kurelek-William-Lumberjacks'-Breakfast-1974-mixed-media-on-panel-Art-Gallery-of-Ontario-Toronto.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtDBVxky-mekusKTfhyphenhyphenV6ai3P-N-8JyMcnf2tXBx9OuALuWq_y2AMgKMZOxTHzVkKfou3EWvWwPSHgwMRR5r_G9-K45BOD8hWiJdW0kh5a4bzaQjia-MK-J28AZOxjZ9p9Q43Am5U8bF-7MrxGH5rcDFSLsd9-yKeNFuoBxQyMNhc9MNJc4xCO1bJYo0H/w286-h640/Kurelek-William-Lumberjacks'-Breakfast-1974-mixed-media-on-panel-Art-Gallery-of-Ontario-Toronto.jpg" width="286" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William Kurelek<br /><b>Lumberjacks' Breakfast</b><br />1974<br />mixed media on panel<br /><i>Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vbUIxNTmBcV3jDuF0DX5toW5FrKvxFm46c6ClPq2RE-3ZFwe194ie_Irtfk8X20-GUJBDX5QxzRgyE_N8qJ5Z4VnFmXcuBTRkX2tAKbT0jgR7IhwlJYhl0y1sCpaCCF13F_mxowRebeaARSkZfJfLUDzpsF-AHSkSV485qc2h0FWF3NWgx01GBV3KTa_/s915/Kurelek-William-The-Bachelor-1955-mixed-media-on-panel-Art-Gallery-of-Ontario-Toronto.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="680" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vbUIxNTmBcV3jDuF0DX5toW5FrKvxFm46c6ClPq2RE-3ZFwe194ie_Irtfk8X20-GUJBDX5QxzRgyE_N8qJ5Z4VnFmXcuBTRkX2tAKbT0jgR7IhwlJYhl0y1sCpaCCF13F_mxowRebeaARSkZfJfLUDzpsF-AHSkSV485qc2h0FWF3NWgx01GBV3KTa_/w477-h640/Kurelek-William-The-Bachelor-1955-mixed-media-on-panel-Art-Gallery-of-Ontario-Toronto.jpg" width="477" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William Kurelek<br /><b>The Bachelor</b><br />1955<br />mixed media on panel<br /><i>Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UuHch-A6wEeV7IVErB-zbEA7gdmiSIKCiGJP3gDs_5CUB2O6iWtEU6DEdDaPw1U41iT8HXgndLY7WYQOjEBNtfEAKJYZZTWA2S2vvPUQo54PKRLXekdTZtU8KJ92U0xNmBTn5CgmiR7fSOfSLkGLuyRY6HMaWvg5QB-u_KWWLokXakdrqQsUab0xJKjR/s600/Kurelek-William-Then-He-Permitted-Him-(Baptism-of-Christ)-1977-mixed-media-on-panel-Museum-London-Ontario.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UuHch-A6wEeV7IVErB-zbEA7gdmiSIKCiGJP3gDs_5CUB2O6iWtEU6DEdDaPw1U41iT8HXgndLY7WYQOjEBNtfEAKJYZZTWA2S2vvPUQo54PKRLXekdTZtU8KJ92U0xNmBTn5CgmiR7fSOfSLkGLuyRY6HMaWvg5QB-u_KWWLokXakdrqQsUab0xJKjR/w400-h400/Kurelek-William-Then-He-Permitted-Him-(Baptism-of-Christ)-1977-mixed-media-on-panel-Museum-London-Ontario.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William Kurelek<br /><b>Then He Permitted Him</b><br />(Baptism of Christ)<br />1977<br />mixed media on panel<br /><i>Museum London, Ontario</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirLv1MjIqgs-6UU2Ou8fNMCP4UrXoB1kJOaQhx8YYe59eezOLlWRXSBZ7hQmhRDHrk_DzLEYl5dNF4J_NVnxGPlKXm9U7GAQnaIefG_NLgzXpgL2Vj67f_zY-3KR3KKDLigLSryN1zW62HZhyphenhyphenlQsaR3bQujj-JDaC0VqhG-m3o4q49X5zYEesbsRp8MmR8/s1200/Jawlensky-Alexei-Coast-at-Carantec-1905-1906-oil-on-board-Pinakothek-der-Moderne-Munich.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="1200" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirLv1MjIqgs-6UU2Ou8fNMCP4UrXoB1kJOaQhx8YYe59eezOLlWRXSBZ7hQmhRDHrk_DzLEYl5dNF4J_NVnxGPlKXm9U7GAQnaIefG_NLgzXpgL2Vj67f_zY-3KR3KKDLigLSryN1zW62HZhyphenhyphenlQsaR3bQujj-JDaC0VqhG-m3o4q49X5zYEesbsRp8MmR8/w400-h380/Jawlensky-Alexei-Coast-at-Carantec-1905-1906-oil-on-board-Pinakothek-der-Moderne-Munich.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alexei Jawlensky<br /><b>Coast at Carantec</b><br />1905-1906<br />oil on board<br /><i>Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzT0pRaj3JXiABd0U7QoP_ZPn-SehJ_hyZM_8SGqRoSlAy2hR-o8XCfPq3rUT8aKJJhkBhvJQ-9mqNkiaVU3xQb7G8xl3zv1JUBZZJJzGCCJlI6wfNIzV6hJ12pwjunMrD1D_0fgIcYfJ0_Usog7kiidom2B-4a_nwVHRIuHuUfuEoW42wu7yWJo2_mEJ/s668/Jawlensky-Alexei-Lago-Maggiore-c1918-oil-on-paper-Norton-Simon-Museum-Pasadena-California.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="668" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzT0pRaj3JXiABd0U7QoP_ZPn-SehJ_hyZM_8SGqRoSlAy2hR-o8XCfPq3rUT8aKJJhkBhvJQ-9mqNkiaVU3xQb7G8xl3zv1JUBZZJJzGCCJlI6wfNIzV6hJ12pwjunMrD1D_0fgIcYfJ0_Usog7kiidom2B-4a_nwVHRIuHuUfuEoW42wu7yWJo2_mEJ/w400-h280/Jawlensky-Alexei-Lago-Maggiore-c1918-oil-on-paper-Norton-Simon-Museum-Pasadena-California.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alexei Jawlensky<br /><b>Lago Maggiore</b><br />ca. 1918<br />oil on paper<br /><i>Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPctQM91UY-4_WFHkk46kzH-CGiaKVWJq0SyfXS0cNsBSZf9Vw1rJhxoygDffYJjfyshwuZn3oi29KUiJCdGG1S6lYh-t9cNooAgy77QyACLp4Sv_EErQ2vi4dSEvEWpsLh5zoaLXdof5a1TjhNiPLgA2Z13OUm1Ey0BFYM8IE58UiFym4F8-GhiSpKBa2/s706/Jawlensky-Alexei-Small-Abstract-Head-1929-watercolor-and-ink-on-paper-Norton-Simon-Museum-Pasadena-California.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="668" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPctQM91UY-4_WFHkk46kzH-CGiaKVWJq0SyfXS0cNsBSZf9Vw1rJhxoygDffYJjfyshwuZn3oi29KUiJCdGG1S6lYh-t9cNooAgy77QyACLp4Sv_EErQ2vi4dSEvEWpsLh5zoaLXdof5a1TjhNiPLgA2Z13OUm1Ey0BFYM8IE58UiFym4F8-GhiSpKBa2/w379-h400/Jawlensky-Alexei-Small-Abstract-Head-1929-watercolor-and-ink-on-paper-Norton-Simon-Museum-Pasadena-California.jpg" width="379" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alexei Jawlensky<br /><b>Small Abstract Head</b><br />1929<br />watercolor and ink on paper<br /><i>Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGhVuEtV9H6E_EYPdUqPavpgOgWdWsb3Y4GNAmY9BDTs2ge9B7kM-dhZ7GS2ziuLCKNLuvmA4jKyVDVtQoQs7kM00EMpre47KLxVEcFqHfxVqhHkXVQc2bgZGgbb4dfrlNpsVpQf9_PMiPisPOsPzpmm6_uD4KuBaMzElI2fngfbvGSBdKdMVFRfiB-PRh/s1290/Jawlensky-Alexei-Still-Life-c1906-oil-on-board-North-Carolina-Museum-of-Art-Raleigh.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="943" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGhVuEtV9H6E_EYPdUqPavpgOgWdWsb3Y4GNAmY9BDTs2ge9B7kM-dhZ7GS2ziuLCKNLuvmA4jKyVDVtQoQs7kM00EMpre47KLxVEcFqHfxVqhHkXVQc2bgZGgbb4dfrlNpsVpQf9_PMiPisPOsPzpmm6_uD4KuBaMzElI2fngfbvGSBdKdMVFRfiB-PRh/w293-h400/Jawlensky-Alexei-Still-Life-c1906-oil-on-board-North-Carolina-Museum-of-Art-Raleigh.jpg" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alexei Jawlensky<br /><b>Still Life</b><br />ca. 1906<br />oil on board<br /><i>North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIP5X4lY8WZng9guPoi7psUl9yvWbEVeF20lsxXEE9717nKR2iCeqhzb2ZNNjlZk3jNEC1FPqNxoYM92PCLorcunTaHkXmbdZAxI7kccoTuGfuB_xrWh2KS_datoccHLZHXNSGCOz8FUNiAjZygJNEFtieJX2n7URdSb6VvtQCCvPR8AfrFFB0AHLwa45i/s673/Kandinsky-Wassily-Open-Green-1923-oil-on-canvas-Norton-Simon-Museum-Pasadena-California.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="668" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIP5X4lY8WZng9guPoi7psUl9yvWbEVeF20lsxXEE9717nKR2iCeqhzb2ZNNjlZk3jNEC1FPqNxoYM92PCLorcunTaHkXmbdZAxI7kccoTuGfuB_xrWh2KS_datoccHLZHXNSGCOz8FUNiAjZygJNEFtieJX2n7URdSb6VvtQCCvPR8AfrFFB0AHLwa45i/w398-h400/Kandinsky-Wassily-Open-Green-1923-oil-on-canvas-Norton-Simon-Museum-Pasadena-California.jpg" width="398" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wassily Kandinsky<br /><b>Open Green</b><br />1923<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Er0SIU60RtBYk80iRW_w4wsJi1mm7KK0B0yohFpTQnNM-x8cETR4_zDD_-Iur_P3R4XhAKPphStR0Rxk72c1yihg4ofQqv2CUt206EOW44A0cd9xxq3RbhsYDNgJZuHTdVlw8fi7NxOtFjDLWCoutRisFVVMESw5DwFXhx90yBu25ssM1P645Jx7X21c/s1024/Kandinsky-Wassily-Round-and-Pointed-1930-oil-on-board-Kunsthalle-Mannheim.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="1024" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Er0SIU60RtBYk80iRW_w4wsJi1mm7KK0B0yohFpTQnNM-x8cETR4_zDD_-Iur_P3R4XhAKPphStR0Rxk72c1yihg4ofQqv2CUt206EOW44A0cd9xxq3RbhsYDNgJZuHTdVlw8fi7NxOtFjDLWCoutRisFVVMESw5DwFXhx90yBu25ssM1P645Jx7X21c/w640-h446/Kandinsky-Wassily-Round-and-Pointed-1930-oil-on-board-Kunsthalle-Mannheim.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wassily Kandinsky<br /><b>Round and Pointed</b><br />1930<br />oil on board<br /><i>Kunsthalle Mannheim</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7Pre217U-piWa-PzBYu5jRT9JsREWlchKhP-mme1iEJ0di4pk9llUNMQRCs4ZCtmeGE2L-kO_PS35QOIaJXpXkuxUNb1IU0LJ0oxeUTuaVmb8X5IFhbGTS5h1g_DYCOAdP1VcFvel4o4f34L7xD26uNVeqSmOBP77EQ5MNLwuIsjzhGV-JC8YjWPnaNu/s668/Kandinsky-Wassily-Unequal-1932-oil-paint-and-gouache-on-canvas-Norton-Simon-Museum-Pasadena-California.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="668" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7Pre217U-piWa-PzBYu5jRT9JsREWlchKhP-mme1iEJ0di4pk9llUNMQRCs4ZCtmeGE2L-kO_PS35QOIaJXpXkuxUNb1IU0LJ0oxeUTuaVmb8X5IFhbGTS5h1g_DYCOAdP1VcFvel4o4f34L7xD26uNVeqSmOBP77EQ5MNLwuIsjzhGV-JC8YjWPnaNu/w400-h339/Kandinsky-Wassily-Unequal-1932-oil-paint-and-gouache-on-canvas-Norton-Simon-Museum-Pasadena-California.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wassily Kandinsky<br /><b>Unequal</b><br />1932<br />oil and gouache on canvas<br /><i>Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAS5AvZSIha7g9yut9reV2vniq6fveDHLMiNqG7k-u8Z4dB11c6GQukSv_qoIxaI_fLdRwsoXgxbsgeSajuQuisF0Nf1KSVa2I6nx0_gjnF72Zrmlc9EdZTShJlyjoIE8Um47_x5JUV3PIpu1Dgx6GwKnhiWPEc1YQowjJUozjZlp1GjCFtm6lP3zBqtzX/s1000/Kandinsky-Wassily-Untitled-1929-lithograph-Agnes-Etherington-Art-Centre-Kingston-Ontario.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="657" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAS5AvZSIha7g9yut9reV2vniq6fveDHLMiNqG7k-u8Z4dB11c6GQukSv_qoIxaI_fLdRwsoXgxbsgeSajuQuisF0Nf1KSVa2I6nx0_gjnF72Zrmlc9EdZTShJlyjoIE8Um47_x5JUV3PIpu1Dgx6GwKnhiWPEc1YQowjJUozjZlp1GjCFtm6lP3zBqtzX/w263-h400/Kandinsky-Wassily-Untitled-1929-lithograph-Agnes-Etherington-Art-Centre-Kingston-Ontario.jpg" width="263" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wassily Kandinsky<br /><b>Untitled</b><br />1929<br />lithograph<br /><i>Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgak2Crjf_zfQoUHsK5kL3dnmIg_ToWRFA7pU5eu-GzvlNLDhdARoNHtANF-hDrEdm-8-prUqKJi5rHQ_qpU1CAtmzJF9d4jypPb-_BQzq9DnYDKzb3dpx_gSWesgaL_G5t7HRfkmvn9V6v4QzdLxXKTTY1OOTvqceOXg3mSGx7DEiTegbzm0MGbYrArpXS/s1290/Legros-Alphonse-Portrait-of-artist-Edward-Poynter-c1877-etching-and-drypoint-Clark-Art-Institute-Williamstown-Massachusetts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="927" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgak2Crjf_zfQoUHsK5kL3dnmIg_ToWRFA7pU5eu-GzvlNLDhdARoNHtANF-hDrEdm-8-prUqKJi5rHQ_qpU1CAtmzJF9d4jypPb-_BQzq9DnYDKzb3dpx_gSWesgaL_G5t7HRfkmvn9V6v4QzdLxXKTTY1OOTvqceOXg3mSGx7DEiTegbzm0MGbYrArpXS/w288-h400/Legros-Alphonse-Portrait-of-artist-Edward-Poynter-c1877-etching-and-drypoint-Clark-Art-Institute-Williamstown-Massachusetts.jpg" width="288" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alphonse Legros<br /><b>Portrait of artist Edward Poynter</b><br />ca. 1877<br />etching and drypoint<br /><i>Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeyfgsFrJh1KtQlYCYFNStbkFTdBG_-s1zId7hO7h-UHKHGE7OMMhyhGL5MKUTXMcoT1jQ2np-AtwERlvwsTO1FJP6IitqTVHE13RdW4RbqDSJK0Lgxi6qNQED_LduA8z2XfUivwStu3sFJ1ttp874A-PT0t1YWRt3RazqQYVUO8mpXwHYig0TyT68xklX/s1200/Legros-Alphonse-Autumn-1904-drawing-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1101" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeyfgsFrJh1KtQlYCYFNStbkFTdBG_-s1zId7hO7h-UHKHGE7OMMhyhGL5MKUTXMcoT1jQ2np-AtwERlvwsTO1FJP6IitqTVHE13RdW4RbqDSJK0Lgxi6qNQED_LduA8z2XfUivwStu3sFJ1ttp874A-PT0t1YWRt3RazqQYVUO8mpXwHYig0TyT68xklX/w368-h400/Legros-Alphonse-Autumn-1904-drawing-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" width="368" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alphonse Legros<br /><b>Autumn</b><br />1904<br />drawing<br /><i>National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRatF7hVtF-mreV-SxuuzQxDK9YNgaRKOV8TBk4gFOOWas1RHA_YKsUJto3cY6MycCkn6RKgFObo6W1tBvL_skBnHbxPhOyWDgiFmv38ySFo1M41VhlRodSH9rD8BgKlinjyEOsDZBiTRyb9feI6-0CdXhoygWVtISm6vKIO9o8kplpixDFL5hPfjtnsY/s576/Legros-Alphonse-Figure-Studies-of-Old-Man-c1870-drawing-High-Museum-of-Art-Atlanta.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="376" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRatF7hVtF-mreV-SxuuzQxDK9YNgaRKOV8TBk4gFOOWas1RHA_YKsUJto3cY6MycCkn6RKgFObo6W1tBvL_skBnHbxPhOyWDgiFmv38ySFo1M41VhlRodSH9rD8BgKlinjyEOsDZBiTRyb9feI6-0CdXhoygWVtISm6vKIO9o8kplpixDFL5hPfjtnsY/w261-h400/Legros-Alphonse-Figure-Studies-of-Old-Man-c1870-drawing-High-Museum-of-Art-Atlanta.jpg" width="261" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alphonse Legros<br /><b>Figure Studies of Old Man</b><br />ca. 1870<br />drawing<br /><i>High Museum of Art, Atlanta</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcy-Zpb2X1j3Xo-FgfoEkdI_7olqjSnuetlUPDM0nGDOgtwj_Gcgr7lk9cAyaKc3kFjrNFWJof-DK_cmXT0DkMN3RXHbJiMfLEPTL8mh9beyi-xnkRTlcWE1dwt_2CvksZiSZzjVsL4kKxK-MEMuDLowgcBhJtcHPHSo-oqOqbQSMyR3W7EgDwlqLgqEEM/s1200/Legros-Alphonse-Peasants-in-Church-c1860-etching-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="921" data-original-width="1200" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcy-Zpb2X1j3Xo-FgfoEkdI_7olqjSnuetlUPDM0nGDOgtwj_Gcgr7lk9cAyaKc3kFjrNFWJof-DK_cmXT0DkMN3RXHbJiMfLEPTL8mh9beyi-xnkRTlcWE1dwt_2CvksZiSZzjVsL4kKxK-MEMuDLowgcBhJtcHPHSo-oqOqbQSMyR3W7EgDwlqLgqEEM/w400-h308/Legros-Alphonse-Peasants-in-Church-c1860-etching-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alphonse Legros<br /><b>Peasants in Church</b><br />ca. 1860<br />etching<br /><i>National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>from</i> Part Three of <b>The Age of Anxiety</b><div><br />Malin says:<br /> As we cycle silent through a serious land<br /> For hens and horses, my hunger for a live<br /> Person to father impassions my sense<br /> Of this boy's beauty in battle with time.<br /><br /> These old-world hamlets and haphazard lanes<br /> Are perilous places; how plausible here<br /> All arcadian cults of carnal perfection,<br /> How intoxicating the platonic myth.<br /><br />Emble says:<br /> Pleasant my companion but I pine for another.<br /><br />Quant says:<br /> Our canoe makes no noise; monotonous<br /> Ramparts of reeds surround our navigation;</div><div> The waterway winds as it wants through the hush:</div><div> O fortunate fluid her fingers caress.<br /><br /> Welcome her, world; sedge-warblers, betray your<br /> Hiding places with song; and eddy, butterflies,<br /> In frivolous flights about that fair head:</div><div> How apt your homage to her innocent disdain.<br /><br />Rosetta says:<br /> The figure I prefer is far away.<p>– W.H. Auden (1944-46)</p></div>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-67635430297752015622024-03-25T12:00:00.209-07:002024-03-25T12:00:00.134-07:00Uneasy Heads<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiomH4NAqBHXUokayxRj7hhmMa98-Ig9DPWpX6NVytXrvm_ySR4j57kVijVY7J-adBpO90mo9EqIqnethwtx0QlUZ-1YdjnxovU43C8geMxHw56gY6riwMhyCpN5qVuNpHde4DCZYZJl2TDdd4VT9hOXTbY4cPCoJ6EmIm8YMTOvfzqaIDv--03UsR8w=s730" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="630" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiomH4NAqBHXUokayxRj7hhmMa98-Ig9DPWpX6NVytXrvm_ySR4j57kVijVY7J-adBpO90mo9EqIqnethwtx0QlUZ-1YdjnxovU43C8geMxHw56gY6riwMhyCpN5qVuNpHde4DCZYZJl2TDdd4VT9hOXTbY4cPCoJ6EmIm8YMTOvfzqaIDv--03UsR8w=w345-h400" width="345" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sarah Lucas<br /><b>Summer (Self Portrait)</b><br />1998<br />digital print<br /><i>Tate Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTJxDXFJ1b9yCZa-gNJfi-nNE1fJssDfCSvUAvlqXd9cWIuI1uhi5YrkDOwRtV4-47gXHjRGwfnVs9R-yPGJkaGqunAtBSvpjloV8pu4O-N59bCJWbzHfPekwzWEUp_QrSjyvpF3nB_2zPkLcBcA5NYpKlnlajAlcjounPjlMiiSipqSUJxZAmNATl_A=s960" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="819" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTJxDXFJ1b9yCZa-gNJfi-nNE1fJssDfCSvUAvlqXd9cWIuI1uhi5YrkDOwRtV4-47gXHjRGwfnVs9R-yPGJkaGqunAtBSvpjloV8pu4O-N59bCJWbzHfPekwzWEUp_QrSjyvpF3nB_2zPkLcBcA5NYpKlnlajAlcjounPjlMiiSipqSUJxZAmNATl_A=w341-h400" width="341" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Francis Bacon<br /><b>Head</b><br />1951<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsZLpHj8Bd5zci2tXpzHEzDcLtLCB0eL5UpGKFKvxxq3EG56SXtn5w6B_joPe9aZcM2iMBoh53CrYN7Tz6YwcNg-cRt7uQgHXr8E2W6RHf43pgmnNjaf9P7g1uxlBZA7QXFeC3KzKYGdB30EAsI-IY4RzXr2RRc4AOyih_XMuAbhTM5D2-FVhMr9R16Q=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="780" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsZLpHj8Bd5zci2tXpzHEzDcLtLCB0eL5UpGKFKvxxq3EG56SXtn5w6B_joPe9aZcM2iMBoh53CrYN7Tz6YwcNg-cRt7uQgHXr8E2W6RHf43pgmnNjaf9P7g1uxlBZA7QXFeC3KzKYGdB30EAsI-IY4RzXr2RRc4AOyih_XMuAbhTM5D2-FVhMr9R16Q=w195-h400" width="195" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Maxwell<br /><b>Head</b><br />1936<br />watercolor, gouache and ink<br /><i>Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifsW8RVvnb0Zzi2EUPPJ7_O3hs8MhogB0RZx4vRBeZJhn6012HXFnZ2ld7d61H3ccELdx8nfJuI9Ov1rZCLCYI5WyeF7h6oZhS2neVsr7jc8K7eE-VSmBAAmVvm9jySljcSYCtZ4VXPsHoV3mqyjo-w6EtVaM88YwA5YQRwPkLpeBfqbMXyc6if9jXFw=s600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="495" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifsW8RVvnb0Zzi2EUPPJ7_O3hs8MhogB0RZx4vRBeZJhn6012HXFnZ2ld7d61H3ccELdx8nfJuI9Ov1rZCLCYI5WyeF7h6oZhS2neVsr7jc8K7eE-VSmBAAmVvm9jySljcSYCtZ4VXPsHoV3mqyjo-w6EtVaM88YwA5YQRwPkLpeBfqbMXyc6if9jXFw=w330-h400" width="330" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Theo van Doesburg<br /><b>Self Portrait</b><br />ca. 1928<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Centraal Museum, Utrecht</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0KZGFypxXZBtw2Vtf3oY7HgbTF6bdsNiILVobmlc1yFfc6ofZ6Q5nAl9JZkXpwO_kTBTMm-XKDABXkulmQHD1vxxYhqiWSDr58ZAO56Tt3OEdAtQ0ncT0vvdY2OuitrSSDLXZo-qL5pPeZhpvEJ3bw4TVQJ6_m3konkHVUcdnW6uccBxaKrwxberxNw=s1077" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="821" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0KZGFypxXZBtw2Vtf3oY7HgbTF6bdsNiILVobmlc1yFfc6ofZ6Q5nAl9JZkXpwO_kTBTMm-XKDABXkulmQHD1vxxYhqiWSDr58ZAO56Tt3OEdAtQ0ncT0vvdY2OuitrSSDLXZo-qL5pPeZhpvEJ3bw4TVQJ6_m3konkHVUcdnW6uccBxaKrwxberxNw=w305-h400" width="305" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joseph Stella<br /><b>Self Portrait</b><br />ca. 1925<br />drawing<br /><i>Philadelphia Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-I9im6uQEI5yOGekm45on5b1FBCmT0ayKZUc50V16m0SDZ4Woaaf4lEHOAJBDYAo_20FqODrrOYqBxReCFzrAsjzlbU79RO9soabptqp7ljhEeMAf3aKtm92foHWbFH5nugwi3V_emg7snlGcNGO1LJOU2mhiU99pAhfmW47dP4v3LxNcti919--tZA=s958" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="679" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-I9im6uQEI5yOGekm45on5b1FBCmT0ayKZUc50V16m0SDZ4Woaaf4lEHOAJBDYAo_20FqODrrOYqBxReCFzrAsjzlbU79RO9soabptqp7ljhEeMAf3aKtm92foHWbFH5nugwi3V_emg7snlGcNGO1LJOU2mhiU99pAhfmW47dP4v3LxNcti919--tZA=w284-h400" width="284" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frederick William MacMonnies<br /><b>Head of a Man</b><br />1884<br />drawing<br /><i>Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmsgXscV6Q6ewK3iuHBe-N--LaUanA_62AAwK-BzKWqVQIZ_lxnBcne_b--A-PVdqcWqOYXSLCTD6g_shFT1NOi34hwHZHeSAfocGl_w4UZEzF9ueKDR9bMU7LSwU0ElBxLhv1IN4F4W23nyYvzgs5RkC1QJiE8r7ldy_3GXzAmv6Wxm7qZnCDI2Kffg=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1263" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmsgXscV6Q6ewK3iuHBe-N--LaUanA_62AAwK-BzKWqVQIZ_lxnBcne_b--A-PVdqcWqOYXSLCTD6g_shFT1NOi34hwHZHeSAfocGl_w4UZEzF9ueKDR9bMU7LSwU0ElBxLhv1IN4F4W23nyYvzgs5RkC1QJiE8r7ldy_3GXzAmv6Wxm7qZnCDI2Kffg=w336-h400" width="336" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alexandre Falguière<br /><b>Head of a Wounded Soldier</b><br />ca. 1870<br />bronze<br /><i>Yale University Art Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHQh0pu9RMJym2r5A2nELLOr9EHhQZzltifqaAQYAfEBXtJNLYwNgbNbBzKow1DFk2TalICtl2Q9sNGJ_plRti8M33M7p7Mgm1bSfF6x-QppycPBN3mOaC9WN6ZXE_Wp8-IaKM8okfj9rVBYKyqTBz7xyhAfofWJuYWd3aCLH0O6Whs681YxiMwRDXvA=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1401" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHQh0pu9RMJym2r5A2nELLOr9EHhQZzltifqaAQYAfEBXtJNLYwNgbNbBzKow1DFk2TalICtl2Q9sNGJ_plRti8M33M7p7Mgm1bSfF6x-QppycPBN3mOaC9WN6ZXE_Wp8-IaKM8okfj9rVBYKyqTBz7xyhAfofWJuYWd3aCLH0O6Whs681YxiMwRDXvA=w374-h400" width="374" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Otto Bache<br /><b>Mummified Head of James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell,<br />third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots</b><br />1861<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiF07RMGW7f5v5Sz6Wgvn3uO9fEPLvg00G9W7x7LDrDl1N4DoKzVr2g0eYuGoZ49hIC2-KyPw1Xd-i3_C4A3Di6VLWbnVmF0tjvlylQjjprq0YW9qTx073UuXAFvPLAtUMT38KHoaHaIz-j57JO7Duxx53dTeQwcdANJIx3CtfNqBhTB_ldAOsG9nUaEA=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1231" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiF07RMGW7f5v5Sz6Wgvn3uO9fEPLvg00G9W7x7LDrDl1N4DoKzVr2g0eYuGoZ49hIC2-KyPw1Xd-i3_C4A3Di6VLWbnVmF0tjvlylQjjprq0YW9qTx073UuXAFvPLAtUMT38KHoaHaIz-j57JO7Duxx53dTeQwcdANJIx3CtfNqBhTB_ldAOsG9nUaEA=w329-h400" width="329" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jacques-Louis David<br /><b>Young Woman with a Turban</b><br />ca. 1780<br />oil on canvas<br />(tête d'expression)<br /><i>Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmIlEDXjUpOClqiJ01Mq25N9vINs8rc0HLi7JV2hwngzyX4GtC9s7Gm12SdzG4EGsOPW59GZzBQaVuwAerTHBJ6RPriuwmC0mOXgHUpj6LtKU6xmP-b7qaNaxo1g9sQaD5wupc6IzCrD7CxXKgdQk-Bwoie61dqPTx4N4TSRRjUB6EJwMlRGfBwh7wHA=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1171" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmIlEDXjUpOClqiJ01Mq25N9vINs8rc0HLi7JV2hwngzyX4GtC9s7Gm12SdzG4EGsOPW59GZzBQaVuwAerTHBJ6RPriuwmC0mOXgHUpj6LtKU6xmP-b7qaNaxo1g9sQaD5wupc6IzCrD7CxXKgdQk-Bwoie61dqPTx4N4TSRRjUB6EJwMlRGfBwh7wHA=w313-h400" width="313" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jean-Baptiste Greuze<br /><b>Head of Caracalla</b><br />ca. 1768<br />drawing<br />(study for painting)<br /><i>Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCyDOhFVQDZKwUDjOb4m4BNIrp84Lp10JSJp6CtzmHzATDy_L0r7qYlBuvKB-qce3tVqLgTRHy4QZ4nTpFo18ehc93uJRIOEClhhQwEYKbZY3VIcqSuELfTrX5fRCeG0Q1JDloAsu5juYEiKkQmz4XJeHCbm3c5GexZUblsOXP2qVHxG6Rbc8BExKKgQ=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1131" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCyDOhFVQDZKwUDjOb4m4BNIrp84Lp10JSJp6CtzmHzATDy_L0r7qYlBuvKB-qce3tVqLgTRHy4QZ4nTpFo18ehc93uJRIOEClhhQwEYKbZY3VIcqSuELfTrX5fRCeG0Q1JDloAsu5juYEiKkQmz4XJeHCbm3c5GexZUblsOXP2qVHxG6Rbc8BExKKgQ=w301-h400" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pietro Antonio Novelli<br /><b>Head of a Woman</b><br />ca. 1760<br />drawing<br /><i>Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdkhhr3oVBJvWs_6mUhupGZKKhd49rVWGgknujWJ1N6l18ednLy8K2tTnMOYs7fAjf9Rle_oM-gSudzfQksezI4XwVpSVpa_fexQdf2c-7j6ZO991cLn8Pp_-gixO8LkJKwy8L9Bv4D-MJ2GZrlCy1untTitFEgl3EtGhEeMfGCWkOtCMsbCQcGOez8g=s1075" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="955" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdkhhr3oVBJvWs_6mUhupGZKKhd49rVWGgknujWJ1N6l18ednLy8K2tTnMOYs7fAjf9Rle_oM-gSudzfQksezI4XwVpSVpa_fexQdf2c-7j6ZO991cLn8Pp_-gixO8LkJKwy8L9Bv4D-MJ2GZrlCy1untTitFEgl3EtGhEeMfGCWkOtCMsbCQcGOez8g=w355-h400" width="355" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hardouin Coussin<i> after </i>Rembrandt<br /><b>Head of a Young Man</b><br />ca. 1750<br />etching<br /><i>Philadelphia Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDmln9KYhByu_H0eiqGFYSA56LL9LYCmeRLahAARObyvyS9Ghpw6vXldzWLvrU6XprcPLtkYdsO09B0_6wIt2K1EEU-R15MHdyxvvynz7IZlAVUMCIAWX3PTDJLYO7lqtEj9JWoxTRvsYYlLvYdFA1UWUjp7ujIsdaP0UkJd3kYhqgdjQhRUWMKH5NbA=s1475" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1475" data-original-width="1281" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDmln9KYhByu_H0eiqGFYSA56LL9LYCmeRLahAARObyvyS9Ghpw6vXldzWLvrU6XprcPLtkYdsO09B0_6wIt2K1EEU-R15MHdyxvvynz7IZlAVUMCIAWX3PTDJLYO7lqtEj9JWoxTRvsYYlLvYdFA1UWUjp7ujIsdaP0UkJd3kYhqgdjQhRUWMKH5NbA=w348-h400" width="348" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>follower of </i>Gianlorenzo Bernini<br /><b>Head of Proserpina</b><br />ca. 1650-1700<br />terracotta<br /><i>Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhn2Wb0hcWMoo01CinZonjpBaQpVB3SeUIP_kbP76_Rr6vneZUO7MIXpxFQBGChujcOOiNU4qhkDvOizQ5NeAZuPxtgxj0sgAFxoaKPL7bYSNKAoETgpLy68ou4v7I8xbh_Z8vUD__XtaDG3l5NWMXvuBoSFTGcCwTLDnz_JD3ZCq23v6QoskEnwz-n0Q=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1045" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhn2Wb0hcWMoo01CinZonjpBaQpVB3SeUIP_kbP76_Rr6vneZUO7MIXpxFQBGChujcOOiNU4qhkDvOizQ5NeAZuPxtgxj0sgAFxoaKPL7bYSNKAoETgpLy68ou4v7I8xbh_Z8vUD__XtaDG3l5NWMXvuBoSFTGcCwTLDnz_JD3ZCq23v6QoskEnwz-n0Q=w261-h400" width="261" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isaac Oliver<br /><b>Head of a Woman</b><br />ca. 1600<br />drawing<br /><i>Yale Center for British Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRRoJElXd2OMHhlob_SKG59m-ox48Ff4XCQfVViGUPHQ3adUqQC-dluMcchcgFnLcpp69Wo1LIX2LIT4FSB5ntNWHjEIJJMrH5e97QqCTmmP4YjD8c7BY2grxUZsODvnYwwK9ImTxoJb1oIwA5oLAuLkQQXp8YK4DF36KAhE-SHhSYMTF1iX0dWThnLg=s1037" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1037" data-original-width="644" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRRoJElXd2OMHhlob_SKG59m-ox48Ff4XCQfVViGUPHQ3adUqQC-dluMcchcgFnLcpp69Wo1LIX2LIT4FSB5ntNWHjEIJJMrH5e97QqCTmmP4YjD8c7BY2grxUZsODvnYwwK9ImTxoJb1oIwA5oLAuLkQQXp8YK4DF36KAhE-SHhSYMTF1iX0dWThnLg=w249-h400" width="249" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hans Baldung<br /><b>Study of a Head</b><br />1541<br />hand-colored woodcut and letterpress<br /><i>Philadelphia Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFyhfbWoGwMFFE4Pvb-YcVDZAE8RovbHIZQ_J-e7RgDjVVDZpETIGB3xVfbsrNhaRbRlRXTCRFrBIWg2lZdqnXEtwwtxo7w9vSJY55Zr3pZQtitA1HVntC8BEsHfFkwnFHIU9HITjAv6meljF0Xy7EKk_4bVyrYpvktZKsnPGME2VS1DDvB07KKKObUg=s1397" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFyhfbWoGwMFFE4Pvb-YcVDZAE8RovbHIZQ_J-e7RgDjVVDZpETIGB3xVfbsrNhaRbRlRXTCRFrBIWg2lZdqnXEtwwtxo7w9vSJY55Zr3pZQtitA1HVntC8BEsHfFkwnFHIU9HITjAv6meljF0Xy7EKk_4bVyrYpvktZKsnPGME2VS1DDvB07KKKObUg=w258-h400" width="258" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anonymous Italian Artist<br /><b>Head of a Son of Laocoön</b><br />16th century<br />plaster cast<br /><i>Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>Another Postponement of Destruction</b><div><br /></div><div>Banging out the kitchen door, I kicked <br />before I saw it a thick glass baking dish<br />I'd set outside for dogs the night before.<br />It skidded to the top step, teetered, tipped</div><div>into an undulating slide from step</div><div>to step, almost stopped halfway down, then lunged</div><div>on toward the concrete, and I froze to watch it</div><div>splinter when it hit. Instead, it kissed</div><div>the concrete like a skipping stone, and rang</div><div>to rest in frost-stiffened grass. Retrieving it, </div><div>I suddenly felt my neck-cords letting go</div><div>of something like a mask of tragedy. </div><div>I washed the dish and put it in its place,</div><div>then launched myself into a rescued day. </div><div><br /></div><div>– Henry Taylor (1996)</div>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-80558718990700594652024-03-25T00:00:00.000-07:002024-03-25T00:00:00.138-07:00Mor - Copley - Picasso - Mieris<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0pmUP9IEKzDuztdvu5YYvnOAuiA1Y6_JMo-HplvkU-KJWKryAxhG6YXSwJQFAoYCoz7285BP8zUZ9a3fF6zYy2Q5_NCULmLfblxJL8y3dOXRlRxiXJ4IYcoxLEfgXZzuVWH-a-M1FmciATH07vcO4HAKtxn81IU09vDr67vNRfWH5IqH5NBebJ_GcHEC/s960/Mor-Antonis-Portrait-of-a-Man-c1570-oil-on-panel-North-Carolina-Museum-of-Art-Raleigh.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="702" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0pmUP9IEKzDuztdvu5YYvnOAuiA1Y6_JMo-HplvkU-KJWKryAxhG6YXSwJQFAoYCoz7285BP8zUZ9a3fF6zYy2Q5_NCULmLfblxJL8y3dOXRlRxiXJ4IYcoxLEfgXZzuVWH-a-M1FmciATH07vcO4HAKtxn81IU09vDr67vNRfWH5IqH5NBebJ_GcHEC/w293-h400/Mor-Antonis-Portrait-of-a-Man-c1570-oil-on-panel-North-Carolina-Museum-of-Art-Raleigh.jpg" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Antonis Mor<br /><b>Portrait of a Man</b><br />ca. 1570<br />oil on panel<br /><i>North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB7FcPEbKSXp7B0ZAfcy0ZaN5xJMe_cCuKbvFyNNYVyNcvpdUbVme_ncUQNaICAUuOllrsFsxQE1818H58VqOR0-9_SiqKeWeT4KLz1T6Bxn3L3-MognUtOdFcUJ-C2KMg8jHjeF8D5NmSmCBE4qn5SeuMyd-mXPetluFW0JjkVvR4X2Y4V5xUr2Q1AvlP/s595/Mor-Antonis-Portrait-of-a-Woman-1555-oil-on-panel-Museumslandschaft-Hessen-Kassel.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="434" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB7FcPEbKSXp7B0ZAfcy0ZaN5xJMe_cCuKbvFyNNYVyNcvpdUbVme_ncUQNaICAUuOllrsFsxQE1818H58VqOR0-9_SiqKeWeT4KLz1T6Bxn3L3-MognUtOdFcUJ-C2KMg8jHjeF8D5NmSmCBE4qn5SeuMyd-mXPetluFW0JjkVvR4X2Y4V5xUr2Q1AvlP/w291-h400/Mor-Antonis-Portrait-of-a-Woman-1555-oil-on-panel-Museumslandschaft-Hessen-Kassel.jpg" width="291" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Antonis Mor<br /><b>Portrait of a Woman</b><br />1555<br />oil on panel<br /><i>Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjKYsCq3Cu2JVC6VjMgP4TpV7gL1koeg-rghWmN8RmXeVFeqAhSDbohZkR6xDaah-yAMtxuSyVVRwO0sL1NUrEK1NBKGiHUQdXxqB5zQfURdJfKroRO5OgvQc0FAjQUlIXo16LtdoWOSxRBdREBgc6PaucbHcWcsl6UiFAuBpRgOm_Igj5p7uz9_y1ISW/s1500/Mor-Antonis-Portrait-of-Margaret-of-Parma-c1562-oil-on-canvas-Gem%C3%A4ldegalerie-Staatliche-Museen-zu-Berlin.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1071" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjKYsCq3Cu2JVC6VjMgP4TpV7gL1koeg-rghWmN8RmXeVFeqAhSDbohZkR6xDaah-yAMtxuSyVVRwO0sL1NUrEK1NBKGiHUQdXxqB5zQfURdJfKroRO5OgvQc0FAjQUlIXo16LtdoWOSxRBdREBgc6PaucbHcWcsl6UiFAuBpRgOm_Igj5p7uz9_y1ISW/w285-h400/Mor-Antonis-Portrait-of-Margaret-of-Parma-c1562-oil-on-canvas-Gem%C3%A4ldegalerie-Staatliche-Museen-zu-Berlin.jpg" width="285" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Antonis Mor<br /><b>Portrait of Margaret of Parma</b><br />ca. 1562<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRruv90kl3Z7LINUF86RAgHF1Y_8e3XZk0gEg8i8O9WBLNWpiAXa7_m8v34PgC1xM1nITqgbjRx-PXFx3iABQGLJfo2AFCJ42GsdaUfN6adatnDhNdT0qAcSuGtJRkOP0LE67QZurATxIYphgAFUmD7thyphenhyphenlgx1UFWPYD4PyTgv2ouGE0vk2QekkxdNKgTq/s2349/Mor-Antonis-Portrait-of-Philip-II-of-Spain-c1549-50-oil-on-panel-Museo-de-Bellas-Artes-de-Bilbao.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2349" data-original-width="1760" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRruv90kl3Z7LINUF86RAgHF1Y_8e3XZk0gEg8i8O9WBLNWpiAXa7_m8v34PgC1xM1nITqgbjRx-PXFx3iABQGLJfo2AFCJ42GsdaUfN6adatnDhNdT0qAcSuGtJRkOP0LE67QZurATxIYphgAFUmD7thyphenhyphenlgx1UFWPYD4PyTgv2ouGE0vk2QekkxdNKgTq/w300-h400/Mor-Antonis-Portrait-of-Philip-II-of-Spain-c1549-50-oil-on-panel-Museo-de-Bellas-Artes-de-Bilbao.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Antonis Mor<br /><b>Portrait of Philip II of Spain</b><br />ca. 1549-50<br />oil on panel<br /><i>Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5XVFE7Q1zYfvjgCbI4d0pMenQDwfDJkiiWRMgDyj60hG8K53ptp1K_UR4aHG-61D3kB7QSfcRpKM4VRmS1egdGIdGPn-6qTwfFHgwyunwmMNKh2q7uTQrUXgHfOC-z1Xb5zor-eOB-xBdcJhwwPCPrT5PrN2BE8ckJTD-gNklPjyO0WE86dLvX6XI7m6B/s1200/Copley-John-(20th-century)-Athletes-Dressing-1912-lithograph-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1157" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5XVFE7Q1zYfvjgCbI4d0pMenQDwfDJkiiWRMgDyj60hG8K53ptp1K_UR4aHG-61D3kB7QSfcRpKM4VRmS1egdGIdGPn-6qTwfFHgwyunwmMNKh2q7uTQrUXgHfOC-z1Xb5zor-eOB-xBdcJhwwPCPrT5PrN2BE8ckJTD-gNklPjyO0WE86dLvX6XI7m6B/w386-h400/Copley-John-(20th-century)-Athletes-Dressing-1912-lithograph-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" width="386" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Copley<br /><b>Athletes Dressing</b><br />1912<br />lithograph<br /><i>National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8Z3AFS_c3W59q6X0VSQoEFq2u3tC_LnjPD8s3LSVJFLdnGsLYRH-rYIuQgrkQrvwUzaODrLSmBxz815EUYFTvwrjAMAVoj1kg9YZsfWTMgBD-f6qL_mbsm-OB0DPHGsQIIXwtedxIq2aJzqOsQaWbXyCElwR3UL4VDtfNMscrLlPi0qeo_xkpLDtfTwT/s1200/Copley-John-(20th-century)-Fog-before-1925-lithograph-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="914" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8Z3AFS_c3W59q6X0VSQoEFq2u3tC_LnjPD8s3LSVJFLdnGsLYRH-rYIuQgrkQrvwUzaODrLSmBxz815EUYFTvwrjAMAVoj1kg9YZsfWTMgBD-f6qL_mbsm-OB0DPHGsQIIXwtedxIq2aJzqOsQaWbXyCElwR3UL4VDtfNMscrLlPi0qeo_xkpLDtfTwT/w305-h400/Copley-John-(20th-century)-Fog-before-1925-lithograph-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" width="305" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Copley<br /><b>Fog</b><br />before 1925<br />lithograph<br /><i>National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJusPBSU-wKJWvt3ALCaiQ9SlLDMaPyfZSalxb65Hdl69IGFGHPpw5VtZaA0VY78EQGMRwbEZG0Y1WWDdn_V6sx80ZUh7G8TirHi5UzT3wIbLd7VTm57srd66CbqXtYjbV5jbLA4_i4bdjKrN8Isre00BUAGdIHlNeUtjUwKRLqLJi3l_r78f8zct3mClk/s1200/Copley-John-(20th-century)-Study-II-Listening-1914-lithograph-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="939" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJusPBSU-wKJWvt3ALCaiQ9SlLDMaPyfZSalxb65Hdl69IGFGHPpw5VtZaA0VY78EQGMRwbEZG0Y1WWDdn_V6sx80ZUh7G8TirHi5UzT3wIbLd7VTm57srd66CbqXtYjbV5jbLA4_i4bdjKrN8Isre00BUAGdIHlNeUtjUwKRLqLJi3l_r78f8zct3mClk/w313-h400/Copley-John-(20th-century)-Study-II-Listening-1914-lithograph-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" width="313" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Copley<br /><b>Study II: Listening</b><br />1914<br />lithograph<br /><i>National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMaUCp4zbeK9R3EDICQ7A_Yemjsp8onlHgrrGkyARzKrrM61NeG51pDebBbbaoDuKjj1CPusUHjuwWfnGhrQo8-W5F4DOA3BDVTaHT7uBdPNH21PoDkKqFsiFLHHmPgMaJsvbcA__3epGaEh75BldCJlMXsCfOcT10Er9kY3aGqEUb8jUVgL1heCb0BSOy/s1200/Copley-John-(20th-century)-Two-Florentines-1916-lithograph-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="902" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMaUCp4zbeK9R3EDICQ7A_Yemjsp8onlHgrrGkyARzKrrM61NeG51pDebBbbaoDuKjj1CPusUHjuwWfnGhrQo8-W5F4DOA3BDVTaHT7uBdPNH21PoDkKqFsiFLHHmPgMaJsvbcA__3epGaEh75BldCJlMXsCfOcT10Er9kY3aGqEUb8jUVgL1heCb0BSOy/w301-h400/Copley-John-(20th-century)-Two-Florentines-1916-lithograph-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Copley<br /><b>Two Florentines</b><br />1916<br />lithograph<br /><i>National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKJmDqdseDUQvujBpKYz3PKKStmc0wwUzLd8rId-cM8hTREQLk1aTKedmyiL9wAU1K5BoGENsLm7rUXeltvr82tx22w8LlTCrbPVzEXKdbDiz3kSVkBnJzA-Z0TIkc69l1GM73c0qMIDFn7y54ZhgspIr4CCBP5WVE3mOwMAfLz1bP4ewqlNN1vvzzA6_a/s560/Picasso-Pablo-Still-Life-Iwith-Mandolin)-1927-oil-on-canvas-Los-Angeles-County-Museum-of-Art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="560" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKJmDqdseDUQvujBpKYz3PKKStmc0wwUzLd8rId-cM8hTREQLk1aTKedmyiL9wAU1K5BoGENsLm7rUXeltvr82tx22w8LlTCrbPVzEXKdbDiz3kSVkBnJzA-Z0TIkc69l1GM73c0qMIDFn7y54ZhgspIr4CCBP5WVE3mOwMAfLz1bP4ewqlNN1vvzzA6_a/w400-h328/Picasso-Pablo-Still-Life-Iwith-Mandolin)-1927-oil-on-canvas-Los-Angeles-County-Museum-of-Art.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pablo Picasso<br /><b>Still Life with Mandolin</b><br />1927<br />oil on canvas <br /><i>Los Angeles County Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDAIbuBEHhSWvSxzbNxWpkphnP640QySnraBeSzC5gAYWQcmjp0o5cDsfVM5aotSyGW9zglbY8J1vIUVF1nfgc8lgA0NgYeRw9Ss0eDI0HBw2XMQte0AyLOagu002tNqI-TZk33nrvFXNafjuS8qQgFdP0DCEG1vdaHjmmkC8kUVCWO8GPmWnyQwg5Dos1/s893/Picasso-Pablo-Pot-et-Fruits-c1908-1909-oil-on-panel-Barnes-Foundation-Philadelphia.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="687" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDAIbuBEHhSWvSxzbNxWpkphnP640QySnraBeSzC5gAYWQcmjp0o5cDsfVM5aotSyGW9zglbY8J1vIUVF1nfgc8lgA0NgYeRw9Ss0eDI0HBw2XMQte0AyLOagu002tNqI-TZk33nrvFXNafjuS8qQgFdP0DCEG1vdaHjmmkC8kUVCWO8GPmWnyQwg5Dos1/w308-h400/Picasso-Pablo-Pot-et-Fruits-c1908-1909-oil-on-panel-Barnes-Foundation-Philadelphia.png" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pablo Picasso<br /><b>Pot et Fruits</b><br />ca. 1908-1909<br />oil on panel<br /><i>Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCCfGC1vXsSGcoBMKA2Amq3g4eJ4FYmfmaprEOJdHxjcGefa2klcNGsPXU4x-seTJ8ofrabF-RMCJFJ3XJf_SPzAg59rG7pf-f-XZof9ST9foHW3y-KdcP8k0FyMm9EjTi3WDt74WRYgrcRciFA6cOyzMweH3lbnT3bTeAIsuPgfx2Keec1uaib1GPn1Z/s560/Picasso-Pablo-Still-Life-1937-oil-on-canvas-Denver-Art-Museum.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="560" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCCfGC1vXsSGcoBMKA2Amq3g4eJ4FYmfmaprEOJdHxjcGefa2klcNGsPXU4x-seTJ8ofrabF-RMCJFJ3XJf_SPzAg59rG7pf-f-XZof9ST9foHW3y-KdcP8k0FyMm9EjTi3WDt74WRYgrcRciFA6cOyzMweH3lbnT3bTeAIsuPgfx2Keec1uaib1GPn1Z/w400-h315/Picasso-Pablo-Still-Life-1937-oil-on-canvas-Denver-Art-Museum.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pablo Picasso<br /><b>Still Life</b><br />1937<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Denver Art Museum</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLV15l4nJtzMQSQbFFJMyePlIZAfdvJJFme9tiLAe4F9a2rJSEabtsyXJJ6oE6YDhvQ7evH72RsGxUqUAEkaDDSstIx6inyzILy13gAttrnCtz0GNKWSuxKuZsVhNTLapff8DPH4gbQfQirj0sTBIlQG7CkcqhCinimSBnFWD9wNAHzkGrwJd4uQYceweU/s1133/Picasso-Pablo-Still-Life-Egg-Cup-c1923-oil-on-canvas-Barnes-Foundation-Philadelphia.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1133" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLV15l4nJtzMQSQbFFJMyePlIZAfdvJJFme9tiLAe4F9a2rJSEabtsyXJJ6oE6YDhvQ7evH72RsGxUqUAEkaDDSstIx6inyzILy13gAttrnCtz0GNKWSuxKuZsVhNTLapff8DPH4gbQfQirj0sTBIlQG7CkcqhCinimSBnFWD9wNAHzkGrwJd4uQYceweU/w400-h315/Picasso-Pablo-Still-Life-Egg-Cup-c1923-oil-on-canvas-Barnes-Foundation-Philadelphia.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pablo Picasso<br /><b>Still Life - Egg-Cup</b><br />ca. 1923<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRqJ7i2phfYvWXGFIpFcInyxCdkxyuE9b94aUPlaARu1bIiW0dg2xd043DEskWChVrCTgTMZpgm1Q319niOI8TXxGCScCfLcRmIDoXTN7U0ia0iIVsZv9CVdPZ6tzQj13UXQs9l8Bqo0REynn_R3ep3m63V8b4wdvZPXzpEI4Ng90JL1GSOgEYJg5pj2w4/s1400/Mieris-Willem-van-Lady-with-a-Parrot-c1710-oil-on-panel-National-Gallery-Athens.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1295" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRqJ7i2phfYvWXGFIpFcInyxCdkxyuE9b94aUPlaARu1bIiW0dg2xd043DEskWChVrCTgTMZpgm1Q319niOI8TXxGCScCfLcRmIDoXTN7U0ia0iIVsZv9CVdPZ6tzQj13UXQs9l8Bqo0REynn_R3ep3m63V8b4wdvZPXzpEI4Ng90JL1GSOgEYJg5pj2w4/w370-h400/Mieris-Willem-van-Lady-with-a-Parrot-c1710-oil-on-panel-National-Gallery-Athens.jpg" width="370" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Willem van Mieris<br /><b>Lady with a Parrot</b><br />ca. 1710<br />oil on panel<br /><i>National Gallery, Athens</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfn5Yv_ukEU4QB6bhipWqnUbM2jmOQ5XddHCNyYAtwSwZVPRjKtshX4CsqUStc7yE17G7q5ngqveC13qvtLZVWiEVkNsF-aPA-ACqYS1pc5lqPwLMARXVCPaCkDwmTDagMZd860Is7ZnHVt7mnmleshpSf2Kd7DvPoAyDEwAY8kk8WYSIdUALHpTQ4sE1/s1500/Mieris-Willem-van-Portrait-of-Dina-Margareta-de-Bye-1705-oil-on-panel-Leiden-Collection-New-York.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1243" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfn5Yv_ukEU4QB6bhipWqnUbM2jmOQ5XddHCNyYAtwSwZVPRjKtshX4CsqUStc7yE17G7q5ngqveC13qvtLZVWiEVkNsF-aPA-ACqYS1pc5lqPwLMARXVCPaCkDwmTDagMZd860Is7ZnHVt7mnmleshpSf2Kd7DvPoAyDEwAY8kk8WYSIdUALHpTQ4sE1/w331-h400/Mieris-Willem-van-Portrait-of-Dina-Margareta-de-Bye-1705-oil-on-panel-Leiden-Collection-New-York.jpg" width="331" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Willem van Mieris<br /><b>Portrait of Dina Margareta de Bye</b><br />1705<br />oil on panel<br /><i>Leiden Collection, New York</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55P9DlMEj4YsQtW4d92lzRm81lW0YiyLDHR8D6LQ8wkGrx9DnafNP7Eh-F3X2jH9Q0dVxkHiLsTcPEApLDgpEMLnq47ojclqTuocNYDZYtS8lCdnngHwybhWCM68NML4xgFRJV1Q59nBZ0wwkFoL8XMz3G9jOt0Q90CWYO1CXceSviiqZILe6Qngapqkn/s1500/Mieris-Willem-van-Portrait-of-Samuel-van-Acker-1683-oil-on-panel-Leiden-Collection-New-York.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1162" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55P9DlMEj4YsQtW4d92lzRm81lW0YiyLDHR8D6LQ8wkGrx9DnafNP7Eh-F3X2jH9Q0dVxkHiLsTcPEApLDgpEMLnq47ojclqTuocNYDZYtS8lCdnngHwybhWCM68NML4xgFRJV1Q59nBZ0wwkFoL8XMz3G9jOt0Q90CWYO1CXceSviiqZILe6Qngapqkn/w310-h400/Mieris-Willem-van-Portrait-of-Samuel-van-Acker-1683-oil-on-panel-Leiden-Collection-New-York.jpg" width="310" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Willem van Mieris<br /><b>Portrait of Samuel van Acker</b><br />1683<br />oil on panel<br /><i>Leiden Collection, New York</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj61LUqN-wAxaBy8K8b6WQxKnUodi9gXe2BptOWwoU2Nl6tZ-vLC_DVlX7VEy1Uatf3Hyj3A9MmL6EHuONVYJY84qJZsTSM1ayfBqyYkdm8Yf8L7t2hTmPMQ24E6GZ08MXmeVEgbxV6V2OFkTarcj97DjHRfvFCnNT5dRMyxhdNnyc9YZElBWpdoWwmfWpH/s1480/Mieris-Willem-van-The-Neglected-Lute-1705-oil-on-panel-Liechtenstein-Museum-Vienna.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="1291" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj61LUqN-wAxaBy8K8b6WQxKnUodi9gXe2BptOWwoU2Nl6tZ-vLC_DVlX7VEy1Uatf3Hyj3A9MmL6EHuONVYJY84qJZsTSM1ayfBqyYkdm8Yf8L7t2hTmPMQ24E6GZ08MXmeVEgbxV6V2OFkTarcj97DjHRfvFCnNT5dRMyxhdNnyc9YZElBWpdoWwmfWpH/w349-h400/Mieris-Willem-van-The-Neglected-Lute-1705-oil-on-panel-Liechtenstein-Museum-Vienna.jpg" width="349" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Willem van Mieris<br /><b>The Neglected Lute</b><br />1705<br />oil on panel<br /><i>Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>from</i> Part Three of <b>The Age of Anxiety</b><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Malin sighs and says what they are all thinking but wish they were not.<br /><br /> Again we must digress, go by different<br /> Paths in pairs to explore the land.<br /><br /> Knowing they will never be able to agree as to who shall accompany whom, they cast lots and so it falls out that Rosetta is to go with Quant and Emble with Malin. Two are disappointed, two are disturbed.<br /><br />Quant mutters:</div><div> This bodes badly.<br /><br />And Malin:</div><div> So be it. Who knows<br /> If we wish what we will? <br /><p></p><p>And Rosetta:<br /> Will you forget<br /> If you know that I won't?<br /><br />And Emble:<br /> Will your need be me?</p><p> They depart now, Malin and Emble westward on bicycles, Quant and Rosetta eastward by boat, sad through fair scenes, thinking of another and and talking to themselves.</p><p>– W.H. Auden (1944-46)</p></div>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-75176605663627817172024-03-24T12:00:00.197-07:002024-03-24T12:00:00.131-07:00Unforthcoming Heads<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOmI_1cC8w7g8MqM7QPFzaa3Ss79Tg7Whx5wFAr9GDaOjLtULlR1RE7iO1P-u0pj-Z4zI5SG50Tdl8A4EDG4jhiujeSNJbTfve_OZ0v2xXIghDbSCQUSxjf07sRDVcY6iXnab5SFAXcl742onOXQTVlfcVYR87za6z5X0_W4DcQ_G3uZhlgZfAflINhA=s1000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="798" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOmI_1cC8w7g8MqM7QPFzaa3Ss79Tg7Whx5wFAr9GDaOjLtULlR1RE7iO1P-u0pj-Z4zI5SG50Tdl8A4EDG4jhiujeSNJbTfve_OZ0v2xXIghDbSCQUSxjf07sRDVcY6iXnab5SFAXcl742onOXQTVlfcVYR87za6z5X0_W4DcQ_G3uZhlgZfAflINhA=w319-h400" width="319" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anonymous Photographer<br /><b>Back of Man's Head</b><br />ca. 1860<br />ambrotype<br /><i>Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPMf6N4amADgwvWtK-R7-NTfGOeHIml7mwwcLPOo0GYQmIpT38JVk1-vVtOLIWOGRZR4MmY_ki_2oec5hWrCvSZRfFx57ogzRJS32QAdIHijdlan4u5049bhWk2QAyi3pAmX2esyOmqZ2zT2MMrwLl6s9ZwM9Cjxlo9WpxXoJDFCejCPCG-7MqMv7nrw=s1075" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="1067" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPMf6N4amADgwvWtK-R7-NTfGOeHIml7mwwcLPOo0GYQmIpT38JVk1-vVtOLIWOGRZR4MmY_ki_2oec5hWrCvSZRfFx57ogzRJS32QAdIHijdlan4u5049bhWk2QAyi3pAmX2esyOmqZ2zT2MMrwLl6s9ZwM9Cjxlo9WpxXoJDFCejCPCG-7MqMv7nrw=w398-h400" width="398" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Susan Fenton<br /><b>Turned Head with Black Column</b><br />1988<br />gelatin silver print with added paint<br /><i>Philadelphia Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhebKpW5aeE8e2sJHEo4aAUTFj3355Xueim51Ojj8aua4Rzl1fG1x2ykJw-Iu-BC045T8d6Ov0WXk1x03D9Nu5AcMY3emhxeLBjVrvmmFfD2q9JaL4zfFK51MFDYGUUQvyOjq4y6Mszc6xVvoAzIMF2MVOJ7DLJIUmQUdrQ6NDYbINh3o31KiU3JiIzNA=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="964" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhebKpW5aeE8e2sJHEo4aAUTFj3355Xueim51Ojj8aua4Rzl1fG1x2ykJw-Iu-BC045T8d6Ov0WXk1x03D9Nu5AcMY3emhxeLBjVrvmmFfD2q9JaL4zfFK51MFDYGUUQvyOjq4y6Mszc6xVvoAzIMF2MVOJ7DLJIUmQUdrQ6NDYbINh3o31KiU3JiIzNA=w241-h400" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William Hoare<br /><b>Back of the Head -<br />Antique Statue of a Goddess</b><br />ca. 1760<br />drawing<br /><i>Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHFS2MCojx9zX0Qh60TtJinxD1O0DgiQl_BFhTmrcJSb_kMHGHfKh0kQ8k6j4UbBCwiZnaFuXfd-Pvvu3U3ggHPBefO_YNYFfxi3rUdPFM1mhzAbs4iiT1T0LBghoqQsvA4ssknY_2YthKIE3cAQB_IEHuRWWnrGvxAyfPWHcrEkq0MQ6QpugXdNzaxw=s719" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="572" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHFS2MCojx9zX0Qh60TtJinxD1O0DgiQl_BFhTmrcJSb_kMHGHfKh0kQ8k6j4UbBCwiZnaFuXfd-Pvvu3U3ggHPBefO_YNYFfxi3rUdPFM1mhzAbs4iiT1T0LBghoqQsvA4ssknY_2YthKIE3cAQB_IEHuRWWnrGvxAyfPWHcrEkq0MQ6QpugXdNzaxw=w319-h400" width="319" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alexander Brook<br /><b>Portrait Head</b><br />1937<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHIcAfZiIhU8TL0BWYY4DJceVzb0TgHOMLrurhOH0t7cmn1d5k1lcvzMFFPXgz2dz4ksL5PbRGBKVZx1YMk7MhkRMxc1pkJlaIFEY2irsW59sdNlSmiqnVXzNm9G1WghH2gQtt5MX42QQeUlO6LksHo3Tvb761kKHswb1oRfttp7ZnDZ842et-HxOKMA=s730" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="528" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHIcAfZiIhU8TL0BWYY4DJceVzb0TgHOMLrurhOH0t7cmn1d5k1lcvzMFFPXgz2dz4ksL5PbRGBKVZx1YMk7MhkRMxc1pkJlaIFEY2irsW59sdNlSmiqnVXzNm9G1WghH2gQtt5MX42QQeUlO6LksHo3Tvb761kKHswb1oRfttp7ZnDZ842et-HxOKMA=w289-h400" width="289" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jean Fautrier<br /><b>Large Tragic Head</b><br />1942<br />bronze<br /><i>Tate Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEYbHsPiypel02EgLGcO4QfXW72IgR68XfLhyJ0HQZ8l87SqMCmlNLsNy2R1o9WPMvhPRDw0_mppS8T4V5hr2J_fgMzjJFNrcl6GCvdMP-ZfxsM0c3bCYlv_rXXRGgUOYJpmHRvdzgY-SzrWN7JfBv_M9pJEVw7RQBNeyFkuAk1aL5VXzFXCaM8roUbQ=s762" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="505" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEYbHsPiypel02EgLGcO4QfXW72IgR68XfLhyJ0HQZ8l87SqMCmlNLsNy2R1o9WPMvhPRDw0_mppS8T4V5hr2J_fgMzjJFNrcl6GCvdMP-ZfxsM0c3bCYlv_rXXRGgUOYJpmHRvdzgY-SzrWN7JfBv_M9pJEVw7RQBNeyFkuAk1aL5VXzFXCaM8roUbQ=w265-h400" width="265" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Edgar Degas<br /><b>Head Study for Portrait of Mathilde Salle</b><br />modeled 1892, cast 1919-21<br />bronze<br /><i>Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkvsmxSxjnpATqSD1Tql2IsIuI5073IA4K9l5HnUV38WSdjN94shzOosW3TTLtNeWxlHSDLqVQB15u1eIZIZpDOLAOBqV1Tmne12TNCamixdtHhqh3zHsElMheKCL-CaBwcX0PRCmrADFi4tDo30vTyHX8XDgF9JJ0U63JMuqPVsEvAfI0oMK8OgN6hQ=s730" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="516" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkvsmxSxjnpATqSD1Tql2IsIuI5073IA4K9l5HnUV38WSdjN94shzOosW3TTLtNeWxlHSDLqVQB15u1eIZIZpDOLAOBqV1Tmne12TNCamixdtHhqh3zHsElMheKCL-CaBwcX0PRCmrADFi4tDo30vTyHX8XDgF9JJ0U63JMuqPVsEvAfI0oMK8OgN6hQ=w283-h400" width="283" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Doig<br /><b>Untitled</b><br />2008<br />oil on paper<br /><i>Tate Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGcas5Jn0rLbgq6IJOygu59Uun74bubc7_zE06XE70gKkh6MjwKTHxomgYVAXdVD80h45KX7Ff22RIVhczrLjSt23TFoudkTZSaq4s_0rJnx6MJVFVPxYnM1PqozEXoKvhvaE0DJXTg58hd54-hAbQjD2m7npA9GUgfldc51f70Kdpso7fLTwl-dUaHg=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1259" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGcas5Jn0rLbgq6IJOygu59Uun74bubc7_zE06XE70gKkh6MjwKTHxomgYVAXdVD80h45KX7Ff22RIVhczrLjSt23TFoudkTZSaq4s_0rJnx6MJVFVPxYnM1PqozEXoKvhvaE0DJXTg58hd54-hAbQjD2m7npA9GUgfldc51f70Kdpso7fLTwl-dUaHg=w336-h400" width="336" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alistair Park<br /><b>Black Head</b><br />ca. 1958<br />oil on board<br /><i>Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguWT6Bm2mBaRNAfWdqlsWB4Ec_apf08-0b1P3h8w44180UqS5SQ38KVKuZh8LVE1M9vqf1VC9lEvTCh1UgUM1Um_yI62VMN94qphnAZFCdu8RKIXP_rJNB7bIH74zHuIBxOkNNrMpAshLFlnOYknf3hrqgAfa5DD503pMOhhzeuuPCiXCcwtb7SbwY6w=s530" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="360" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguWT6Bm2mBaRNAfWdqlsWB4Ec_apf08-0b1P3h8w44180UqS5SQ38KVKuZh8LVE1M9vqf1VC9lEvTCh1UgUM1Um_yI62VMN94qphnAZFCdu8RKIXP_rJNB7bIH74zHuIBxOkNNrMpAshLFlnOYknf3hrqgAfa5DD503pMOhhzeuuPCiXCcwtb7SbwY6w=w271-h400" width="271" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Max Uhlig<br /><b>Head, Self Portrait</b><br />1984<br />drawing<br /><i>Saint Louis Art Museum</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLqnOFqXRTIfgV6ImJYlb3P5ioPfvz4SlsWMBDRWwcEk3QomB1ueUHnjcUtjf90HaLHN0FnN6VjJFa8f46kbpABbrLx4_8VhQfJPY7NMzUr1s2uJXSfl2bJpY8lTwQ-KefRLhVkeXGP1wL53v3hSbKMGnjsCdx6LzktjwrL-hBXkSUnyjlm6cqY8eBIQ=s1000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="816" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLqnOFqXRTIfgV6ImJYlb3P5ioPfvz4SlsWMBDRWwcEk3QomB1ueUHnjcUtjf90HaLHN0FnN6VjJFa8f46kbpABbrLx4_8VhQfJPY7NMzUr1s2uJXSfl2bJpY8lTwQ-KefRLhVkeXGP1wL53v3hSbKMGnjsCdx6LzktjwrL-hBXkSUnyjlm6cqY8eBIQ=w326-h400" width="326" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leon Golub<br /><b>Head of Man</b><br />1958<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizHQvRGZ7UcepmEmE1desYCpxQNPnkp6zl2IZ_282qh5-6kYr-IvMnanU5qS0UN2aDTUHQNBsi5kbpsWCmJn83SeRArjnNXT2nzxFgJA69RvyMWRBhfJH2X6ifpf_dIXTpsiTzuf_lzVN5HiiMoJz9182aLGGWwNMM0QKOfXKRlYvfDYqAUP269hTE4g=s657" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="524" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizHQvRGZ7UcepmEmE1desYCpxQNPnkp6zl2IZ_282qh5-6kYr-IvMnanU5qS0UN2aDTUHQNBsi5kbpsWCmJn83SeRArjnNXT2nzxFgJA69RvyMWRBhfJH2X6ifpf_dIXTpsiTzuf_lzVN5HiiMoJz9182aLGGWwNMM0QKOfXKRlYvfDYqAUP269hTE4g=w319-h400" width="319" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pavel Tchelitchew<br /><b>Head IV</b><br />1950<br />drawing (chalk on black paper)<br /><i>Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjS2bX2YMjV_fbvE-iYlhNJRdiWSQcl9WZtLPhe3sVz8vL6s07kzR0zgQT7XVhP3eHH6BJEbFT_K8Ph7e0_IPrduiiy5e9tFF6kGMe0fU4y2ojLP8NqN11yXotu-1f_fosT7mpvfgDVPLg8ekFSA-2_Qa9n9VvXN8bpdkvWGXw5NBxkXE4c3b7fJlJEpg=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1068" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjS2bX2YMjV_fbvE-iYlhNJRdiWSQcl9WZtLPhe3sVz8vL6s07kzR0zgQT7XVhP3eHH6BJEbFT_K8Ph7e0_IPrduiiy5e9tFF6kGMe0fU4y2ojLP8NqN11yXotu-1f_fosT7mpvfgDVPLg8ekFSA-2_Qa9n9VvXN8bpdkvWGXw5NBxkXE4c3b7fJlJEpg=w285-h400" width="285" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Willey Reveley<br /><b>Faceless Bust supporting Broken Capital</b><br />(series, Views in the Levant)<br />ca. 1785<br />watercolor<br /><i>Yale Center for British Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuVe-aHD0ydW_H1WzBEy1Z92cAtTxePf66Hk4XtemUPmPlXES7w70Bn5aUiFkl2IRBbejwMj6PpGqm4Tkp-8dQPVahOUJm26gIrOBqK5mB3GrMKbbkTtCbAvAmEcAWN57MbrSJxPTwYU7ZjTcZhKriiyNt7PnncKSKek14CHUqH4AT_RSKAGNAAWZBZA=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1223" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuVe-aHD0ydW_H1WzBEy1Z92cAtTxePf66Hk4XtemUPmPlXES7w70Bn5aUiFkl2IRBbejwMj6PpGqm4Tkp-8dQPVahOUJm26gIrOBqK5mB3GrMKbbkTtCbAvAmEcAWN57MbrSJxPTwYU7ZjTcZhKriiyNt7PnncKSKek14CHUqH4AT_RSKAGNAAWZBZA=w326-h400" width="326" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Théodore Géricault<br /><b>Head of a Drowned Man</b><br />ca. 1819<br />oil on paper, mounted on canvas<br /><i>Saint Louis Art Museum</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDissbC3C1gVsqlOR2wLi1Osr3HRdETgwvFnP-2n-CKkkJA9N5l5fSC6y19omBmirLuto3qtFaYSETLgbNUi_09iPHGrAIw4Sjt8jaZSkgrLivqx9_8q2nKpzbF5p6x4ubE57pGLq7MfOunbfhwpDktkVrb1pO1wjcMbbQXwTfA3IE8z3nQe6mjolwhw=s1400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="1400" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDissbC3C1gVsqlOR2wLi1Osr3HRdETgwvFnP-2n-CKkkJA9N5l5fSC6y19omBmirLuto3qtFaYSETLgbNUi_09iPHGrAIw4Sjt8jaZSkgrLivqx9_8q2nKpzbF5p6x4ubE57pGLq7MfOunbfhwpDktkVrb1pO1wjcMbbQXwTfA3IE8z3nQe6mjolwhw=w400-h333" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stephen Conroy<br /><b>Fallen</b><br />2002<br />etching<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjXYLEVS_1jtq_tQf09UTbrYFTEBiBv01fPqE8EHMzKLRqiVVqRw1dAZAOUaYgvLKA4OIo_6i7MmhyiHCrvWFSVBV4IKUNZXW-wVuC01dcMlZqvi2_L7cqtWAHCWcbvzyJkP0dH1KmafZEDzJS84jpTR15euXfdvQATf6vB6T4D4_1_aefF0oSpnDVRw=s1266" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1266" data-original-width="789" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjXYLEVS_1jtq_tQf09UTbrYFTEBiBv01fPqE8EHMzKLRqiVVqRw1dAZAOUaYgvLKA4OIo_6i7MmhyiHCrvWFSVBV4IKUNZXW-wVuC01dcMlZqvi2_L7cqtWAHCWcbvzyJkP0dH1KmafZEDzJS84jpTR15euXfdvQATf6vB6T4D4_1_aefF0oSpnDVRw=w249-h400" width="249" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gary Hume<br /><b>Yellow Hair</b><br />1998<br />screenprint<br /><i>Tate Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbjznPlweaVNUYVeFWKCRLi__gBM6Hx82gjsz7kwoXrAuyIkg2Ob6UI8K5HRCV6hwxQefK4np-jgz0-qi6h4H_5zTE4axxOWr6VL71Wd0h62VobIXbkpnd63phzaROd4IiBmy1S6drZT9yEUUtCOp-HZSkO1YpXINoH2fqnujoROrZyO1NCGfLna8OMQ=s893" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="667" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbjznPlweaVNUYVeFWKCRLi__gBM6Hx82gjsz7kwoXrAuyIkg2Ob6UI8K5HRCV6hwxQefK4np-jgz0-qi6h4H_5zTE4axxOWr6VL71Wd0h62VobIXbkpnd63phzaROd4IiBmy1S6drZT9yEUUtCOp-HZSkO1YpXINoH2fqnujoROrZyO1NCGfLna8OMQ=w299-h400" width="299" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emerson Woelffer<br /><b>Head</b><br />1970<br />lithograph<br /><i>Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>from</i> <b>Clouds</b><div><br />Wiping my glasses and leaning westward,</div><div>clearing my mind of the day's mist and leaning</div><div>into myself to see</div><div>the colors of truth</div><div><br /></div><div>I watch the clouds as I see them</div><div>in pomp advancing, pursuing</div><div>the fallen sun.</div><div><br /></div><div>– Denise Levertov (1965)</div><div><p></p></div>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-9553337425923115782024-03-24T00:00:00.000-07:002024-03-24T00:00:00.142-07:00Metsu - Cohen - Waldmüller - Bobak<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQ9BzFCHiA7vgRCdDQlZSNhnsYFuHJWZ6SvAA4OOttUZN2XXKcH1CV_i09I2skhl1Yz9QuSlcmo_-FcB4CH7-RuKZPqbkqRZUrmstNU3fotAJG_KzGN0kO7s1Fqe-UTEokVtxkPmudFbAo0hkBwAtErZpAVosa3WsAOStAiLFsn099va-ux3jvU65MTkp/s1200/Metsu-Gabri%C3%ABl-Young-Woman-receiving-a-Letter-c1658-oil-on-panel-Timken-Museum-of-Art-San-Diego.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1192" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQ9BzFCHiA7vgRCdDQlZSNhnsYFuHJWZ6SvAA4OOttUZN2XXKcH1CV_i09I2skhl1Yz9QuSlcmo_-FcB4CH7-RuKZPqbkqRZUrmstNU3fotAJG_KzGN0kO7s1Fqe-UTEokVtxkPmudFbAo0hkBwAtErZpAVosa3WsAOStAiLFsn099va-ux3jvU65MTkp/w398-h400/Metsu-Gabri%C3%ABl-Young-Woman-receiving-a-Letter-c1658-oil-on-panel-Timken-Museum-of-Art-San-Diego.png" width="398" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gabriël Metsu<br /><b>Young Woman receiving a Letter</b><br />ca. 1658<br />oil on panel<br /><i>Timken Museum of Art, San Diego</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4UV126WqdZTsaH2Ni7JOMJ19E30Ok6JqeIS31LXAh37dWXPoitRjY072z94ZJc8VmVka5Z88hd3WYrqhfyaY58VW8uhzpYFYa6nCToRHC_o7MCXU3iMq07LF8fRKk3D8jyaf6Si5awqJmP3J79CpNeJiv635BCty968I_u7dZ5G80EteOtgE3RfAIH6K/s889/Metsu-Gabri%C3%ABl-View-into-Hall-with-Jester-Boy-and-Dog-c1667-oil-on-panel-Art-Gallery-of-Ontario-Toronto.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="680" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4UV126WqdZTsaH2Ni7JOMJ19E30Ok6JqeIS31LXAh37dWXPoitRjY072z94ZJc8VmVka5Z88hd3WYrqhfyaY58VW8uhzpYFYa6nCToRHC_o7MCXU3iMq07LF8fRKk3D8jyaf6Si5awqJmP3J79CpNeJiv635BCty968I_u7dZ5G80EteOtgE3RfAIH6K/w306-h400/Metsu-Gabri%C3%ABl-View-into-Hall-with-Jester-Boy-and-Dog-c1667-oil-on-panel-Art-Gallery-of-Ontario-Toronto.jpg" width="306" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gabriël Metsu<br /><b>View into Hall with Jester, Boy and Dog</b><br />ca. 1667<br />oil on panel<br /><i>Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUuExjMUk3dIRCzKQ0MDcclAhU3Avptg3fRLKLsQtmlNfl6QxHNuCS12KhgZqpnJAP4HeIWjCQgKd2ASWCFgneXb9T2qDOZhnmfxMvXDaw-sZonobJ0MGcglwYnb-A-v1xdw31bjJ0j2TAZwn8O6IF5XwrJxGAB9aAsNXnazdI4PjLMWeojB2s6Z-sVqlc/s678/Metsu-Gabri%C3%ABl-Portrait-of-a-Painter-(possibly-Maria-de-Grebber)-c1660-oil-on-panel-Museum-De-Lakenhal-Leiden.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="553" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUuExjMUk3dIRCzKQ0MDcclAhU3Avptg3fRLKLsQtmlNfl6QxHNuCS12KhgZqpnJAP4HeIWjCQgKd2ASWCFgneXb9T2qDOZhnmfxMvXDaw-sZonobJ0MGcglwYnb-A-v1xdw31bjJ0j2TAZwn8O6IF5XwrJxGAB9aAsNXnazdI4PjLMWeojB2s6Z-sVqlc/w326-h400/Metsu-Gabri%C3%ABl-Portrait-of-a-Painter-(possibly-Maria-de-Grebber)-c1660-oil-on-panel-Museum-De-Lakenhal-Leiden.png" width="326" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gabriël Metsu<br /><b>Portrait of a Painter</b><br />(possibly Maria de Grebber)<br />ca. 1660<br />oil on panel<br /><i>Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgUVNs2xg0NKxds6BzG4s5Dp2h_J2EY88X5YHcNljnmPrcmjwCafpB8HBBTBQtAaos0x3fQe73PHZipbxJFMlG7JgSBqdiTHEt1BthWhw8Ww3oToTCRyCNrI-gKi5Wxwq-jK1UoTJYGhHxyNMLUDuIq0Lwhsp_JnQGb5ISE5gC4PE4vk9jVIiKeb3edJc/s735/Metsu-Gabri%C3%ABl-Christ-and-the-Woman-taken-in-Adultery-1653-oil-on-canvas-Mus%C3%A9e-du-Louvre.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="735" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgUVNs2xg0NKxds6BzG4s5Dp2h_J2EY88X5YHcNljnmPrcmjwCafpB8HBBTBQtAaos0x3fQe73PHZipbxJFMlG7JgSBqdiTHEt1BthWhw8Ww3oToTCRyCNrI-gKi5Wxwq-jK1UoTJYGhHxyNMLUDuIq0Lwhsp_JnQGb5ISE5gC4PE4vk9jVIiKeb3edJc/w400-h320/Metsu-Gabri%C3%ABl-Christ-and-the-Woman-taken-in-Adultery-1653-oil-on-canvas-Mus%C3%A9e-du-Louvre.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gabriël Metsu<br /><b>Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery</b><br />1653<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Musée du Louvre</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSfjDAc9Mr_E-pLgr78uqJrsZhsMGCCDvG7u6dfVaLar6NgEXIDhxYuwCFi8R1AXeMN0dHBQFbmYzgTkBXCwKFZKT5Hcw-Ewh7LoXsmMPWSBbReJZXS2sEQG8w5eDIkrijr4w5i3in8x5ysCIeZLzrkxzdtuejsrkwYbTVKBHOfGFTO969yJaA0bFm9eE4/s1165/Cohen-Lynne-Untitled-2011-C-print-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="926" data-original-width="1165" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSfjDAc9Mr_E-pLgr78uqJrsZhsMGCCDvG7u6dfVaLar6NgEXIDhxYuwCFi8R1AXeMN0dHBQFbmYzgTkBXCwKFZKT5Hcw-Ewh7LoXsmMPWSBbReJZXS2sEQG8w5eDIkrijr4w5i3in8x5ysCIeZLzrkxzdtuejsrkwYbTVKBHOfGFTO969yJaA0bFm9eE4/w400-h318/Cohen-Lynne-Untitled-2011-C-print-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lynne Cohen<br /><b>Untitled</b><br />2011<br />C-print<br /><i>National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvgPI4yVJX_rlHCANUGkcd_kbnB3ZIS978-U38kpn2cOg_o-t1bBrxbbiXtQkEFFQoSg5e_BE2tIjDAAhKMHC0YCnJVzY-p_43ebLoQANtKsBu8UUptkx9F3WYokKLWmhw8Icu7U8Q3dc8s_Y7wrz46PUWbwR8sc2kJN7WLpyNZTnvi-EU5tLwws_dfEr/s1175/Cohen-Lynne-Untitled-2009-C-print-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1175" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvgPI4yVJX_rlHCANUGkcd_kbnB3ZIS978-U38kpn2cOg_o-t1bBrxbbiXtQkEFFQoSg5e_BE2tIjDAAhKMHC0YCnJVzY-p_43ebLoQANtKsBu8UUptkx9F3WYokKLWmhw8Icu7U8Q3dc8s_Y7wrz46PUWbwR8sc2kJN7WLpyNZTnvi-EU5tLwws_dfEr/w400-h316/Cohen-Lynne-Untitled-2009-C-print-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lynne Cohen<br /><b>Untitled</b><br />2009<br />C-print<br /><i>National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQR8aPc3mJFiqkGhdHRkffnxu-SEqZu0qwG9z6HiBBudc27fZC8bP-pMHHykk_zz1Ppo1jE5edSNlk-u-HP-12b-Q3ENnTYvF7ojIcoDvKZsTILzpmA6MuBcgEQdKcG7lyYQ9GLwZg2W4Jc9Qv60o_-BpDr0WKWciAdBGmjJDhyphenhypheniUdwH6B_8tEiQtR2i1e/s598/Cohen-Lynne-Spa-2000-C-print-Museum-London-Ontario.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="598" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQR8aPc3mJFiqkGhdHRkffnxu-SEqZu0qwG9z6HiBBudc27fZC8bP-pMHHykk_zz1Ppo1jE5edSNlk-u-HP-12b-Q3ENnTYvF7ojIcoDvKZsTILzpmA6MuBcgEQdKcG7lyYQ9GLwZg2W4Jc9Qv60o_-BpDr0WKWciAdBGmjJDhyphenhypheniUdwH6B_8tEiQtR2i1e/w400-h311/Cohen-Lynne-Spa-2000-C-print-Museum-London-Ontario.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lynne Cohen<br /><b>Spa</b><br />2000<br />C-print<br /><i>Museum London, Ontario</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7RLAbP4inzc0LhpGSffQOvP1fDPG32k_L_Hq03lHkrLNWz4TS4XlOn7_wWBH4EhEGS2LXXu-6DuIw9LM-sOUOaDg3mQHzPrlXA4-cSGT7qxTDLASavcWYcIPRAlN6Jd_MMVL4CwM6XptBcXM3vOq-c5UYO0sKSlh_YBSzl5PYWN_5RJwsXJs_HBrZTJR/s1200/Cohen-Lynne-Talent-Search-Kitchener-Ontario-1978-gelatin-silver-print-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="949" data-original-width="1200" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7RLAbP4inzc0LhpGSffQOvP1fDPG32k_L_Hq03lHkrLNWz4TS4XlOn7_wWBH4EhEGS2LXXu-6DuIw9LM-sOUOaDg3mQHzPrlXA4-cSGT7qxTDLASavcWYcIPRAlN6Jd_MMVL4CwM6XptBcXM3vOq-c5UYO0sKSlh_YBSzl5PYWN_5RJwsXJs_HBrZTJR/w400-h316/Cohen-Lynne-Talent-Search-Kitchener-Ontario-1978-gelatin-silver-print-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lynne Cohen<br /><b>Talent Search, Kitchener, Ontario</b><br />1978<br />gelatin silver print<br /><i>National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-evvZHpB1M7x3wJRoGKe2JON21eY3BV4ygxfF2cRadd8LL_40Fq9jNfQ5CRnZMfdH0sAmph1GXU5-fFf42f53CZN8jnHto_4yf62CsAT2BH31NTyqXpZe0RNKm8zOKUOror2SrbvryOmct7mPBjEgO1f8NTcnhA3fWXQKdIthkq5hXSUBt6XshLdzBKjI/s1200/Waldm%C3%BCller-Ferdinand-Georg-Woman-and-Children-at-a-Window-1840-oil-on-canvas-Neue-Pinakothek-Munich.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="958" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-evvZHpB1M7x3wJRoGKe2JON21eY3BV4ygxfF2cRadd8LL_40Fq9jNfQ5CRnZMfdH0sAmph1GXU5-fFf42f53CZN8jnHto_4yf62CsAT2BH31NTyqXpZe0RNKm8zOKUOror2SrbvryOmct7mPBjEgO1f8NTcnhA3fWXQKdIthkq5hXSUBt6XshLdzBKjI/w319-h400/Waldm%C3%BCller-Ferdinand-Georg-Woman-and-Children-at-a-Window-1840-oil-on-canvas-Neue-Pinakothek-Munich.jpg" width="319" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller<br /><b>Woman and Children at a Window</b><br />1840<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Neue Pinakothek, Munich</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf9k6ZYZYQWIDqVqcKiAbNobNdJl3ul1YONdrtRLfA8r7vnp_JrN81mimYue3ypRtCm-234ptA9DbPDF-gHnlfNfkWGXrsUtTFDydc6QC9FRC0ZddD3RmV5CpXqX1lLltkVmG42V3sYesdtg5nVcctpT3WqVKcp5IAIz-gr9cxZdnLQyJ2p-kHDQKHESSh/s1500/Waldm%C3%BCller-Ferdinand-Georg-Portrait-of-Captain-von-Stierle-Holzmeister-c1819-oil-on-canvas-Alte-Nationalgalerie-Staatliche-Museen-zu-Berlin.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1098" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf9k6ZYZYQWIDqVqcKiAbNobNdJl3ul1YONdrtRLfA8r7vnp_JrN81mimYue3ypRtCm-234ptA9DbPDF-gHnlfNfkWGXrsUtTFDydc6QC9FRC0ZddD3RmV5CpXqX1lLltkVmG42V3sYesdtg5nVcctpT3WqVKcp5IAIz-gr9cxZdnLQyJ2p-kHDQKHESSh/w293-h400/Waldm%C3%BCller-Ferdinand-Georg-Portrait-of-Captain-von-Stierle-Holzmeister-c1819-oil-on-canvas-Alte-Nationalgalerie-Staatliche-Museen-zu-Berlin.jpg" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller<br /><b>Portrait of Captain von Stierle Holzmeister</b><br />ca. 1819<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixmS8crPXgR3nSpCAmBSoRUF46QWvU_0G7EC3nhtRGEDnPxkJxyweSOqm0B_wlFmY7BNsnV0-K4tHAKVknRN8PVxTqvMZoKhs1BOE-FI09alfcvWR_Dv79ae9-pH52rDzHDuY-Hf-Qfy3EIxLMpzYV5bE6PwRy1xiVwuGomPPCs4TyIuHp2o75Y6Zt1lwR/s1500/Waldm%C3%BCller-Ferdinand-Georg-Portrait-of-Mother-and-Daughter-1835-oil-on-canvas-Alte-Nationalgalerie-Staatliche-Museen-zu-Berlin.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixmS8crPXgR3nSpCAmBSoRUF46QWvU_0G7EC3nhtRGEDnPxkJxyweSOqm0B_wlFmY7BNsnV0-K4tHAKVknRN8PVxTqvMZoKhs1BOE-FI09alfcvWR_Dv79ae9-pH52rDzHDuY-Hf-Qfy3EIxLMpzYV5bE6PwRy1xiVwuGomPPCs4TyIuHp2o75Y6Zt1lwR/w313-h400/Waldm%C3%BCller-Ferdinand-Georg-Portrait-of-Mother-and-Daughter-1835-oil-on-canvas-Alte-Nationalgalerie-Staatliche-Museen-zu-Berlin.jpg" width="313" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller<br /><b>Portrait of Mother and Daughter</b><br />1835<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrJmwtCHQBdWNnr4GxBgQG7k39prxx_5mow6od1HoOmKKA2sFZ2pZiNT2XHLPNwcq9P674PqRRoheRAxl_NvNucXuRfGZuy_gyOEtquxwGk_lhmxMco28wC0BWGj_UZn4knExS4zZgbpPzt-sDamjIlbpIyrO-TV0U9Nu8gU5a8lSGr66p_7DUoXeyJIlk/s1500/Waldm%C3%BCller-Ferdinand-Georg-Self-Portrait-at-age-35-1828-oil-on-canvas-Belvedere-Museum-Vienna.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1175" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrJmwtCHQBdWNnr4GxBgQG7k39prxx_5mow6od1HoOmKKA2sFZ2pZiNT2XHLPNwcq9P674PqRRoheRAxl_NvNucXuRfGZuy_gyOEtquxwGk_lhmxMco28wC0BWGj_UZn4knExS4zZgbpPzt-sDamjIlbpIyrO-TV0U9Nu8gU5a8lSGr66p_7DUoXeyJIlk/w314-h400/Waldm%C3%BCller-Ferdinand-Georg-Self-Portrait-at-age-35-1828-oil-on-canvas-Belvedere-Museum-Vienna.jpeg" width="314" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller<br /><b>Self Portrait at age 35</b><br />1828<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Belvedere Museum, Vienna</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJ413XWis_J0SLJ-eXyAS4YqVJei_zJ5JPKENlMA6H5i9V7UUzzmCdgCD9ZHzqLVuJd9R8ranvOYax2-sTZwdQZtdeNeSiuSSK_oo0EUJbjoe2h_RBfRW3BIy3cDTX0qDjbi1qUnF3uqr2gPgYRmK0m8YueMQ8bsY5fvDS85XSiiB2rGwETaZr2MGwvzR/s1500/Bobak-Bruno-Burden-c1964-A-woodcut-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="870" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJ413XWis_J0SLJ-eXyAS4YqVJei_zJ5JPKENlMA6H5i9V7UUzzmCdgCD9ZHzqLVuJd9R8ranvOYax2-sTZwdQZtdeNeSiuSSK_oo0EUJbjoe2h_RBfRW3BIy3cDTX0qDjbi1qUnF3uqr2gPgYRmK0m8YueMQ8bsY5fvDS85XSiiB2rGwETaZr2MGwvzR/w233-h400/Bobak-Bruno-Burden-c1964-A-woodcut-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" width="233" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bruno Bobak<br /><b>Burden</b><br />ca. 1964<br />woodcut<br /><i>Beaverbrook Art Gallery,<br />Fredericton, New Brunswick</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOsTks7j0ovYWKnqoQqqpKZZa2NPnQSqRahjeGl3Ohrqr_WX1M7c3ICQeFzHfEV0ubd8a2cU0EV1QxNqam-FjZnnGTWZOxvlHBMazyHdL9TGiqNJKSg0YirS_JrVJAlXQGhglfIUuIYqfrISyfM8PNlwb_SoZ6N6V61dbo8v7xATRIn-BUmwtkO6AkebMF/s1500/Bobak-Bruno-Burden-c1964-B-woodcut-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="757" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOsTks7j0ovYWKnqoQqqpKZZa2NPnQSqRahjeGl3Ohrqr_WX1M7c3ICQeFzHfEV0ubd8a2cU0EV1QxNqam-FjZnnGTWZOxvlHBMazyHdL9TGiqNJKSg0YirS_JrVJAlXQGhglfIUuIYqfrISyfM8PNlwb_SoZ6N6V61dbo8v7xATRIn-BUmwtkO6AkebMF/w201-h400/Bobak-Bruno-Burden-c1964-B-woodcut-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" width="201" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bruno Bobak<br /><b>Burden</b><br />ca. 1964<br />woodcut<br /><i>Beaverbrook Art Gallery,<br />Fredericton, New Brunswick</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKbTZSZe6eFt5SOCW2EHJb22UM1Tq2TTScw7SMm6xmD6r5JZ6amExMHSzK0WMxwgWHgHu3kLeg9bXtV7aRqxnhqNXIgnju8LrKAAw1ttgcXj-uHUu_DrxUg423whcnNLf1QbXXWBTLnIOEvCt29aMIwnS9kZLsLX53ikQmySeM0gTkYJ5r_r7ixNaoPSq-/s1500/Bobak-Bruno-Father-and-Son-1961-oil-on-canvas-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="856" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKbTZSZe6eFt5SOCW2EHJb22UM1Tq2TTScw7SMm6xmD6r5JZ6amExMHSzK0WMxwgWHgHu3kLeg9bXtV7aRqxnhqNXIgnju8LrKAAw1ttgcXj-uHUu_DrxUg423whcnNLf1QbXXWBTLnIOEvCt29aMIwnS9kZLsLX53ikQmySeM0gTkYJ5r_r7ixNaoPSq-/w229-h400/Bobak-Bruno-Father-and-Son-1961-oil-on-canvas-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" width="229" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bruno Bobak<br /><b>Father and Son</b><br />1961<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Beaverbrook Art Gallery,<br />Fredericton, New Brunswick</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZc6_32jYoxly0mEjlaGzVrzwW13vWdKPRIXzB6fvmUjAj2bNFeMOBCEjoBMPiQDXBG552luhUoASlNUdPJMvMxgG-Wd6ZGUfWdPGDpQxPlp_haBB1JAV-ebaVkNsB4jhktIYWROzQkCuDNCiJMYQGrrdU_dE8GVzKeYsjoGqDe3OaVcWri6vqqXyaL4K/s1500/Bobak-Bruno-Ageing-Wrestler-1970-oil-on-canvas-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1114" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZc6_32jYoxly0mEjlaGzVrzwW13vWdKPRIXzB6fvmUjAj2bNFeMOBCEjoBMPiQDXBG552luhUoASlNUdPJMvMxgG-Wd6ZGUfWdPGDpQxPlp_haBB1JAV-ebaVkNsB4jhktIYWROzQkCuDNCiJMYQGrrdU_dE8GVzKeYsjoGqDe3OaVcWri6vqqXyaL4K/w298-h400/Bobak-Bruno-Ageing-Wrestler-1970-oil-on-canvas-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bruno Bobak<br /><b>Ageing Wrestler</b><br />1970<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>from</i> Part Three of <b>The Age of Anxiety</b><p></p><div> In this manner, sooner or later they come to the crumbling lichen-covered wall of the forgotten graveyard which marks the end of the fifth stage of their journey. At their feet lies a fallen wooden sign, bearing in faded letters the warning:</div><div><br /> <i>No Entrance Here Without a Subject</i></div><div><br /></div><div>and underneath this, in smaller, barely decipherable script, some verses which Emble starts to read aloud:</div><div> </div><div> Stranger, this still<br /> Museum exhibits<br /> The results of life:<br /> Thoughtfully, therefore, <br /> Peer as you pass<br /> These cases clouded<br /> By vetch and eyebright<br /> And viper's bugloss<br /> At each little collection<br /> Loosely arranged<br /> Of dated dust.<br /><br /> Here it is holy,<br /> Here at last<br /> In mute marble<br /> The Master closed<br /> His splendid period;<br /> A spot haunted<br /> By goat-faced grasshoppers<br /> And gangling boys<br /> Taunted by talents<br /> Which tell them more</div><div> Than their flesh can feel.<br /><br /> Here impulse loses<br /> Its impetus: thus<br /> Far and no farther<br /> Their legs, resolutions<br /> And languages carried<br /> The big, the ambitious,<br /> The beautiful, all<br /> Stopped in mid-stride<br /> At this straggling border<br /> Where wildflowers begin<br /> And wealth ends.<br /><br /> Yet around their rest<br /> Flittermice, finches<br /> And flies restore<br /> Their lost milieu;<br /> As inconsequential<br /> Host of pert<br /> Occasional creatures,<br /> Blindly, playfully,<br /> Bridging death's<br /> Eternal gap<br /> With quotidian joy. </div><p>– W.H. Auden (1944-46)</p>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-55516880710532466562024-03-23T12:00:00.182-07:002024-03-23T12:00:00.155-07:00Untethered Heads<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPShssMSrOh-1zTNY1aMmiqWtDin36poIr8u4zP-tse0wt27Pmtb8RRt2qD491DP6uey1cwwU0-70l8IupKcvhr4Nwicgf9PrsPDijWQLnDsQH2OHRBrso7e8AqzI62wQTfyuRQ6RJVL4Dm2RIWqTtr1NAxVWjyfz7RrUacWR271GBI-TXaFt7LLF0_A=s1127" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1124" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPShssMSrOh-1zTNY1aMmiqWtDin36poIr8u4zP-tse0wt27Pmtb8RRt2qD491DP6uey1cwwU0-70l8IupKcvhr4Nwicgf9PrsPDijWQLnDsQH2OHRBrso7e8AqzI62wQTfyuRQ6RJVL4Dm2RIWqTtr1NAxVWjyfz7RrUacWR271GBI-TXaFt7LLF0_A=w399-h400" width="399" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Louis Le Brocquy<br /><b>Head on a Red Ground</b><br />1974<br />intaglio print<br /><i>Tate Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIh82uFfkCPlKryZT6TTuTVAb8fu8KNzqvxIb-gKFEIKq0hjKXt6pGeRuM-652HgCRgxXfYdcjBZur-pC7QLjRPUUNYw4x2plr9O98jZFGHt26PErkjKQPeCbqNjQLvNOcZU7CXlWDENDcVjq6LIDBQ1tWVm0oypC75iCp5n1GUDViTf-P_Tn_EZqnpQ=s1000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="814" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIh82uFfkCPlKryZT6TTuTVAb8fu8KNzqvxIb-gKFEIKq0hjKXt6pGeRuM-652HgCRgxXfYdcjBZur-pC7QLjRPUUNYw4x2plr9O98jZFGHt26PErkjKQPeCbqNjQLvNOcZU7CXlWDENDcVjq6LIDBQ1tWVm0oypC75iCp5n1GUDViTf-P_Tn_EZqnpQ=w325-h400" width="325" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruth Thorne-Thomsen<br /><b>Head and Boat</b><br />1983<br />gelatin silver print<br /><i>Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrSwWeUIcwJYLIRspWFyOkXBAr_44TbCRh3_3bpa4Md1HWbc6-dlnSrnRM_jHheAv0SeEEyCLGg72PMgaJ8seSK-9mD0WjSM8pIoJkC-kEirS9mChGt1GlQDPA2JQPEzNUeoCMn204laUjBGB00kxAVemRbNFIS57Z-hs4om-RDdmiuwtKa_HjrGCi0w=s1200" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="991" data-original-width="1200" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrSwWeUIcwJYLIRspWFyOkXBAr_44TbCRh3_3bpa4Md1HWbc6-dlnSrnRM_jHheAv0SeEEyCLGg72PMgaJ8seSK-9mD0WjSM8pIoJkC-kEirS9mChGt1GlQDPA2JQPEzNUeoCMn204laUjBGB00kxAVemRbNFIS57Z-hs4om-RDdmiuwtKa_HjrGCi0w=w400-h330" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Karel Appel<br /><b>Big Head</b><br />1964<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Phillips Collection, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_RfcTNmQ0iuhOmM5-yNycHLfpntWXsmvpnzV_DOk3MkqKdP3teAn--T1xqLkrTanCjojwE3wvyr-6q89XffUuOjsnAzLv8rdq_rspF8ca0oQwl-4jbe3TktWv075AjHjhGGpuWy9FsZtLXWSQU5rVLKRHVRBpNHL7clBvJaPz77Cdx0Bqe7qoULuwPQ=s1536" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="1536" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_RfcTNmQ0iuhOmM5-yNycHLfpntWXsmvpnzV_DOk3MkqKdP3teAn--T1xqLkrTanCjojwE3wvyr-6q89XffUuOjsnAzLv8rdq_rspF8ca0oQwl-4jbe3TktWv075AjHjhGGpuWy9FsZtLXWSQU5rVLKRHVRBpNHL7clBvJaPz77Cdx0Bqe7qoULuwPQ=w400-h239" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jyoti Bhatt<br /><b>Double Self Portrait</b><br />1969<br />gelatin silver prints<br /><i>Tate Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVRRdQr5WJdFXxOI2VLFoAo36AydcNV-cUvlVw_KBzeIfxK-NOh-T4apiYBZDTEkZnwAMjGKz_L9oQbVf8NBFQT8sIPZ3HzvOoNqLuDI5g-auhB8m5nVYbOXRDzDM9gqQIUNuUSflqpBPBK3NnwUlWP-XdyFhBidy4qyMPt6lk5mmCT_444YP6OWeLVw=s730" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="581" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVRRdQr5WJdFXxOI2VLFoAo36AydcNV-cUvlVw_KBzeIfxK-NOh-T4apiYBZDTEkZnwAMjGKz_L9oQbVf8NBFQT8sIPZ3HzvOoNqLuDI5g-auhB8m5nVYbOXRDzDM9gqQIUNuUSflqpBPBK3NnwUlWP-XdyFhBidy4qyMPt6lk5mmCT_444YP6OWeLVw=w319-h400" width="319" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brassaï<br /><b>Graffiti</b><br />ca. 1955<br />gelatin silver print<br /><i>Tate Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhn-Z_mOp56g3NG735nvWomkLiGbiqguSz5HI4DiXJFIKtKpdDA8EX8-z9c5uw8NT0V3w7COnjk3NlMq3UVVFrJGvKmntSam2ILuIUaoba7GK-jgWdpVMX5FBMQEXz8ep85WWMI1qDD0tClP1os-Y3WwFfvYqddy1EypKyMW9_z08Uv7GMa-5I93a5eow=s1408" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="995" data-original-width="1408" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhn-Z_mOp56g3NG735nvWomkLiGbiqguSz5HI4DiXJFIKtKpdDA8EX8-z9c5uw8NT0V3w7COnjk3NlMq3UVVFrJGvKmntSam2ILuIUaoba7GK-jgWdpVMX5FBMQEXz8ep85WWMI1qDD0tClP1os-Y3WwFfvYqddy1EypKyMW9_z08Uv7GMa-5I93a5eow=w400-h283" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul Cézanne<br /><b>Head of the Artist's Son, asleep</b><br />ca. 1888-89<br />drawing<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKeWMMvA-JlBAxri6oxR1awrpJucv0UJcMkTAsQfekI9mTv_F_y8ZMCLFykq18dVbANzoVW2LMN6_felfdM9JLgvyzJyBK6ZX2khSA7F7HYL5Qqm10DUIJFRVch-clZtAAq2zCwr9LmOQ3Ihwi3prpO3S5gXDSVsDaUHJKeU9i5WCv0m3Y8wqyliZw4Q=s1290" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="1290" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKeWMMvA-JlBAxri6oxR1awrpJucv0UJcMkTAsQfekI9mTv_F_y8ZMCLFykq18dVbANzoVW2LMN6_felfdM9JLgvyzJyBK6ZX2khSA7F7HYL5Qqm10DUIJFRVch-clZtAAq2zCwr9LmOQ3Ihwi3prpO3S5gXDSVsDaUHJKeU9i5WCv0m3Y8wqyliZw4Q=w400-h281" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anonymous Designer<br /><b>Maria Callas and Giuseppe di Stefano</b><br />1973<br />poster<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAog2YbKgQBPNS9kcibJJdNl8yaQWna_tEP8Qh7WrPYSrWhYAS4NgDV18LlUtvlW1MmwR_4rQTcrUdezPE8DtzqIx3DhvKqIU6UhnZzGipLzKRp8TR-LqdoAeqvURyzuvDx-6yu7M9Sp4u4elF-mEWPige6QlrMub6VRHUBMNpYI4_8xH5YQKtgqcGKA=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAog2YbKgQBPNS9kcibJJdNl8yaQWna_tEP8Qh7WrPYSrWhYAS4NgDV18LlUtvlW1MmwR_4rQTcrUdezPE8DtzqIx3DhvKqIU6UhnZzGipLzKRp8TR-LqdoAeqvURyzuvDx-6yu7M9Sp4u4elF-mEWPige6QlrMub6VRHUBMNpYI4_8xH5YQKtgqcGKA=w313-h400" width="313" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anonymous Designer<br /><b>Maria Callas and Giuseppe di Stefano</b><br />1974<br />poster<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj98WhdD11En93TTq6EgXOXpTj0NvNvj5M11IH27VussUnzScb1DGuYaEdgzwPEv_z9YH-CRVcbWvQEy3OCctV8rw39_7Go67rEiu9v11g8sLYcmKrUWxLZ0h9pi4d1CyMyrojZwhyY61MGRkVvQZgEOoRPr5N8dKRMCKaL2x_S8P7hdtCycWfYpglOUw=s1475" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1475" data-original-width="1285" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj98WhdD11En93TTq6EgXOXpTj0NvNvj5M11IH27VussUnzScb1DGuYaEdgzwPEv_z9YH-CRVcbWvQEy3OCctV8rw39_7Go67rEiu9v11g8sLYcmKrUWxLZ0h9pi4d1CyMyrojZwhyY61MGRkVvQZgEOoRPr5N8dKRMCKaL2x_S8P7hdtCycWfYpglOUw=w349-h400" width="349" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Richard Cooper<br /><b>Head of Young Woman</b><br />ca. 1770<br />drawing<br /><i>Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPVQCy3lzCPEhOpF7EImAowZZ0vsUvSeyYNKJFlouF8f81-rYbq7heq-vc_T6rgfP2YAnimPDnG3K6NvmX-tO9l_DKSErGye67pqbRJQjkaq0Er7xTto-yy1EnnqpOSfzaKikom8i6wFhto98bT6EG7-RZjRpotfA9Ut6mtVr32aeXCDft1gOxm9cwsA=s774" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="560" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPVQCy3lzCPEhOpF7EImAowZZ0vsUvSeyYNKJFlouF8f81-rYbq7heq-vc_T6rgfP2YAnimPDnG3K6NvmX-tO9l_DKSErGye67pqbRJQjkaq0Er7xTto-yy1EnnqpOSfzaKikom8i6wFhto98bT6EG7-RZjRpotfA9Ut6mtVr32aeXCDft1gOxm9cwsA=w290-h400" width="290" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emil Nolde<br /><b>Head of Man in Darkness<br />(Self Portrait)</b><br />1915<br />lithograph<br /><i>Los Angeles County Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBkbRk99ucVw_k0Wpz7x-64WVFSHtrcLufERGMWkiVxWp0MMIszvueR4LzmlMgte1JsLBMVk7_hukWQMdaMMcu8GXgEy_K5UV0lzFjiMFXJg4TFgWn2sWfBjy2ZJyZRBK-KA9qByKi_0GNJRPMLYMJq1Ozo_j556BisCUnIBJQ7u4eMSYxRb2Ev1Lc9w=s1249" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1249" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBkbRk99ucVw_k0Wpz7x-64WVFSHtrcLufERGMWkiVxWp0MMIszvueR4LzmlMgte1JsLBMVk7_hukWQMdaMMcu8GXgEy_K5UV0lzFjiMFXJg4TFgWn2sWfBjy2ZJyZRBK-KA9qByKi_0GNJRPMLYMJq1Ozo_j556BisCUnIBJQ7u4eMSYxRb2Ev1Lc9w=w400-h297" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anonymous Italian Artist<br /><b>Three Heads</b><br />ca. 1540<br />drawing<br /><i>Yale University Art Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjm_vVnLD5XTeO-9qvycD6ukOQYWfAXf3PGTS3RwkamihL5YTeHiVeEHd1Bvc3tfxxraYa6JtJIFAfXtOkJ_UMXXKvfVA-2OoyaVVUVhvZqIq1rmYoCLgHDud4nUnefrauPuV4TRF4ziiFJflaakF4mUUNmUn2_P_TC2AI8oGnFgmfAKW-ekFZmIHhKVQ=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1124" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjm_vVnLD5XTeO-9qvycD6ukOQYWfAXf3PGTS3RwkamihL5YTeHiVeEHd1Bvc3tfxxraYa6JtJIFAfXtOkJ_UMXXKvfVA-2OoyaVVUVhvZqIq1rmYoCLgHDud4nUnefrauPuV4TRF4ziiFJflaakF4mUUNmUn2_P_TC2AI8oGnFgmfAKW-ekFZmIHhKVQ=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Antoine Lafréry (publisher)<br /><b>Actor's Mask (Ancient Rome) at the Vatican</b><br />ca. 1573<br />etching<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzq8CUvl_HNxt6q9qfu57FGIhiIBR8UDk4r2zqTeXCDSnjSABrAo7s5gcNUhsIXN6hgqyWQ5f3pIPdq8aZc4slvsjFGOo35H8VT2E3WZB9ATzwiZfrIKBnrAf4RVm4la4110Ut5wDcsg2fkXbLcNwbCI2Y9OG-RX-qHBVT5AJbwrdqinfXUJWgTPFc7w=s480" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="351" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzq8CUvl_HNxt6q9qfu57FGIhiIBR8UDk4r2zqTeXCDSnjSABrAo7s5gcNUhsIXN6hgqyWQ5f3pIPdq8aZc4slvsjFGOo35H8VT2E3WZB9ATzwiZfrIKBnrAf4RVm4la4110Ut5wDcsg2fkXbLcNwbCI2Y9OG-RX-qHBVT5AJbwrdqinfXUJWgTPFc7w=w293-h400" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Henri Laurens<br /><b>Two Heads</b><br />ca. 1925<br />wood engraving<br /><i>Yale University Art Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1K8v2wYkVGdiSTvMT8ChENNGlWG_6qxdf0cvdvNT6OMscnWvGkqR3EjQ4Ot3ttC9cPO2bZhCogk1ZCw3Loed5SIxwmuibtLnFyAubqpu5CsbwmKt0E55yZzSwYSbOl-1t5uZYANIe4daETxIRHi4YP0BGWJQZaAvMma-93TPJR3dflGBTDKbqV1PHtA=s688" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="688" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1K8v2wYkVGdiSTvMT8ChENNGlWG_6qxdf0cvdvNT6OMscnWvGkqR3EjQ4Ot3ttC9cPO2bZhCogk1ZCw3Loed5SIxwmuibtLnFyAubqpu5CsbwmKt0E55yZzSwYSbOl-1t5uZYANIe4daETxIRHi4YP0BGWJQZaAvMma-93TPJR3dflGBTDKbqV1PHtA=w400-h395" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sidney Nolan<br /><b>Landscape, Miner, Yellow Helmet</b><br />1973<br />screenprint<br /><i>Tate Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1gbfnOQssJz6r_yjjgPZ8WgHBKwCM3fHhZ5w0UJ8UgdMfpep7RfE6rfeHmM81BjZ9Ebn0A0rxq9SroN1jV67f0_5S1myadlqNbOFOYDA_RlpyS7DlDJeUjo0OKmXekHsiPNz-T3R01T-0jt82Z6e6SODjAQNaswBVJqYqXC3Z0dgyhQMa_wm1nJzYzQ=s1400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1279" data-original-width="1400" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1gbfnOQssJz6r_yjjgPZ8WgHBKwCM3fHhZ5w0UJ8UgdMfpep7RfE6rfeHmM81BjZ9Ebn0A0rxq9SroN1jV67f0_5S1myadlqNbOFOYDA_RlpyS7DlDJeUjo0OKmXekHsiPNz-T3R01T-0jt82Z6e6SODjAQNaswBVJqYqXC3Z0dgyhQMa_wm1nJzYzQ=w400-h365" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nicholas Monro<br /><b>Cosmic Consciousness</b><br />1970<br />screenprint<br /><i>Tate Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3yiE4qxa5hDi6ChJaJowJYFtdyjdU9jV2kGUQfcIi-gaq2tOmEwhpFCNHQ_QWphKy9gKEOX9XH8stQZ9cpOnT_0PQHZhfGygII3V-kzQhnFUSyG44ELj0Xzy1VrZ0zK6Z1P9B-F7WtQ4ySPO0FUCIclF-yLy3Y10ZOp8YkRxQkOal6irfIwYkF5MQ8Q=s1400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1400" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3yiE4qxa5hDi6ChJaJowJYFtdyjdU9jV2kGUQfcIi-gaq2tOmEwhpFCNHQ_QWphKy9gKEOX9XH8stQZ9cpOnT_0PQHZhfGygII3V-kzQhnFUSyG44ELj0Xzy1VrZ0zK6Z1P9B-F7WtQ4ySPO0FUCIclF-yLy3Y10ZOp8YkRxQkOal6irfIwYkF5MQ8Q=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bruce McClean<br /><b>Spaghetti alle Vongole Twice</b><br />1995<br />screenprint<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>The Mother's Loathing of Balloons </b><p></p><p>I hate you,<br />How the children plead<br />At first sight –</p><p><i>I want, I need,</i><br />I hate how nearly <br />Always I</p><p>At first say <i>no</i>,<br />And then comply.<br />(Soon, soon</p><p>They will grow bored<br />Clutching <i>your</i><br />Umbilical cord) –</p><p>Over the moon,<br />Lighter-than-air,<br />Should you come home,</p><p>They'd cease to care –<br />Who tugs you through<br />The front door</p><p>On a leash, won't want you<br />Anymore<br />And will forget you</p><p>On the ceiling –<br />Admittedly,<br />A giddy feeling –</p><p>Later to find you,<br />Puckered, small,<br />Crouching low</p><p>Against the wall.<br />O thin-of-skin<br />And fit to burst,</p><p>You break for her<br />Who wants you worst.<br />Your forebear was</p><p>The sack of winds,<br />The boon that gives<br />And then rescinds,</p><p>Containing nothing<br />But the force<br />That blows everyone</p><p>Off course.<br />Once possessed,<br />Your one chore done,</p><p>You float like happiness<br />To the sun,<br />Untethered afternoon,</p><p>Unkind,<br />Marooning all<br />You've left behind:</p><p>Their tinfoil tears,<br />Their plastic cries,<br />Their wheedling</p><p>And moot goodbyes,<br />You shrug them off –<br />You do not heed –</p><p>O loose bloom<br /> With no root<br /> No seed.</p><p>–A.E. Stallings (2009)</p>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-6194789287685309962024-03-23T00:00:00.000-07:002024-03-23T00:00:00.136-07:00Kirchner - Rubens - Mignard - Fink <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgInOuwZzvD8lo616XVe1YYhhFJ70Gnvz6tx4C1xbbrZpf-lgm1SlIqAEtTzjwcy27nVO-IioI9gSE8JLEc9S0ToEQu73fcdvF7lCx1Z5TKB6ZA9TeS6jb_qvmkfgWH_ZEPKr6du9n4lDL_QNbge8G79yI4JFKKqAgsvxeO-TaN6cYiCAOAd8NtLbckyJun/s960/Kirchner-Ernst-Ludwig-Panama-Dancers-1910-11-oil-on-canvas-North-Carolina-Museum-of-Art-Raleigh.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="956" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgInOuwZzvD8lo616XVe1YYhhFJ70Gnvz6tx4C1xbbrZpf-lgm1SlIqAEtTzjwcy27nVO-IioI9gSE8JLEc9S0ToEQu73fcdvF7lCx1Z5TKB6ZA9TeS6jb_qvmkfgWH_ZEPKr6du9n4lDL_QNbge8G79yI4JFKKqAgsvxeO-TaN6cYiCAOAd8NtLbckyJun/w399-h400/Kirchner-Ernst-Ludwig-Panama-Dancers-1910-11-oil-on-canvas-North-Carolina-Museum-of-Art-Raleigh.jpg" width="399" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ernst Ludwig Kirchner<br /><b>Panama Dancers</b><br />1910-11<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCS139ZdHvQ796MleSfjUgchJ53if3mgiG40O48WsZki9YT_VTTKiWxa5hAO2DL6OSC3RdDk7axGxUFxWHddvwl9aVRfzcK7u0QSMvIK8JkXnLT-iJx0-28f3WQx4L0L5veR4T7xH_fCiEwRTaHp4E2hLQfYypnyXXjUbgBPrMXt5a6Rb55S_eb8RdrDUP/s1200/Kirchner-Ernst-Ludwig-Mountain-Forest-at-Noon-1920-oil-on-canvas-Wilhelm-Hack-Museum-Ludwigshafen-Germany.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCS139ZdHvQ796MleSfjUgchJ53if3mgiG40O48WsZki9YT_VTTKiWxa5hAO2DL6OSC3RdDk7axGxUFxWHddvwl9aVRfzcK7u0QSMvIK8JkXnLT-iJx0-28f3WQx4L0L5veR4T7xH_fCiEwRTaHp4E2hLQfYypnyXXjUbgBPrMXt5a6Rb55S_eb8RdrDUP/w266-h400/Kirchner-Ernst-Ludwig-Mountain-Forest-at-Noon-1920-oil-on-canvas-Wilhelm-Hack-Museum-Ludwigshafen-Germany.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ernst Ludwig Kirchner<br /><b>Mountain Forest at Noon</b><br />1920<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-Shgnw3tp2T1jkc3xoi4uIVIyitk9OarosUE6sTbdiywNNAXcuQp_myoGkRejTSE7ylAPrbqXtdZrdX9nMzeMcWioUk_53rMu_pJ7RWUUqc1H65WXz8yxYnUoLadGSPbgaH5tPpNtgkaFLjCnUDb9SJvu2CrF_KH65CQ6je-zKG7E4hChzeFgYtA1JX_/s800/Kirchner-Ernst-Ludwig-Portrait-of-poet-Hans-Frisch-c1907-oil-on-canvas-McNay-Art-Museum-San-Antonio-Texas.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-Shgnw3tp2T1jkc3xoi4uIVIyitk9OarosUE6sTbdiywNNAXcuQp_myoGkRejTSE7ylAPrbqXtdZrdX9nMzeMcWioUk_53rMu_pJ7RWUUqc1H65WXz8yxYnUoLadGSPbgaH5tPpNtgkaFLjCnUDb9SJvu2CrF_KH65CQ6je-zKG7E4hChzeFgYtA1JX_/w400-h400/Kirchner-Ernst-Ludwig-Portrait-of-poet-Hans-Frisch-c1907-oil-on-canvas-McNay-Art-Museum-San-Antonio-Texas.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ernst Ludwig Kirchner<br /><b>Portrait of poet Hans Frisch</b><br />ca. 1907<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Ic3cuvvc_kTTSlasnpPVNYZWB00IXtF-hBJsh5YQNHEDfRFu_GP1nRpqhyphenhyphenn-dQ8CK5ye1uks6lXR97aH-bK1ZNmaUrh-wyVFQke4MhZaACAnE1zEOabSmFbtnBf8TsEBWJdnzMFegCQ3M78NAfIsWPsZXzaLRJL4qVVK0gzm-42T6nMDQut-o894cZjw/s1000/Kirchner-Ernst-Ludwig-Women-in-the-Street-c1914-oil-on-canvas-Von-der-Heydt-Museum-Wuppertal.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="702" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Ic3cuvvc_kTTSlasnpPVNYZWB00IXtF-hBJsh5YQNHEDfRFu_GP1nRpqhyphenhyphenn-dQ8CK5ye1uks6lXR97aH-bK1ZNmaUrh-wyVFQke4MhZaACAnE1zEOabSmFbtnBf8TsEBWJdnzMFegCQ3M78NAfIsWPsZXzaLRJL4qVVK0gzm-42T6nMDQut-o894cZjw/w281-h400/Kirchner-Ernst-Ludwig-Women-in-the-Street-c1914-oil-on-canvas-Von-der-Heydt-Museum-Wuppertal.jpg" width="281" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ernst Ludwig Kirchner<br /><b>Women in the Street</b><br />ca. 1914<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLDmsNHqHegxMnzc36-9WcWpoFdL71RJnxHCQ2j6HyOJmX9IldIXEf-6Z9QtuO47Kq4S5Xg3CzqA-EANTNYFHHz8hiwmBWxYB4JezyhtcAFDIYDNyAPNcj9UAvQXQKziZhpvKxkuQvCZ4JMyaO3oH4BehAEUYz3lFlEakQ9UDL6O4PfBWOsGK8S6kTml4p/s1400/Rubens-Peter-Paul-Portrait-of-painter-Jan-Wildens-c1616-17-oil-on-canvas-Rubenshuis-Antwerp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1218" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLDmsNHqHegxMnzc36-9WcWpoFdL71RJnxHCQ2j6HyOJmX9IldIXEf-6Z9QtuO47Kq4S5Xg3CzqA-EANTNYFHHz8hiwmBWxYB4JezyhtcAFDIYDNyAPNcj9UAvQXQKziZhpvKxkuQvCZ4JMyaO3oH4BehAEUYz3lFlEakQ9UDL6O4PfBWOsGK8S6kTml4p/w348-h400/Rubens-Peter-Paul-Portrait-of-painter-Jan-Wildens-c1616-17-oil-on-canvas-Rubenshuis-Antwerp.jpg" width="348" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Paul Rubens<br /><b>Portrait of painter Jan Wildens</b><br />ca. 1616-17<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Rubenshuis, Antwerp</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFY94qzCuSPVAGZfaewxSJumHdfywBxXBQ91pnkhK_KTsv4JYLmcAebOQBZnfOQwaGIHvML40Us4JNHSYRZtVjIHiGh8HBC797n1-T9UxIGQaN7zC7y61ReVfv_vEl-lIKojVNZ2XthCMIFxO7RV3qxOv6GpfJ3EpQdG4IQLbu0LsvGN45c-Y8kGkzkdW/s1238/Rubens-Peter-Paul-Study-Heads-Old-Men-c1612-oil-on-panel-Dayton-Art-Institute-Ohio.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFY94qzCuSPVAGZfaewxSJumHdfywBxXBQ91pnkhK_KTsv4JYLmcAebOQBZnfOQwaGIHvML40Us4JNHSYRZtVjIHiGh8HBC797n1-T9UxIGQaN7zC7y61ReVfv_vEl-lIKojVNZ2XthCMIFxO7RV3qxOv6GpfJ3EpQdG4IQLbu0LsvGN45c-Y8kGkzkdW/w291-h400/Rubens-Peter-Paul-Study-Heads-Old-Men-c1612-oil-on-panel-Dayton-Art-Institute-Ohio.jpg" width="291" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Paul Rubens<br /><b>Study Heads - Old Men</b><br />ca. 1612<br />oil on panel<br /><i>Dayton Art Institute, Ohio</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4X-CGNPSGIQyNbq7N0yJ9oaAs8QZMmL1hFjKY_-xkNQhkrcsCmIbMvaXrC7rrbmfrlA9pMbC3GfHMRlXh5xUwx0A-ehKV7-aCsYkfwobi7j84WsPmdSajW5Ef1l2R_VN1PBZ-5k-vjWHsdscVxdCEavCbQiSGIOgK6irP86hpews_W6eSr0A_dofg61j/s1500/Rubens-Peter-Paul-Portrait-of-Philip-IV-of-Spain-c1628-29-oil-on-canvas-Carnegie-Museum-of-Art-Pittsburgh.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1249" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4X-CGNPSGIQyNbq7N0yJ9oaAs8QZMmL1hFjKY_-xkNQhkrcsCmIbMvaXrC7rrbmfrlA9pMbC3GfHMRlXh5xUwx0A-ehKV7-aCsYkfwobi7j84WsPmdSajW5Ef1l2R_VN1PBZ-5k-vjWHsdscVxdCEavCbQiSGIOgK6irP86hpews_W6eSr0A_dofg61j/w333-h400/Rubens-Peter-Paul-Portrait-of-Philip-IV-of-Spain-c1628-29-oil-on-canvas-Carnegie-Museum-of-Art-Pittsburgh.jpg" width="333" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Paul Rubens<br /><b>Portrait of Philip IV of Spain</b><br />ca. 1628-29<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0ti4VFOzm2ud65nxmWpoZQt3Z-Q1AM4mk5aH5FyiLamgotKQ1jArLui53SQBr1Oiou1nmliilN9k6gxdeE3L0atAOIe8os-W5KTnAihIgy-9xc7iDxigM5y3tnHHX_f3k1Y-xm_4OnSszS0Ik3Z0F6LacpIrPhLCmgduu33S89YZNcK48e_wYTUMIN3F/s1500/Rubens-Peter-Paul-Portrait-of-a-Young-Man-in-Armor-c1620-oil-on-canvas-Timken-Museum-of-Art-San-Diego.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1163" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0ti4VFOzm2ud65nxmWpoZQt3Z-Q1AM4mk5aH5FyiLamgotKQ1jArLui53SQBr1Oiou1nmliilN9k6gxdeE3L0atAOIe8os-W5KTnAihIgy-9xc7iDxigM5y3tnHHX_f3k1Y-xm_4OnSszS0Ik3Z0F6LacpIrPhLCmgduu33S89YZNcK48e_wYTUMIN3F/w310-h400/Rubens-Peter-Paul-Portrait-of-a-Young-Man-in-Armor-c1620-oil-on-canvas-Timken-Museum-of-Art-San-Diego.png" width="310" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Paul Rubens<br /><b>Portrait of a Young Man in Armor</b><br />ca. 1620<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Timken Museum of Art, San Diego</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYoQwe4nro1Cshb0euATG5NYK7so2fU_Cy6Yn8TTHYnPgt6AkCkDRaMm184b-3zDLZcurxwXmD-7k2AN-V_6geh8MQV5I08HbwCdEVS1f5BVc7_0Nrowfietc7baunF4ZnCbFmubpA_X1UL9Rvz3C2e3p16Zm4hfmTzWDPzOOjAI433ju-ZMIX7lS6oqfH/s2048/Mignard-Pierre-Portrait-of-Elizabeth-Charlotte-Madame-Palatine-(known-as-Liselotte-at-the-French-court)-c1675-oil-on-canvas-Mus%C3%A9e-d'Art-et-d'Histoire-de-Narbonne.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1762" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYoQwe4nro1Cshb0euATG5NYK7so2fU_Cy6Yn8TTHYnPgt6AkCkDRaMm184b-3zDLZcurxwXmD-7k2AN-V_6geh8MQV5I08HbwCdEVS1f5BVc7_0Nrowfietc7baunF4ZnCbFmubpA_X1UL9Rvz3C2e3p16Zm4hfmTzWDPzOOjAI433ju-ZMIX7lS6oqfH/w344-h400/Mignard-Pierre-Portrait-of-Elizabeth-Charlotte-Madame-Palatine-(known-as-Liselotte-at-the-French-court)-c1675-oil-on-canvas-Mus%C3%A9e-d'Art-et-d'Histoire-de-Narbonne.jpg" width="344" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pierre Mignard<br /><b>Portrait of Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine<br />(known as Liselotte at the French court)</b><br />ca. 1675<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Narbonne</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuPcSzH8B8KsvlXQ_q0IKEdQ8Jb6M36Je9KTw7lir03fF7bcg-jYFZgQfCXEMyBN6Nkq82HA8i3tvj71Ks_FMYb8qK6x4TxUTX7E6oaBM7aWUriZYJSek0FJGgO2p4jS8tez1lmqmma4IjmcOYb_HHG_afZ_iJ1KdCR24NgOIQz0aVQlvi6jyAYowlXl6-/s1500/Mignard-Pierre-Portrait-of-Madame-de-Maintenon-c1694-oil-on-canvas-Ch%C3%A2teau-de-Versailles.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuPcSzH8B8KsvlXQ_q0IKEdQ8Jb6M36Je9KTw7lir03fF7bcg-jYFZgQfCXEMyBN6Nkq82HA8i3tvj71Ks_FMYb8qK6x4TxUTX7E6oaBM7aWUriZYJSek0FJGgO2p4jS8tez1lmqmma4IjmcOYb_HHG_afZ_iJ1KdCR24NgOIQz0aVQlvi6jyAYowlXl6-/w308-h400/Mignard-Pierre-Portrait-of-Madame-de-Maintenon-c1694-oil-on-canvas-Ch%C3%A2teau-de-Versailles.jpg" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pierre Mignard<br /><b>Portrait of Madame de Maintenon</b><br />ca. 1694<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Château de Versailles</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLqNbTvKgb9m9IPW3hW-k8mxFGNqArA-ewk8_-tcCI3DLf2SYBvDLt9R66eWcBCH5p4-fY274C1aSk4OBLtVfNuQgS_g5edIZZ8XcYUIpGnJd3P0t8x_39B0SkkMYOfunVcTiJTXpkv9CZJ4LRAIFtO0pfGfKoGwqRpEcv5otNUrrndvn7dNPDoJSnn9bV/s900/Mignard-Pierre-Ecce-Homo-1690-oil-on-canvas-Mus%C3%A9e-des-Beaux-Arts-de-Rouen.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="900" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLqNbTvKgb9m9IPW3hW-k8mxFGNqArA-ewk8_-tcCI3DLf2SYBvDLt9R66eWcBCH5p4-fY274C1aSk4OBLtVfNuQgS_g5edIZZ8XcYUIpGnJd3P0t8x_39B0SkkMYOfunVcTiJTXpkv9CZJ4LRAIFtO0pfGfKoGwqRpEcv5otNUrrndvn7dNPDoJSnn9bV/w400-h335/Mignard-Pierre-Ecce-Homo-1690-oil-on-canvas-Mus%C3%A9e-des-Beaux-Arts-de-Rouen.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pierre Mignard<br /><b>Ecce Homo</b><br />1690<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHb5dkZ8PRQ7TQ1TprjpCs5lAMqmVDf-K-vu5A0TGKMreHuFn1Zf7wGPdYmUFBrCJUKJLGCaEV9l4vZevrUTg9RASDR6-TbfSpbX6JfyVtZUoRKdytp4xza58PH5AQSmP39D04eB0fG-ofzRCdQVSWr4GZnzTwaD88NI_-aGBI_aIhkejZ-k1n7BI2T5S5/s1500/Mignard-Pierre-Portrait-of-a-Courtier-c1675-oil-on-canvas-Mus%C3%A9e-des-Beaux-Arts-de-Carcassonne.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1265" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHb5dkZ8PRQ7TQ1TprjpCs5lAMqmVDf-K-vu5A0TGKMreHuFn1Zf7wGPdYmUFBrCJUKJLGCaEV9l4vZevrUTg9RASDR6-TbfSpbX6JfyVtZUoRKdytp4xza58PH5AQSmP39D04eB0fG-ofzRCdQVSWr4GZnzTwaD88NI_-aGBI_aIhkejZ-k1n7BI2T5S5/w338-h400/Mignard-Pierre-Portrait-of-a-Courtier-c1675-oil-on-canvas-Mus%C3%A9e-des-Beaux-Arts-de-Carcassonne.jpg" width="338" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pierre Mignard<br /><b>Portrait of a Courtier</b><br />ca. 1675<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Musée des Beaux-Arts de Carcassonne</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQFnRZw4_elFsWNsNdtCtQo2x_xiyuIMnN-i0A3fLTTrm6e52kGw2o1G7obHrUnMFwgcxfIv4nASm_A9wOfl_WwDwv5XD6jEGNnMpzGybSlZ1gIOfiiL3RjZhCb68uZGPr27pBGjZTGd4Wrc8bAgVtV8a169sWGiDxBj4SRHNsFmMUagT8LRrGVsq7oN-D/s1200/Fink-Larry-Aga-(comma)-Thierry-Mugler-Haute-Couture-Paris-1998-gelatin-silver-print-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="1200" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQFnRZw4_elFsWNsNdtCtQo2x_xiyuIMnN-i0A3fLTTrm6e52kGw2o1G7obHrUnMFwgcxfIv4nASm_A9wOfl_WwDwv5XD6jEGNnMpzGybSlZ1gIOfiiL3RjZhCb68uZGPr27pBGjZTGd4Wrc8bAgVtV8a169sWGiDxBj4SRHNsFmMUagT8LRrGVsq7oN-D/w400-h396/Fink-Larry-Aga-(comma)-Thierry-Mugler-Haute-Couture-Paris-1998-gelatin-silver-print-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Larry Fink<br /><b>Aga, Thierry Mugler Haute Couture, Paris</b><br />1998<br />gelatin silver print<br /><i>Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3yWv1MHrTytow4bh3HqXTUrxNg3PGfjyFJ2ysuclJaGbDgQPXupgJbh5Bu6DKgYdajrtIlAjJSb25TOq5xtYbWI5zLXYdqeX5hjM_xTflyD7OGmSainUv4zS7wPhZebmurxrRbFWNHiyhtWl3QxnLa9H7C24Fw03JU8wSSwetIO-_yC8L2YxusbdRUEmh/s1200/Fink-Larry-Cameron-Richardson-and-Jared-Paul-Stern-Fashion-Shoot-New-York-City-1999-gelatin-silver-print-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="1200" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3yWv1MHrTytow4bh3HqXTUrxNg3PGfjyFJ2ysuclJaGbDgQPXupgJbh5Bu6DKgYdajrtIlAjJSb25TOq5xtYbWI5zLXYdqeX5hjM_xTflyD7OGmSainUv4zS7wPhZebmurxrRbFWNHiyhtWl3QxnLa9H7C24Fw03JU8wSSwetIO-_yC8L2YxusbdRUEmh/w400-h399/Fink-Larry-Cameron-Richardson-and-Jared-Paul-Stern-Fashion-Shoot-New-York-City-1999-gelatin-silver-print-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Larry Fink<br /><b>Cameron Richardson and Jared Paul Stern,<br />Fashion Shoot, New York City</b><br />1999<br />gelatin silver print<br /><i>Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogdDAFCkFDMb1ZO_0O-vzlWaBQH8GV06bqLKSCiaQF3HD-gUXSLIiS6pOhGNbCLPrlHnEjpRbOXMpSP0OBj9jrfAOLW_VI9ihZ1Ca0z8gPxB-Or2rlHQP_WbI-4jzUpcGxFceE_qPD-qRs4gn8ZfwAMp6y8SSbLFs8FhR27hx9uOeoDb5xlkQwyRDBCJw/s2048/Fink-Larry-Fashion-Shoot-New-York-City-1998-gelatin-silver-print-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1839" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogdDAFCkFDMb1ZO_0O-vzlWaBQH8GV06bqLKSCiaQF3HD-gUXSLIiS6pOhGNbCLPrlHnEjpRbOXMpSP0OBj9jrfAOLW_VI9ihZ1Ca0z8gPxB-Or2rlHQP_WbI-4jzUpcGxFceE_qPD-qRs4gn8ZfwAMp6y8SSbLFs8FhR27hx9uOeoDb5xlkQwyRDBCJw/w359-h400/Fink-Larry-Fashion-Shoot-New-York-City-1998-gelatin-silver-print-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" width="359" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Larry Fink<br /><b>Fashion Shoot, New York City</b><br />1998<br />gelatin silver print<br /><i>Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSvBy0Vd531RckaCXz04MG5cYdRO9X8tVtkCFe8HVApDhyKkOzy48mZWmMtKo_l7N4DdJrpXzQ-tHgMKFL_V52Z2qXNi5WielADQZcTlXFRC5_T_5JMarN8lMtx8Xz7fIjubxcy8Qa-jYRadqxwOQhRLvM4H0kfbdLW-CLOnU0VbHaTDv8y6UI5_JhotdV/s1500/Fink-Larry-Edwardian-Ball-Frick-Museum-New-York-City-2000-gelatin-silver-print-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="1500" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSvBy0Vd531RckaCXz04MG5cYdRO9X8tVtkCFe8HVApDhyKkOzy48mZWmMtKo_l7N4DdJrpXzQ-tHgMKFL_V52Z2qXNi5WielADQZcTlXFRC5_T_5JMarN8lMtx8Xz7fIjubxcy8Qa-jYRadqxwOQhRLvM4H0kfbdLW-CLOnU0VbHaTDv8y6UI5_JhotdV/w400-h321/Fink-Larry-Edwardian-Ball-Frick-Museum-New-York-City-2000-gelatin-silver-print-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Larry Fink<br /><b>Edwardian Ball, Frick Museum, New York City</b><br />2000<br />gelatin silver print<br /><i>Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>from</i> Part Three of <b>The Age of Anxiety</b><div><br /></div><div>Emble said:<br /> Yonder, look, is a yew avenue,<br /> A mossy mile. For amusement's sake<br /> Let us run a race till we reach the end.</div><div><br /></div><div> This, willing or unwilling, they start to do and, as they run, their rival natures, by art comparing and compared, reveal themselves. Thus Malin mutters:</div><div><br /></div><div> "Alas," say my legs, "if we lose it will be<br /> A sign you have sinned."</div><div><br /></div><div>And Quant:<br /> The safest place<br /> Is the more or less middling: the mean average<br /> Is not noticed.</div><div><br /></div><div>And Emble:<br /> How nice it feels<br /> To be the one ahead. I'm always lucky<br /> But must remember how modest to look.<br /><br />And Rosetta:<br /> Let them call: I don't care. I shall keep them waiting.<br /> They ought to have helped me. I can't hope to be first<br /> So let me be last.</div><div><div><p>– W.H. Auden (1944-46)</p></div></div>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-21875477145546672022024-03-22T12:00:00.140-07:002024-03-22T12:00:00.149-07:00Head of Holofernes - II<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsglKw6t1Lz8LAdaVwHoh22VCCwCLPgFyQZ75bAM-FfqnVjsENxQGcwXkPR0bqzK4P9OzMK5TJqrjKhis4jY1FaROc68bUWzBMYY_7As8lmEMkzlpAH1g990YNkfXCEYm_GSpOf6E5Qj4oXQYz0bCovq5nGUTmfyEM3aCbWFSxYvjHSDJTTNTJdKOwQQ=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1066" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsglKw6t1Lz8LAdaVwHoh22VCCwCLPgFyQZ75bAM-FfqnVjsENxQGcwXkPR0bqzK4P9OzMK5TJqrjKhis4jY1FaROc68bUWzBMYY_7As8lmEMkzlpAH1g990YNkfXCEYm_GSpOf6E5Qj4oXQYz0bCovq5nGUTmfyEM3aCbWFSxYvjHSDJTTNTJdKOwQQ=w266-h400" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oronzio Lelli<br /><b>Judith beheading Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1455<br />plaster cast (19th century)<br />of bronze original in Florence<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEid8pCaERh1Xeo-Gm6I9MY_5_DnDowSgErkwW0HmxHZm5RlRAT-IYolxEJ32ULEMwJA_DVORAdpJS4_lHKyqO4ekCBtno13-wOCd17c_MQ3w7UFjkpDTzpAQ43Um4-_DB-GApR_Mm-DLG30OYknT_t55KIeYqZnaz65Hd6NmynP2Zd1qa12ZCGpTehdHg=s1299" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1299" data-original-width="1065" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEid8pCaERh1Xeo-Gm6I9MY_5_DnDowSgErkwW0HmxHZm5RlRAT-IYolxEJ32ULEMwJA_DVORAdpJS4_lHKyqO4ekCBtno13-wOCd17c_MQ3w7UFjkpDTzpAQ43Um4-_DB-GApR_Mm-DLG30OYknT_t55KIeYqZnaz65Hd6NmynP2Zd1qa12ZCGpTehdHg=w328-h400" width="328" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Titian<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1515<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Galleria Doria-Pamphilij, Rome</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjmHKWJ-_GfmZ258AjZQojirYZTn9zSp3fnxBPPuNykPTrntDO6NAEePNDbnXnYkWlvPMsbK4s-dBabkYMARhfYQp37lrQ4UTc7Mx8PktXnR7EzUrqCCVJMdJVBCsyYjpAxVM7EDyxemR2QYy_le0oJUYn_sARjL91mqDzpqrctSc6wACyiZxIzy9TRg=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1231" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjmHKWJ-_GfmZ258AjZQojirYZTn9zSp3fnxBPPuNykPTrntDO6NAEePNDbnXnYkWlvPMsbK4s-dBabkYMARhfYQp37lrQ4UTc7Mx8PktXnR7EzUrqCCVJMdJVBCsyYjpAxVM7EDyxemR2QYy_le0oJUYn_sARjL91mqDzpqrctSc6wACyiZxIzy9TRg=w329-h400" width="329" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Riccio (Andrea Briosco)<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1515-30<br />bronze plaquette<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixxjF3x3oRQQLU4K7oZTLy5V5LE1EiAUCJs-OgJadE1JGfwUEgfGoyKu8ta-ruMG7ybkDG2tkzZC2U35snsgeQk-HvPjnyqs8HUlZEgiBnNrEEPfJyy391zHyTAC5NIfu_-bMfHq-AyQX5-ELWbYjIJIpjGDnwurE8JCnW1Qzl4NWZxmAxNYEOPzWqzg=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1149" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixxjF3x3oRQQLU4K7oZTLy5V5LE1EiAUCJs-OgJadE1JGfwUEgfGoyKu8ta-ruMG7ybkDG2tkzZC2U35snsgeQk-HvPjnyqs8HUlZEgiBnNrEEPfJyy391zHyTAC5NIfu_-bMfHq-AyQX5-ELWbYjIJIpjGDnwurE8JCnW1Qzl4NWZxmAxNYEOPzWqzg=w288-h400" width="288" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giovanni della Robbia<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1520<br />glazed terracotta statuette<br /><i>Museum of Fine Arts, Boston</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiokQ6nIiSfdZGa4SwNsqTPtxIZoD78Y-Z991O8qmEwp3vgBdp7AxOPNGM01nt_yeO0owksXE6-7iM8gWiBUHtNcBaTFJt0lAJGgQeVGX7nPC-CQi3TOQn0d6Ie5OInQxQo0PrCg8eEeOgRNM2zE-FVvx5OM1FvCma6aMcblLCNEKCHFYCscqFMRfO5Iw=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1179" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiokQ6nIiSfdZGa4SwNsqTPtxIZoD78Y-Z991O8qmEwp3vgBdp7AxOPNGM01nt_yeO0owksXE6-7iM8gWiBUHtNcBaTFJt0lAJGgQeVGX7nPC-CQi3TOQn0d6Ie5OInQxQo0PrCg8eEeOgRNM2zE-FVvx5OM1FvCma6aMcblLCNEKCHFYCscqFMRfO5Iw=w315-h400" width="315" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barthel Beham<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1525-27<br />engraving<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimuPBfUdnxmHdApseaHukis0LPieQbu4b5HegCgHMLP4Zxyqc9cwcbs446psZ_ssILxd8yaV2Y5ezgpFcTdS597xOf671Ho1oVoQQOJRbdasEZpvnuT4Etj6ZIZFBGmtr57EHb2hRnG7zUpuSIDIWMJ-2sxSWC-3Y0ZWQ2_zgMLSxsa2KoCd4s6JBgSw=s1495" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="1495" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimuPBfUdnxmHdApseaHukis0LPieQbu4b5HegCgHMLP4Zxyqc9cwcbs446psZ_ssILxd8yaV2Y5ezgpFcTdS597xOf671Ho1oVoQQOJRbdasEZpvnuT4Etj6ZIZFBGmtr57EHb2hRnG7zUpuSIDIWMJ-2sxSWC-3Y0ZWQ2_zgMLSxsa2KoCd4s6JBgSw=w400-h311" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Girolamo Romanino<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />1531-32<br />fresco<br /><i>Castello del Buonconsiglio, Trento</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiK44RAJMwNUiv1Z5zOtt-3JqrJq0pa-oZOABCLsX25_KFzrSETALkPM5gr8qejGzeExFuOszQnCWii7Tf6jzxL_-tr5Idw0zw7Ghdx7_-UPaRxqDEhvTSqslyMkdvv03abTKb1BMebbQe02QY0FXsxm1IrUaYhDGKHwPvzYDlWNB_dOboQB3kfm_F-8g=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1241" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiK44RAJMwNUiv1Z5zOtt-3JqrJq0pa-oZOABCLsX25_KFzrSETALkPM5gr8qejGzeExFuOszQnCWii7Tf6jzxL_-tr5Idw0zw7Ghdx7_-UPaRxqDEhvTSqslyMkdvv03abTKb1BMebbQe02QY0FXsxm1IrUaYhDGKHwPvzYDlWNB_dOboQB3kfm_F-8g=w331-h400" width="331" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lambert Sustris<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1548-51<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8l6GMf0NwoNJIYY5_1dTJ_iL8RKMJw4gAk_aEgi7hBw6YJYI0o9NuCW7KbMNunJ3hj7n4SCMI4HynCZZEZLLUyJNFiWXiYaq5K6A7tmClCZf9iTDqJsCm-mDhzi1xzEloR_y-01ohKAw0EvQSt0RKtA6E43Mcl2jWbgVTLg8UJSUodBdAYITmsIFsTg=s1618" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1618" data-original-width="1151" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8l6GMf0NwoNJIYY5_1dTJ_iL8RKMJw4gAk_aEgi7hBw6YJYI0o9NuCW7KbMNunJ3hj7n4SCMI4HynCZZEZLLUyJNFiWXiYaq5K6A7tmClCZf9iTDqJsCm-mDhzi1xzEloR_y-01ohKAw0EvQSt0RKtA6E43Mcl2jWbgVTLg8UJSUodBdAYITmsIFsTg=w285-h400" width="285" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anonymous Flemish Artist<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1550-1600<br />boxwood statuette<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMaO1jzhEJly-YnkQ-agcM-oAWqLZKyRPOC-lqVvKPugF2r9QkKGdbe-FqyBuPfwA4SkzmAWW8i4riGZ9NrJz_ql2Ao8BoyrRubMR9nvIF2eunXkhWmoA1VS90fsu_yqCO1plZw6XhKQPvcdkPHcKXWrTlwQAfCI5W0cAwx02rSEDC8XFoZQKq53LBaA=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="929" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMaO1jzhEJly-YnkQ-agcM-oAWqLZKyRPOC-lqVvKPugF2r9QkKGdbe-FqyBuPfwA4SkzmAWW8i4riGZ9NrJz_ql2Ao8BoyrRubMR9nvIF2eunXkhWmoA1VS90fsu_yqCO1plZw6XhKQPvcdkPHcKXWrTlwQAfCI5W0cAwx02rSEDC8XFoZQKq53LBaA=w363-h400" width="363" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paolo Veronese<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1575-80<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2JXhA0DGiOgluTHhDPlph5qTE0ImL3W31xr8HWqrPRNRSNFxSayFRbsXc8GkEKrEQ1CEKgtN_Av4gH90z3A7RLM4VjU_qOcin_68oXCcaZWaSEsYr9ta_wMEfvkBVMmYswCGlfCSkVSVSwWeVRMRzN3na2RYBC5H2mF28Kj2m0bCwbMna8Am5K-iz2A=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="1500" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2JXhA0DGiOgluTHhDPlph5qTE0ImL3W31xr8HWqrPRNRSNFxSayFRbsXc8GkEKrEQ1CEKgtN_Av4gH90z3A7RLM4VjU_qOcin_68oXCcaZWaSEsYr9ta_wMEfvkBVMmYswCGlfCSkVSVSwWeVRMRzN3na2RYBC5H2mF28Kj2m0bCwbMna8Am5K-iz2A=w400-h301" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jacopo Tintoretto<br /><b>Judith and Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1577<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Museo del Prado, Madrid</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAyC7xuJsBedD9u3LM4v6wRx53ATtXUEP4jyDKZUb52jTqB1I1C2fjbd0kruF64NncR2Zp_-dsqW4xXIDlp8_fFrFOCoerBpkWmwOIAoyOPMndLj-GRBbwrYUGi8XMcBpKbOhgIZFZ0QFChKnDKINabP6S8nfVjA8hjpoPa528OWcFCel_jn7Gcmx3bQ=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="967" data-original-width="1600" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAyC7xuJsBedD9u3LM4v6wRx53ATtXUEP4jyDKZUb52jTqB1I1C2fjbd0kruF64NncR2Zp_-dsqW4xXIDlp8_fFrFOCoerBpkWmwOIAoyOPMndLj-GRBbwrYUGi8XMcBpKbOhgIZFZ0QFChKnDKINabP6S8nfVjA8hjpoPa528OWcFCel_jn7Gcmx3bQ=w400-h241" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Domenico Tintoretto<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1595<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Museo del Prado, Madrid</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmFd_fVo4ROpj6_c5R2b2bqVNeds1pXiHdfst1UbIigdorfGdYul7chJwndOT-OI7oHz3StzKXY5IpNxF9MORue1KemZfd2OagrmARpN78fyRAWhqIC4NhRu6DcL_GtCKUzfHqNVEGsdSi8022QziCDr6HJp5jf4UC6iQkm4EaaHo589shr1cXts11lQ=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1092" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmFd_fVo4ROpj6_c5R2b2bqVNeds1pXiHdfst1UbIigdorfGdYul7chJwndOT-OI7oHz3StzKXY5IpNxF9MORue1KemZfd2OagrmARpN78fyRAWhqIC4NhRu6DcL_GtCKUzfHqNVEGsdSi8022QziCDr6HJp5jf4UC6iQkm4EaaHo589shr1cXts11lQ=w291-h400" width="291" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joachim Wtewael<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1595-1600<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Princeton University Art Museum</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYnTe1nm628QyYeYWstD8A3KA__ZlWDFqBoIgpAqw4bDy9-aHhZQMMORnXkvKhWvYS646pwI3k6XxAdnyMXNh3Vs_d9COc0MUWqNaB-1k0UUtsLgWEe-mAPQsGUk67EUstwXX6q-nHeHgOiOsu9Nn8lmr17x7U8Pt_XF03Ou1TXGcf2kXZBCw7mX5Etg=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1046" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYnTe1nm628QyYeYWstD8A3KA__ZlWDFqBoIgpAqw4bDy9-aHhZQMMORnXkvKhWvYS646pwI3k6XxAdnyMXNh3Vs_d9COc0MUWqNaB-1k0UUtsLgWEe-mAPQsGUk67EUstwXX6q-nHeHgOiOsu9Nn8lmr17x7U8Pt_XF03Ou1TXGcf2kXZBCw7mX5Etg=w279-h400" width="279" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan Saenredam <i>after </i>Hendrik Goltzius<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1600<br />engraving<br /><i>Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMLf1nkBuXlwy792b7AZGKGiE8d8_BHFehYGSDeUVpNZJXSFTo6Ia104Y_b-8xDIULsSqyhRHaLZBflQL0lM3o7XEK4XZeAr9-M61i27diNW_y3lmEQUPcmu9sLfVqvIFcyZ-P7jAMu-nXT80-Eg7u2j7WKBKlvb3aZ1h1BZE7XOJp0FwB8Cu-YTv-ig=s1250" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="933" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMLf1nkBuXlwy792b7AZGKGiE8d8_BHFehYGSDeUVpNZJXSFTo6Ia104Y_b-8xDIULsSqyhRHaLZBflQL0lM3o7XEK4XZeAr9-M61i27diNW_y3lmEQUPcmu9sLfVqvIFcyZ-P7jAMu-nXT80-Eg7u2j7WKBKlvb3aZ1h1BZE7XOJp0FwB8Cu-YTv-ig=w299-h400" width="299" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan Saenredam <i>after</i> Lucas van Leyden<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1610<br />engraving<br /><i>Teylers Museum, Haarlem</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizkPQCWotfVBwuNnezbNqhGAZmcsaCTJanqOL8gBdmhMHfmy4tVf0OBcJk6lXLcxk5JEA9x2307U8n37lRJ-Av10yowD8MfR-4T_4I8g7eKhMkHXKM0hVLmrIBT5JusUMSjEx02LvZ2EEDtB6jKKFySgx2grgdLGtx0qHPW4qOodlPHyFk0NmPJ9rK3g=s1490" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="1298" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizkPQCWotfVBwuNnezbNqhGAZmcsaCTJanqOL8gBdmhMHfmy4tVf0OBcJk6lXLcxk5JEA9x2307U8n37lRJ-Av10yowD8MfR-4T_4I8g7eKhMkHXKM0hVLmrIBT5JusUMSjEx02LvZ2EEDtB6jKKFySgx2grgdLGtx0qHPW4qOodlPHyFk0NmPJ9rK3g=w349-h400" width="349" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gerrit Pietersz (called Sweelinck)<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />1605<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwEbGsVveBU4bSxC21vamTORevwyp6tazshf3sqdHeFZ4BGaUyH6fVMDxzXqZ8GedG7f9QEpkp3C7vjNr0pUYLIrJej7GzrEQrD7ODTNELFs_Lv0uiAxzR3v0HKduU9fYjVGj9wzd-b6yIY9SRAQw7k-Fe95v4_blhHr_rOhigmErE1cs1vK2siCMkUQ=s800" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="508" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwEbGsVveBU4bSxC21vamTORevwyp6tazshf3sqdHeFZ4BGaUyH6fVMDxzXqZ8GedG7f9QEpkp3C7vjNr0pUYLIrJej7GzrEQrD7ODTNELFs_Lv0uiAxzR3v0HKduU9fYjVGj9wzd-b6yIY9SRAQw7k-Fe95v4_blhHr_rOhigmErE1cs1vK2siCMkUQ=w254-h400" width="254" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guido Reni<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1620<br />drawing<br /><i>Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco<br />(Achenbach Foundation)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>from</i> <b>Annunciations</b><p></p><p>O Love, subject of the mere diurnal grind,<br />Forever being pledged to be redeemed,<br />Expose yourself for charity; be assured<br />The body is but husk and excrement.<br />Enter these deaths according to the law,<br />O visited women, possessed sons. Foreign lusts<br />Infringe our restraints; the changeable<br />Soldiery have their goings-out and comings-in<br />Dying in abundance. Choicest beasts<br />Suffuse the gutters with their colourful blood.<br />Our God scatters corruption. Priests, martyrs,<br />Parade to this imperious theme: "O Love,<br />You know what pains succeed; be vigilant; strive<br />To recognize the damned among your friends."</p><p>– Geoffrey Hill (1958)</p>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-27582299094063524452024-03-22T00:00:00.000-07:002024-03-22T00:00:00.138-07:00Meissen - Meléndez - Matisse - Manet<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAz71h5QnrbY74LHUJxB9WKFizKbXnRoQhhfQuYTjN9VO7CrvkM-ZUwz9y5eJX96VMH5jDm5AWvHT2zd2Sr5VKU7Zaa8QsYERFnZ066Uh09lbVr0o5DOmFMZ2j9H869XW9gYlCteZ-GV_DhJ5ZvSxj29c9xEiP1doefH1Z3moMvaG2XHmiO6R0qaashDDG/s1024/Meissen-Manufactory-(Dresden)-Lovers-at-the-Sewing-Table-late-19th-century-porcelain-Newport-Mansions-Preservation-Society-Rhode-Island.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="1024" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAz71h5QnrbY74LHUJxB9WKFizKbXnRoQhhfQuYTjN9VO7CrvkM-ZUwz9y5eJX96VMH5jDm5AWvHT2zd2Sr5VKU7Zaa8QsYERFnZ066Uh09lbVr0o5DOmFMZ2j9H869XW9gYlCteZ-GV_DhJ5ZvSxj29c9xEiP1doefH1Z3moMvaG2XHmiO6R0qaashDDG/w400-h336/Meissen-Manufactory-(Dresden)-Lovers-at-the-Sewing-Table-late-19th-century-porcelain-Newport-Mansions-Preservation-Society-Rhode-Island.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meissen Manufactory, Dresden<br /><b>Lovers at the Sewing Table</b><br />19th century<br />porcelain<br /><i>Newport Mansions Preservation Society, Rhode Island</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGo6HttTbxHp4glqMwDK8xaSz8AZ7bq46m-c6IcCymP8UD2AzS8drcaTg3MTtkNDVbMemIK59AaMikR_cevXBcaC4T3DDT-j1BK9nORDEM5FwAm0XOO25lfTO3J0xS3_tK7u1ErhiYgEIv5ySeZt1TDO1CVXATFJxhJdPZElbFP_FVGiHR3IUPLTcJFjI/s1024/Meissen-Manufactory-(Dresden)-Cupid-with-Crown-of-Roses-19th-century-porcelain-Newport-Mansions-Preservation-Society-Rhode-Island.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="861" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGo6HttTbxHp4glqMwDK8xaSz8AZ7bq46m-c6IcCymP8UD2AzS8drcaTg3MTtkNDVbMemIK59AaMikR_cevXBcaC4T3DDT-j1BK9nORDEM5FwAm0XOO25lfTO3J0xS3_tK7u1ErhiYgEIv5ySeZt1TDO1CVXATFJxhJdPZElbFP_FVGiHR3IUPLTcJFjI/w336-h400/Meissen-Manufactory-(Dresden)-Cupid-with-Crown-of-Roses-19th-century-porcelain-Newport-Mansions-Preservation-Society-Rhode-Island.jpg" width="336" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meissen Manufactory, Dresden<br /><b>Cupid with Crown of Roses</b><br />19th century<br />porcelain<br /><i>Newport Mansions Preservation Society, Rhode Island</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2R0dROkDDcJonyGk2Xso5FSLWvggHiQlGJE7a2T207wsYu7sqT3iVAEA6wKpJhLF999vqiGlxLFwMGoGqwLtm22SKahsv8yIUWXAPAtZQIc6CFU8lhkroGzB8nbaoOUWrleNTU2XSkLMdfi0-NGyXPdw01MnsK-UrV5wuaZDtEJw3SfmIudsdDULpihKq/s1024/Meissen-Manufactory-(Dresden)-Cupid-with-Severed-Head-19th-century-porcelain-Newport-Mansions-Preservation-Society-Rhode-Island.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="830" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2R0dROkDDcJonyGk2Xso5FSLWvggHiQlGJE7a2T207wsYu7sqT3iVAEA6wKpJhLF999vqiGlxLFwMGoGqwLtm22SKahsv8yIUWXAPAtZQIc6CFU8lhkroGzB8nbaoOUWrleNTU2XSkLMdfi0-NGyXPdw01MnsK-UrV5wuaZDtEJw3SfmIudsdDULpihKq/w324-h400/Meissen-Manufactory-(Dresden)-Cupid-with-Severed-Head-19th-century-porcelain-Newport-Mansions-Preservation-Society-Rhode-Island.jpg" width="324" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meissen Manufactory, Dresden<br /><b>Cupid with Severed Head</b><br />19th century<br />porcelain<br /><i>Newport Mansions Preservation Society, Rhode Island</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJh5QPcE4HtRDJUILRXNsPPO3gBnf1RIrxRyoLj-Ygd8YJCYAqD-Q2V4syQaIRRXVJ8F1HVODXbuFosVjXkZnxOxovjkUOB2rh0ZuMRzjCOIrOomoFtd9SxAw9txY1hBJA4FOFbSUFok6HPQPcPxptXvgmJtM7iYt6bB2uSq7-Er8pPBmJZutWhcm6ixPi/s1500/Meissen-Manufactory-(Dresden)-Coppersmith-c1750-porcelain-Harvard-Art-Museums.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="958" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJh5QPcE4HtRDJUILRXNsPPO3gBnf1RIrxRyoLj-Ygd8YJCYAqD-Q2V4syQaIRRXVJ8F1HVODXbuFosVjXkZnxOxovjkUOB2rh0ZuMRzjCOIrOomoFtd9SxAw9txY1hBJA4FOFbSUFok6HPQPcPxptXvgmJtM7iYt6bB2uSq7-Er8pPBmJZutWhcm6ixPi/w255-h400/Meissen-Manufactory-(Dresden)-Coppersmith-c1750-porcelain-Harvard-Art-Museums.jpg" width="255" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meissen Manufactory, Dresden<br /><b>Coppersmith</b><br />ca. 1750<br />porcelain<br /><i>Harvard Art Museums</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7XvdZJFz3WwPffJgBsT3YyyzinQkXWZ5izK0b1D3IRCl46rqodPFbybHfZM8miBvmWIi_CVFP1WPDlPw1rwHCSKrOFLggrTVG8tSnF3aV0EpgDXJaHQszBs5jI-CU5qdLr64NVCb2uEnjWsx8eEnSGoyz1-i_EzMwmZNjPVA3Nw1Eg0kJqRtrEfAFaws/s960/Mel%C3%A9ndez-Luis-Still-Life-with-Bread-Jug-and-Napkin-before-1780-oil-on-canvas-North-Carolina-Museum-of-Art-Raleigh.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="708" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7XvdZJFz3WwPffJgBsT3YyyzinQkXWZ5izK0b1D3IRCl46rqodPFbybHfZM8miBvmWIi_CVFP1WPDlPw1rwHCSKrOFLggrTVG8tSnF3aV0EpgDXJaHQszBs5jI-CU5qdLr64NVCb2uEnjWsx8eEnSGoyz1-i_EzMwmZNjPVA3Nw1Eg0kJqRtrEfAFaws/w295-h400/Mel%C3%A9ndez-Luis-Still-Life-with-Bread-Jug-and-Napkin-before-1780-oil-on-canvas-North-Carolina-Museum-of-Art-Raleigh.jpg" width="295" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luis Meléndez<br /><b>Still Life with Bread, Jug and Napkin</b><br />before 1780<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjeY_dxaGP7I0ErAY7_wT8PWWNFhFfGV5FXyvbQVdIsZhCdDkbYCHE4pSvr56up9oamK8v-rkk7pL4dWvPzJiBGfHPck-ZUvr2_sxN0OQKoPM9jCyIHNK_i6i4LHP7mrD1TUTtqGPfENkJMn8K2JEonf-zuOfVVFiCgt0iU_mY9F_5XwaamtTqkWZ6VFt/s1200/Mel%C3%A9ndez-Luis-Still-Life-with-Grapes-Figs-and-Copper-Pot-c1770-oil-on-canvas-North-Carolina-Museum-of-Art-Raleigh.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1200" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjeY_dxaGP7I0ErAY7_wT8PWWNFhFfGV5FXyvbQVdIsZhCdDkbYCHE4pSvr56up9oamK8v-rkk7pL4dWvPzJiBGfHPck-ZUvr2_sxN0OQKoPM9jCyIHNK_i6i4LHP7mrD1TUTtqGPfENkJMn8K2JEonf-zuOfVVFiCgt0iU_mY9F_5XwaamtTqkWZ6VFt/w400-h297/Mel%C3%A9ndez-Luis-Still-Life-with-Grapes-Figs-and-Copper-Pot-c1770-oil-on-canvas-North-Carolina-Museum-of-Art-Raleigh.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luis Meléndez<br /><b>Still Life with Grapes, Figs and Copper Pot</b><br />ca. 1770<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOCTdlvaAqCpA_jd-iN4xLDzDgZaMDGoO5WqQhOgq4H1YHTXPXAAAQTsghkclGSGDCbnjK2IrOYIKkGqQjn9ofM7Q4DhXNn6Xbner5DH0GtCf3A_glE7iDC5yAjrhUVClLBdGCyiCBU9jP3EyspQGMQFD07kJ6p2La26aLriwi5onxlXON7VIZ85hhpwqv/s1500/Mel%C3%A9ndez-Luis-Still-Life-with-Fruit-and-Jug-1773-oil-on-canvas-Museo-de-Bellas-Artes-de-Bilbao.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1115" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOCTdlvaAqCpA_jd-iN4xLDzDgZaMDGoO5WqQhOgq4H1YHTXPXAAAQTsghkclGSGDCbnjK2IrOYIKkGqQjn9ofM7Q4DhXNn6Xbner5DH0GtCf3A_glE7iDC5yAjrhUVClLBdGCyiCBU9jP3EyspQGMQFD07kJ6p2La26aLriwi5onxlXON7VIZ85hhpwqv/w298-h400/Mel%C3%A9ndez-Luis-Still-Life-with-Fruit-and-Jug-1773-oil-on-canvas-Museo-de-Bellas-Artes-de-Bilbao.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luis Meléndez<br /><b>Still Life with Fruit and Jug</b><br />1773<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeW2O7GR6qPw9CJKxr8fxqjGuEDG-5aItcl8eA-EsrKRdpVLXUxyLRDxladfvGliBDG_Y4NVQtNrYQFCEby62mN9Fu2JVp683ggcxXCDXnw6b7eBUn2X3LijOVcdqGVhxzKPYllv-PtkutoPoSIHgwWFFOrCzvqvxGYNV2JFh5YSDenOvWhoaeQFUM7sS5/s1500/Mel%C3%A9ndez-Luis-Still-Life-c1765-75-oil-on-canvas-Museo-Nacional-de-Escultura-Valladolid.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1125" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeW2O7GR6qPw9CJKxr8fxqjGuEDG-5aItcl8eA-EsrKRdpVLXUxyLRDxladfvGliBDG_Y4NVQtNrYQFCEby62mN9Fu2JVp683ggcxXCDXnw6b7eBUn2X3LijOVcdqGVhxzKPYllv-PtkutoPoSIHgwWFFOrCzvqvxGYNV2JFh5YSDenOvWhoaeQFUM7sS5/w300-h400/Mel%C3%A9ndez-Luis-Still-Life-c1765-75-oil-on-canvas-Museo-Nacional-de-Escultura-Valladolid.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luis Meléndez<br /><b>Still Life</b><br />ca. 1765-75<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Museo Nacional de Escultura, Valladolid</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_33zVnfXhuMy8VKvBg9jcSWzKpIPcuh0ceCgDZtKV4rdJNzDuNzd09LfyVxpeDY6VkTEZJyRj0akULZuUGUscHIo2qkUYS79Ndy9IDrWk0H1eSE-B4AOBAt4Moq3g8bLuEUcd0SvXylNg05-EAIz5g1grnxjBokOZOOVxEjdRZo2NV75jgKbqkP8sI8In/s1117/Matisse-Henri-Dishes-and-Melon-1906-1907-oil-on-canvas-Barnes-Foundation-Philadelphia.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1117" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_33zVnfXhuMy8VKvBg9jcSWzKpIPcuh0ceCgDZtKV4rdJNzDuNzd09LfyVxpeDY6VkTEZJyRj0akULZuUGUscHIo2qkUYS79Ndy9IDrWk0H1eSE-B4AOBAt4Moq3g8bLuEUcd0SvXylNg05-EAIz5g1grnxjBokOZOOVxEjdRZo2NV75jgKbqkP8sI8In/w400-h323/Matisse-Henri-Dishes-and-Melon-1906-1907-oil-on-canvas-Barnes-Foundation-Philadelphia.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Henri Matisse<br /><b>Dishes and Melon</b><br />1906-1907<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08JziICimfF1ECOBkUHdrsGNwiCK-csoXgBcrlkatBEc28jqCWgfrta8I5-T46eslBWEmNSQhxqYjV1H69wAcrHbldM2F2debTBzDb_7E7d4Rn1D76GQyGtuDiRWvmiKpgpRZy1ELhov2bYxFWbf2ohd9wzHRCQb3wDDHlJ6jbTlHAdSOsLEu_6A1vvk8/s1173/Matisse-Henri-Blue-Still-Life-1907-oil-on-canvas-Barnes-Foundation-Philadelphia.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="1173" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08JziICimfF1ECOBkUHdrsGNwiCK-csoXgBcrlkatBEc28jqCWgfrta8I5-T46eslBWEmNSQhxqYjV1H69wAcrHbldM2F2debTBzDb_7E7d4Rn1D76GQyGtuDiRWvmiKpgpRZy1ELhov2bYxFWbf2ohd9wzHRCQb3wDDHlJ6jbTlHAdSOsLEu_6A1vvk8/w400-h304/Matisse-Henri-Blue-Still-Life-1907-oil-on-canvas-Barnes-Foundation-Philadelphia.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Henri Matisse<br /><b>Blue Still Life</b><br />1907<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtp7LYhxJdUweM_0GPaZ7AptdqjC28op7tLiIizWZnB0z-3qkh1ZDNzvbb05fKiIpuN0DkK_NXoJ01AtDiR10lKiczfksdquAn6K9YTkN8fP2EMZkDE7Nn_R3s-5M75AFnY-uvpRu2plbyrVgYGiBTiOCpv5s24E2SBvEltjidm2Z-tWbbvRPbtXV7jwl/s1402/Matisse-Henri-Le-Bonheur-de-Vivre-1905-1906-oil-on-cardboard-(sketch)-Barnes-Foundation-Philadelphia.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1402" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtp7LYhxJdUweM_0GPaZ7AptdqjC28op7tLiIizWZnB0z-3qkh1ZDNzvbb05fKiIpuN0DkK_NXoJ01AtDiR10lKiczfksdquAn6K9YTkN8fP2EMZkDE7Nn_R3s-5M75AFnY-uvpRu2plbyrVgYGiBTiOCpv5s24E2SBvEltjidm2Z-tWbbvRPbtXV7jwl/w400-h244/Matisse-Henri-Le-Bonheur-de-Vivre-1905-1906-oil-on-cardboard-(sketch)-Barnes-Foundation-Philadelphia.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Henri Matisse<br /><b>Le Bonheur de Vivre</b><br />1905-1906<br />oil on cardboard (sketch)<br /><i>Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyctTFqptYc_x0CeXOhbp9x1YVOiiTiXb7-J_dA0uVQMGtelfA74Mu7o3gNNLcO6GUQjVZuupMa4pxh1azMVgDsXxUuOgOODmvSbQPKM63gwoXYd88517vWycZBsQ_HLbd3VZInf6y6L1gJEzrhZBixXa30bUwRsWq_x-B0DlkSodU1quhcK7-Z8_SrMFB/s1231/Matisse-Henri-Le-Bonheur-de-Vivre-1905-1906-oil-on-canvas-(former-Gertrude-Stein)-Barnes-Foundation-Philadelphia.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1231" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyctTFqptYc_x0CeXOhbp9x1YVOiiTiXb7-J_dA0uVQMGtelfA74Mu7o3gNNLcO6GUQjVZuupMa4pxh1azMVgDsXxUuOgOODmvSbQPKM63gwoXYd88517vWycZBsQ_HLbd3VZInf6y6L1gJEzrhZBixXa30bUwRsWq_x-B0DlkSodU1quhcK7-Z8_SrMFB/w640-h464/Matisse-Henri-Le-Bonheur-de-Vivre-1905-1906-oil-on-canvas-(former-Gertrude-Stein)-Barnes-Foundation-Philadelphia.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Henri Matisse<br /><b>Le Bonheur de Vivre</b><br />1905-1906<br />oil on canvas<br />(formerly owned by Gertrude Stein)<br /><i>Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1AaYh9T8VPbi6cCVUYnOjVS5Zurd47sSQyPvRr99liZXeG7O9zSn2QXdw7T_a5QFMefC5uvTAiUWsJY4MhAdPlxsr-7GJeXsu_kTkToQJplekVDcZ_5Is3k9FGfCum2RgXK79LawpWI8j8NH1vRvGmsrs_GuWyBF-ClVq-dQwmMScAhTTI8R5Ujl1DLG/s1200/Manet-%C3%89douard-At-the-Prado-c1865-etching-and-aquatint-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="837" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1AaYh9T8VPbi6cCVUYnOjVS5Zurd47sSQyPvRr99liZXeG7O9zSn2QXdw7T_a5QFMefC5uvTAiUWsJY4MhAdPlxsr-7GJeXsu_kTkToQJplekVDcZ_5Is3k9FGfCum2RgXK79LawpWI8j8NH1vRvGmsrs_GuWyBF-ClVq-dQwmMScAhTTI8R5Ujl1DLG/w279-h400/Manet-%C3%89douard-At-the-Prado-c1865-etching-and-aquatint-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" width="279" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Édouard Manet<br /><b>At the Prado</b><br />ca. 1865<br />etching and aquatint<br /><i>National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLOzt-q680ZV9fxLFmY12Tjq8LK7ISzvuOXwAlnHSV0_WSFFANbSdwZO5viZthruv-sw7qyYTianUjjsnBiRPm1UrTSGT9tIBWzrTsxWOJtJ8EudvHBpoMLegdRishIk25ZqQyekVyMpnCePWXvo7z7Anfb5cU5DtombQK_Tx37zLKmSsRLX6UAIlDtva/s1500/Manet-%C3%89douard-The-Gypsies-1874-etching-National-Museum-Warsaw.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1091" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLOzt-q680ZV9fxLFmY12Tjq8LK7ISzvuOXwAlnHSV0_WSFFANbSdwZO5viZthruv-sw7qyYTianUjjsnBiRPm1UrTSGT9tIBWzrTsxWOJtJ8EudvHBpoMLegdRishIk25ZqQyekVyMpnCePWXvo7z7Anfb5cU5DtombQK_Tx37zLKmSsRLX6UAIlDtva/w291-h400/Manet-%C3%89douard-The-Gypsies-1874-etching-National-Museum-Warsaw.jpg" width="291" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Édouard Manet<br /><b>The Gypsies</b><br />1874<br />etching<br /><i>National Museum, Warsaw</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-m8hHaePG8cU1_s0Tu02aQ2Ra6ftZ0ItjwuXwoUo093udM5wXYn1xs8dHqjk61RhWKWKynzo0Eii2YiDAZA3tWocFxSJlRBPxcEccD9ffBV_Ca7hwU5lHucMxAmWL8_7W9PsDWpB_PuHmMA3f1w-AAczeC4Ij4F3wgfbs_P0FkVjoW94oHw4mMu4uqciO/s668/Manet-%C3%89douard-Still-Life-with-Fish-and-Shrimp-1864-oil-on-canvas-Norton-Simon-Museum-Pasadena-California.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="668" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-m8hHaePG8cU1_s0Tu02aQ2Ra6ftZ0ItjwuXwoUo093udM5wXYn1xs8dHqjk61RhWKWKynzo0Eii2YiDAZA3tWocFxSJlRBPxcEccD9ffBV_Ca7hwU5lHucMxAmWL8_7W9PsDWpB_PuHmMA3f1w-AAczeC4Ij4F3wgfbs_P0FkVjoW94oHw4mMu4uqciO/w400-h241/Manet-%C3%89douard-Still-Life-with-Fish-and-Shrimp-1864-oil-on-canvas-Norton-Simon-Museum-Pasadena-California.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Édouard Manet<br /><b>Still Life with Fish and Shrimp</b><br />1864<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfxAkp9okaj6ER6O3NRZla9c7JAAJm1R5xabV2ihP99QGErg3QmfMvJk8zcL7m5gpFVPmMqdl3TgvSI2cq9Jv_Ju5Fx9QJ-7_Kl-HjuE42gP8IZwf6rdwicwZ-wg_Zh5GquvZdyOQfLoOQsnEW7EjH_PkblJoF5aBg5edu03DlEjRm343nqYdWeTWLgaJ/s1500/Manet-%C3%89douard-Plums-1880-oil-on-canvas-Museum-of-Fine-Arts-Houston.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1167" data-original-width="1500" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfxAkp9okaj6ER6O3NRZla9c7JAAJm1R5xabV2ihP99QGErg3QmfMvJk8zcL7m5gpFVPmMqdl3TgvSI2cq9Jv_Ju5Fx9QJ-7_Kl-HjuE42gP8IZwf6rdwicwZ-wg_Zh5GquvZdyOQfLoOQsnEW7EjH_PkblJoF5aBg5edu03DlEjRm343nqYdWeTWLgaJ/w400-h311/Manet-%C3%89douard-Plums-1880-oil-on-canvas-Museum-of-Fine-Arts-Houston.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Édouard Manet<br /><b>Plums</b><br />1880<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Museum of Fine Arts, Houston</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>from</i> Part Three of <b>The Age of Anxiety</b> <div><br />Rosetta returns, more slowly than she left. Emble asks:<br /><br /> Well, how was it? What did you see?<br /><br />Rosetta answers:<br /> Opera glasses on the ormolu table,<br /> Frock-coated father framed on the wall<br /> In a bath-chair facing a big bow window,<br /> With valley and village invitingly spread.<br /> I got what is going on.<br /><br /> At the head of the Bourne where the brambles grow thickest<br /> Major Mott joins Millicent Rusk;<br /> Discreetly the kingfisher keeps his distance<br /> But an old cob swan looks on as they<br /> Commit the sanguine sin.<br /><br /> Heavy the orchards; there's Alison pinching<br /> Her baby brother, Bobby and Dick<br /> Frying a frog with their father's reading-glass,<br /> Conrad and Kay in the carpentry shed<br /> Where they've no business to be.<br /><br /> Cold are the clays of Kibroth-Hattaavah,<br /> Babel's urbanities buried in sand,<br /> Red the geraniums in the rectory garden<br /> Where the present incumbent reads Plato in French<br /> And has lost his belief in Hell.</div><div><br /></div><div> From the gravel-pits in Groaning Hollow<br /> To the monkey-puzzle on Murderer's Hill,<br /> From the Wellington Arms to the white steam laundry,<br /> The significant note is nature's cry<br /> Of long-divided love.<br /><br /> I have watched through a window a World that is fallen,<br /> The mating and malice of men and beasts,<br /> The corporate greed of quiet vegetation,<br /> And the homesick little obstinate sobs<br /> Of things thrown into being.<br /><br /> I would gladly forget; let us go quickly.</div><div><br /></div><div>– W.H. Auden (1944-46)</div>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-6507313498047803522024-03-21T12:00:00.155-07:002024-03-21T12:00:00.442-07:00Head of Holofernes - I<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMllzp5dbTLSqjmOol1CdDg-jqCO5vB3JiKDxbxcQ2gEqoTg8ldtxSdnmZ_K_YISEyyluFU4_891rMvv4uR44tlk6vw98XmV5kf5PiG9Gdrx6ch5aqaz3gKgreM_XwsPcuV3O05nhhgC5etLcnFfxbk08f2il0uBAsAGTFPvHdSS7uHGuYKTh_fUK9lg=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1139" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMllzp5dbTLSqjmOol1CdDg-jqCO5vB3JiKDxbxcQ2gEqoTg8ldtxSdnmZ_K_YISEyyluFU4_891rMvv4uR44tlk6vw98XmV5kf5PiG9Gdrx6ch5aqaz3gKgreM_XwsPcuV3O05nhhgC5etLcnFfxbk08f2il0uBAsAGTFPvHdSS7uHGuYKTh_fUK9lg=w304-h400" width="304" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alphonse-Alexandre Leroy <i>after</i> Andrea Mantegna<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1860<br />aquatint<br /><i>Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjP0oZoSp1NK1JPYuFlLkBavP9WwdFDlYMyDWPmCe-9FImUVsbS3zD2owtlqHTYaiKKQfz5eO6R4sUNmkGuvHkdwED6r7ynqnQ_F9nOHerP_KLhHor69wjUPaJyxMWtLz5ipwuP0vT2N7mE5zz5O5whkGnQ9WFOvI88yOdLXVK9GMZjNq9rVwjEyIRz8w=s1044" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="719" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjP0oZoSp1NK1JPYuFlLkBavP9WwdFDlYMyDWPmCe-9FImUVsbS3zD2owtlqHTYaiKKQfz5eO6R4sUNmkGuvHkdwED6r7ynqnQ_F9nOHerP_KLhHor69wjUPaJyxMWtLz5ipwuP0vT2N7mE5zz5O5whkGnQ9WFOvI88yOdLXVK9GMZjNq9rVwjEyIRz8w=w275-h400" width="275" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Johann Nepomuk Strixner <i>after </i>Andrea Mantegna<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1815<br />lithograph<br /><i>Philadelphia Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiV4nOlWPkRSCH93qkUNhgGMxnTa6KwMxfAQd60ipBydWwNlmPSL6BU_tzUovaVnXU1ufhGH1bIu6QfvTRF-RmEVcOmRief_jNZks0GdoTCuXJ71VHsRZFwKn2Ibb517d4h62QRseG-2MKY8o4WC4BB7lV6RpTcarR-Wzt7qF4TKMORzevywtGyPIRVoQ=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1225" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiV4nOlWPkRSCH93qkUNhgGMxnTa6KwMxfAQd60ipBydWwNlmPSL6BU_tzUovaVnXU1ufhGH1bIu6QfvTRF-RmEVcOmRief_jNZks0GdoTCuXJ71VHsRZFwKn2Ibb517d4h62QRseG-2MKY8o4WC4BB7lV6RpTcarR-Wzt7qF4TKMORzevywtGyPIRVoQ=w326-h400" width="326" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anonymous French Artist<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1850<br />terracotta statuette<br /><i>Cleveland Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjggrAaSuyKgD01ncRTRqmT4MmFSVC7WsToXwecyMG-lJAgZOzsK9lGKCGNmi-Z2tYx_U9Z6NXUXTs3NGuwmR4O0HZl3ugiDdDXc8W1CiaOkEwV7ScuInhbwsHpm4Ay_fHw3Md2Dg5Wv4PZf6vNl4_VG_UrXrMnYhu_tnyQBldHk0w6EVXOI1jxxVgfqA=s768" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="597" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjggrAaSuyKgD01ncRTRqmT4MmFSVC7WsToXwecyMG-lJAgZOzsK9lGKCGNmi-Z2tYx_U9Z6NXUXTs3NGuwmR4O0HZl3ugiDdDXc8W1CiaOkEwV7ScuInhbwsHpm4Ay_fHw3Md2Dg5Wv4PZf6vNl4_VG_UrXrMnYhu_tnyQBldHk0w6EVXOI1jxxVgfqA=w311-h400" width="311" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Lutz <i>after </i>August Riedel<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />1847<br />etching and engraving<br /><i>Philadelphia Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgBAzrwaUuJGub887SMqW0Zx-9Kg5zUSoUaKukQ0q7hpBlbgxTd1pRzBkWGhuiNGT1d_SWRs_61tiKkWXtjgxDnMqN7A0jXHC4ngj29z3szOZB1pFFlX7GTh-agSEgZ7Alv3GcCRVxyGEDsvVsDrpQbAUdoluodnIvum8Lzv2ax7Nveg6ic33fnM2saw=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1124" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgBAzrwaUuJGub887SMqW0Zx-9Kg5zUSoUaKukQ0q7hpBlbgxTd1pRzBkWGhuiNGT1d_SWRs_61tiKkWXtjgxDnMqN7A0jXHC4ngj29z3szOZB1pFFlX7GTh-agSEgZ7Alv3GcCRVxyGEDsvVsDrpQbAUdoluodnIvum8Lzv2ax7Nveg6ic33fnM2saw=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anonymous German Artist<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1750<br />ivory and wood<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjff1qFgqiF16GO1DBiGmXFxn5TjmyeFVUX9vr7P7V3YIEFlsBZapdYN9LXNicVv_dzQdhriiEZWslzjpvcvWfCGY1t1TqVSp66BmmFwT3OWfYGiV7GGQ56jIaNJfnJWJQj8ksCw5p3cw9mvcsc5c-85jshr3aPml7Zespjg-OrNZ_dygtFfyEf95pY3g=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1500" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjff1qFgqiF16GO1DBiGmXFxn5TjmyeFVUX9vr7P7V3YIEFlsBZapdYN9LXNicVv_dzQdhriiEZWslzjpvcvWfCGY1t1TqVSp66BmmFwT3OWfYGiV7GGQ56jIaNJfnJWJQj8ksCw5p3cw9mvcsc5c-85jshr3aPml7Zespjg-OrNZ_dygtFfyEf95pY3g=w640-h482" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luca Giordano<br /><b>Judith displaying the Head of Holofernes</b><br />1703-1704<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Saint Louis Art Museum</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidnf7-D29wXM9yeyiAtDVNZ_1N8T4rO0_6FUF_ymbmOLoYDaN7OWl6G172GsYNQof305KWeIWPgNDWo1f4OgZ6XBzOEYwoH2EsedfwJx2reVvb6rna77GiW4MqVfBtWntfTQyVW5fZo5Zp8rmbVlc7mcUihatjsLMIVD3wy49ucosfuQW5Gwjz7NEVNw=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1231" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidnf7-D29wXM9yeyiAtDVNZ_1N8T4rO0_6FUF_ymbmOLoYDaN7OWl6G172GsYNQof305KWeIWPgNDWo1f4OgZ6XBzOEYwoH2EsedfwJx2reVvb6rna77GiW4MqVfBtWntfTQyVW5fZo5Zp8rmbVlc7mcUihatjsLMIVD3wy49ucosfuQW5Gwjz7NEVNw=w329-h400" width="329" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Francis van Bossuit<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1680<br />ivory relief<br /><i>Walters Art Museum, Baltimore</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgP3E5iX9n1Ts15-QiKW2KL45KO54aqP6MeWTPud37NBNSd1yLS4vnPjicR4S2JMe_L1CfNkLpmoaW83c3_GgOAzRqIeam3CnY4q9jud6fouzxBW-Z2M7vyFaYk5NLjEGptUOUhwS1JmZamqANGF1qpOW1Wa0SUyprsBRYkXYW96VIYC2Gz8-cAzpZnUw=s1280" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1002" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgP3E5iX9n1Ts15-QiKW2KL45KO54aqP6MeWTPud37NBNSd1yLS4vnPjicR4S2JMe_L1CfNkLpmoaW83c3_GgOAzRqIeam3CnY4q9jud6fouzxBW-Z2M7vyFaYk5NLjEGptUOUhwS1JmZamqANGF1qpOW1Wa0SUyprsBRYkXYW96VIYC2Gz8-cAzpZnUw=w314-h400" width="314" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan van Troyen<i> after </i>Carlo Saraceni<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1660<br />etching and engraving<br /><i>Teylers Museum, Haarlem</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgITDhODaBny01CBrGie4b8W0sLsFvB88vqsHW8HiNrjPppItPW4vfN0J9-yidv8iSE69_xqypBZgzUTF2xHz_lYKV7SefBpuRaKGbBXbY08K0RkqGOLDNGkbhKsY6eSZmeHLkkuFS3iDbbXBWOTlY_sM41b-w-tfaAJ3HEG0HYb4iWttTuOKxt5BaxOQ=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1030" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgITDhODaBny01CBrGie4b8W0sLsFvB88vqsHW8HiNrjPppItPW4vfN0J9-yidv8iSE69_xqypBZgzUTF2xHz_lYKV7SefBpuRaKGbBXbY08K0RkqGOLDNGkbhKsY6eSZmeHLkkuFS3iDbbXBWOTlY_sM41b-w-tfaAJ3HEG0HYb4iWttTuOKxt5BaxOQ=w275-h400" width="275" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giovanni Andrea and/or Elisabetta Sirani<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1650<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Walters Art Museum, Baltimore</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgd9xmHCTKGJA85wyQD8k--Abeh2NWTy2JiC2wiV9UlXIFNzNn-CnrqbrwPXKe1DpefxTZdZWvFUWPYT66OluA1oMYaP0lQcbaPGaLzUhXRpSUL0RABj5be8c3ddWe9NVXL254yAdUQtWckUgfEhVxhyO95ERJUu71CK-DuGV7vxTj5WGjcBNjgDaDxwQ=s1490" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="1295" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgd9xmHCTKGJA85wyQD8k--Abeh2NWTy2JiC2wiV9UlXIFNzNn-CnrqbrwPXKe1DpefxTZdZWvFUWPYT66OluA1oMYaP0lQcbaPGaLzUhXRpSUL0RABj5be8c3ddWe9NVXL254yAdUQtWckUgfEhVxhyO95ERJUu71CK-DuGV7vxTj5WGjcBNjgDaDxwQ=w348-h400" width="348" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matteo Ponzoni<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1650<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4emUCrIU3zM0eajjEYnYDU4aifiX9wt2Q7zvtxdr2zjh5NCb5ObjVDZNm-0u2bd1qXbkXS8zL1ydSoX5zNt09vYhTK2cCxSK7RS92fxAdkTfdZ7-IJVI9SE1L9Ci0P9kf2CBHdyZktfiJ7tsVc4xz5Y1MYHaEtnZkbpI7Mmj9qNh_-tHqhBZRY0X9Cg=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="965" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4emUCrIU3zM0eajjEYnYDU4aifiX9wt2Q7zvtxdr2zjh5NCb5ObjVDZNm-0u2bd1qXbkXS8zL1ydSoX5zNt09vYhTK2cCxSK7RS92fxAdkTfdZ7-IJVI9SE1L9Ci0P9kf2CBHdyZktfiJ7tsVc4xz5Y1MYHaEtnZkbpI7Mmj9qNh_-tHqhBZRY0X9Cg=w258-h400" width="258" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gilles Rousselet (figure) and<br />Abraham Bosse (background)<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />1647<br />etching and engraving<br /><i>Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGcTQMT2A-aTEuMKjtHwO7_sUUck-hZEw1yaTt9tdav6iVuuorQv2DZNZGah3syj6MxSRnL6lxYPp6et5IjIgoFr3mcjCHHVFsCr9ABUTSIFqwLcZSz1LPFLaTrc2ZCGtn7jpTA-NWUsEnNu7Ftr4rfgkcHr2K50kW6l2FCv9beHp8gUljwb8D_VZSnw=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1085" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGcTQMT2A-aTEuMKjtHwO7_sUUck-hZEw1yaTt9tdav6iVuuorQv2DZNZGah3syj6MxSRnL6lxYPp6et5IjIgoFr3mcjCHHVFsCr9ABUTSIFqwLcZSz1LPFLaTrc2ZCGtn7jpTA-NWUsEnNu7Ftr4rfgkcHr2K50kW6l2FCv9beHp8gUljwb8D_VZSnw=w289-h400" width="289" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nicolas Régnier<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1640<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Museo del Prado, Madrid</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgplksdBuz6N5aNS5MYIEW3X6t67lxwNgRHnLqrrUkgpGQ42zPGYQhHh2QwBkvopHJ5FHMC0CKm4v7lnpIjyqm_9eXqozrkw8YG2XYbLXroj181P1sHWjtrvYXSM6qfLtXYUVvwnU1avVlmooBdDi9PIRbgLmx3xwGbUOrKumPGVMcEB-pJn7gul284dg=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1015" data-original-width="1600" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgplksdBuz6N5aNS5MYIEW3X6t67lxwNgRHnLqrrUkgpGQ42zPGYQhHh2QwBkvopHJ5FHMC0CKm4v7lnpIjyqm_9eXqozrkw8YG2XYbLXroj181P1sHWjtrvYXSM6qfLtXYUVvwnU1avVlmooBdDi9PIRbgLmx3xwGbUOrKumPGVMcEB-pJn7gul284dg=w400-h254" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trophime Bigot<br /><b>Judith beheading Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1640<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Walters Art Museum, Baltimore</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMl0aQH54YSlN8sBcSg_yknQ4Vx0BQkQFtBdkoqCioCH1bYRUrxCfGSCck9S9XER6Marx-zbGxsrynAKfctDTYRke92n81PR1Sq_mXDECnpciIImWq9oomLdmTNC6a_k-f15XuIFz4WSTwofUo34-7HSM5TkDyH-8iChMMlCACkPaSkN5qrNn-qUnH_w=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1257" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMl0aQH54YSlN8sBcSg_yknQ4Vx0BQkQFtBdkoqCioCH1bYRUrxCfGSCck9S9XER6Marx-zbGxsrynAKfctDTYRke92n81PR1Sq_mXDECnpciIImWq9oomLdmTNC6a_k-f15XuIFz4WSTwofUo34-7HSM5TkDyH-8iChMMlCACkPaSkN5qrNn-qUnH_w=w335-h400" width="335" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>attributed to</i> Giulio Benso<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1630<br />drawing<br /><i>Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhg3co1mcAuP7siZ45H1IvqnvnEsriAXQhCTe1eqf6vgLoQLWfiGsDO1Xl7KJoLN9Hi9R1mBAjgH4wVcrMdn2CEg2BGNbRguVOgxb3wFhNRwg8teyJpxmNiY0fBqYDtr1GhcDefxk9wof9csxlodNmr24m5-LsezRjiV3FjqpBKF91j_t21J1f0Wn8GZg=s1493" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="1493" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhg3co1mcAuP7siZ45H1IvqnvnEsriAXQhCTe1eqf6vgLoQLWfiGsDO1Xl7KJoLN9Hi9R1mBAjgH4wVcrMdn2CEg2BGNbRguVOgxb3wFhNRwg8teyJpxmNiY0fBqYDtr1GhcDefxk9wof9csxlodNmr24m5-LsezRjiV3FjqpBKF91j_t21J1f0Wn8GZg=w400-h341" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Camillo Procaccini<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />before 1629<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Chiesa di Santa Maria del Carmine, Milan</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzRopje87SefBooU6Yq8EmjNhz4T2At3six68hkahoLZl5kD2EFBYL2bJR_TeDOnwKGEPJ-N6oN3z6QJX5g7GCvb54xPSx9JSMaMfbKxusFwI6L6tHzGtNQGFtqeLZKVBb1nhYGPky6EQTepy172E9xFY-Hiqkr4QRvQWBMu107R2iIC18jOsgLeXsLQ=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1171" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzRopje87SefBooU6Yq8EmjNhz4T2At3six68hkahoLZl5kD2EFBYL2bJR_TeDOnwKGEPJ-N6oN3z6QJX5g7GCvb54xPSx9JSMaMfbKxusFwI6L6tHzGtNQGFtqeLZKVBb1nhYGPky6EQTepy172E9xFY-Hiqkr4QRvQWBMu107R2iIC18jOsgLeXsLQ=w293-h400" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simon Vouet<br /><b>Judith with the Head of Holofernes</b><br />ca. 1615-20<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>My Mother's Van</b><p></p><p>Even now it idles outside the houses<br />where we failed to get better at piano lessons,<br />visits the parking lot of the ballet school</p><p>where my sister and I stood awkwardly<br />at the back. My mother's van was orange<br />with a door we slid open to reveal<br />beheaded plastic dragons and bunches</p><p>of black half-eaten bananas; it was where<br />her sketchbooks tarried among<br />abandoned coffee cups and</p><p>science projects. She meant to go places<br />in it: camp in its back seat<br />and cook on its stove while</p><p>painting the coast of Nova Scotia,<br />or capturing the cold beauty of the Blue Ridge<br />mountains at dawn. Instead, she waited<br />behind its wheel while we scraped violins,</p><p>made digestive sounds<br />with trumpets, danced badly at recitals<br />where grandmothers recorded us</p><p>with unsteady cameras. Sometimes, now,<br />I look out a window and believe I see it,<br />see her, waiting for me beside a curb,</p><p>under a tree, and I think I could open the door,<br />clear off a seat, look at the drawing in her lap,<br />which she began, but never seemed to finish.</p><p>– Faith Shearin (2018)</p>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-4595654986140461122024-03-21T00:00:00.000-07:002024-03-21T00:00:00.140-07:00Steuben - Hals - Ernst - Verkerk<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4Trg2Y2V5quNEsgZI59ZjHpNIN5X9hM3VeTS550Sqajwb_ij_a_p2RlyxX4KZf5phc0t3RN5PMCo9bhqtEwBgroYQqeNzfD8rPknk1v1wfjsSMP4xGcuhtQs7-S7RBOVhZCcHD8OBxmNH3e83spOz098DJaxSUx8CwHhbczEemSzdZTeuUCktSbXGOKW/s1500/Steuben-Glass-Works-Ivrene-Cornucopia-Vase-c1930-glass-Wichita-Art-Museum-Kansas.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1181" data-original-width="1500" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4Trg2Y2V5quNEsgZI59ZjHpNIN5X9hM3VeTS550Sqajwb_ij_a_p2RlyxX4KZf5phc0t3RN5PMCo9bhqtEwBgroYQqeNzfD8rPknk1v1wfjsSMP4xGcuhtQs7-S7RBOVhZCcHD8OBxmNH3e83spOz098DJaxSUx8CwHhbczEemSzdZTeuUCktSbXGOKW/w400-h315/Steuben-Glass-Works-Ivrene-Cornucopia-Vase-c1930-glass-Wichita-Art-Museum-Kansas.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steuben Glass Works<br /><b>Ivrene Cornucopia Vase</b><br />ca. 1930<br />glass<br /><i>Wichita Art Museum, Kansas</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji01wiM5CeXfj2eH0sxqGdu7dc54cjm48JEZKEFAOm-RE422nPUC_oqe-oPRfuH1LomkrjGYjNF10qYoIms4MiyO3UXSxLhDj6gDTP909ohfYSkKU_lxsPn8RBxILPa6uaXWBhob5lr-K0cb_e-9vpIqtATXLjMuK0k-tzyGwlffFj_8HhyphenhyphenxgqT3B0PJVQ/s1000/Steuben-Glass-Works-Green-Jade-and-Alabaster-Vase-c1925-blown-glass-Wichita-Art-Museum-Kansas.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="844" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji01wiM5CeXfj2eH0sxqGdu7dc54cjm48JEZKEFAOm-RE422nPUC_oqe-oPRfuH1LomkrjGYjNF10qYoIms4MiyO3UXSxLhDj6gDTP909ohfYSkKU_lxsPn8RBxILPa6uaXWBhob5lr-K0cb_e-9vpIqtATXLjMuK0k-tzyGwlffFj_8HhyphenhyphenxgqT3B0PJVQ/w338-h400/Steuben-Glass-Works-Green-Jade-and-Alabaster-Vase-c1925-blown-glass-Wichita-Art-Museum-Kansas.jpg" width="338" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steuben Glass Works<br /><b>Green Jade and Alabaster Vase</b><br />ca. 1925<br />glass<br /><i>Wichita Art Museum, Kansas</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu3JUIFGDnFTxXL2YeP-6nmNoqNOeDIAPhzgcD8wRImMexjTCA5HXLLUmCzAdLYdQYxSp4NlJrEzdwyHbU220_0dV8wvpSZLD8KwxmBsnbIjG3q_VXQJb4AaNKKw7VGWb0OnmBeu0wdVrE8Cg9LGYWnNTLrpUmnPIEPfCiu1EKieVlMWsYiFVDSHPwY3Vz/s1000/Steuben-Glass-Works-Aurene-Vase-c1905-blown-glass-Wichita-Art-Museum-Kansas.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="554" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu3JUIFGDnFTxXL2YeP-6nmNoqNOeDIAPhzgcD8wRImMexjTCA5HXLLUmCzAdLYdQYxSp4NlJrEzdwyHbU220_0dV8wvpSZLD8KwxmBsnbIjG3q_VXQJb4AaNKKw7VGWb0OnmBeu0wdVrE8Cg9LGYWnNTLrpUmnPIEPfCiu1EKieVlMWsYiFVDSHPwY3Vz/w221-h400/Steuben-Glass-Works-Aurene-Vase-c1905-blown-glass-Wichita-Art-Museum-Kansas.jpg" width="221" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steuben Glass Works<br /><b>Aurene Vase</b><br />ca. 1905<br />glass<br /><i>Wichita Art Museum, Kansas</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpT2RX0BhfhZa0N-gqNv93uJaqyVxBVgxeEdmVpNpSIiehai35GSB2wG8F9GWuI5mEcByLASBdJ2aXjr09_BPkJe52uY8n5jO9M8pUPS7KqfsPyrgJf9-5etc-G-IRs-pqpI_KlLMJRX0l0AAJBlPFUE7GqEhXbXyhToSz7ijBK_PfUlw8aqa8m3gejzg/s1500/Steuben-Glass-Works-Candlesticks-c1920-25-blown-glass-Wichita-Art-Museum-Kansas.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1289" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpT2RX0BhfhZa0N-gqNv93uJaqyVxBVgxeEdmVpNpSIiehai35GSB2wG8F9GWuI5mEcByLASBdJ2aXjr09_BPkJe52uY8n5jO9M8pUPS7KqfsPyrgJf9-5etc-G-IRs-pqpI_KlLMJRX0l0AAJBlPFUE7GqEhXbXyhToSz7ijBK_PfUlw8aqa8m3gejzg/w344-h400/Steuben-Glass-Works-Candlesticks-c1920-25-blown-glass-Wichita-Art-Museum-Kansas.jpg" width="344" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steuben Glass Works<br /><b>Candlesticks</b><br />ca. 1920-25<br />glass<br /><i>Wichita Art Museum, Kansas</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJgVUd-YGcZ8Cu1Oaf5sRAXDDtepyEBdjsBaQc0lwikMECasutqmJh7h9IWHVAu_iRF0sflxoODlUAhWpjDPFimqx0nUdzTibOoYeVp7cQXkej2f4Pp4J7TrzRbeYMe-ZzMYo8c_Tspu58yhDZPww2jKNSlrOr6gnn6FaNsjOrnvP9w75JqwVpknmmPrhw/s1500/Hals-Frans-Portrait-of-a-Man-c1655-60-oil-on-canvas-Statens-Museum-for-Kunst-Copenhagen.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1248" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJgVUd-YGcZ8Cu1Oaf5sRAXDDtepyEBdjsBaQc0lwikMECasutqmJh7h9IWHVAu_iRF0sflxoODlUAhWpjDPFimqx0nUdzTibOoYeVp7cQXkej2f4Pp4J7TrzRbeYMe-ZzMYo8c_Tspu58yhDZPww2jKNSlrOr6gnn6FaNsjOrnvP9w75JqwVpknmmPrhw/w333-h400/Hals-Frans-Portrait-of-a-Man-c1655-60-oil-on-canvas-Statens-Museum-for-Kunst-Copenhagen.jpg" width="333" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frans Hals<br /><b>Portrait of a Man</b><br />ca. 1655-60<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBqa1wSEkaa4_AOf5Z7NwTuHjPfuAiAjIPCBqYp0-gZ8M4osnuJJ-fa-feqVTrThC9K1ebE14KnIn4gq0M4MNKlnX47KgZQhk_G0yrwYKDPZNXXWO1n41hWUjiZ5qIOdb_vNsEmzIcowikjOGRW5FKG5htmXcsU6xtpodZb6-xJGEsZaUTdX_hgA6MO-U/s917/Hals-Frans-Portrait-of-Vincent-Laurensz-van-der-Vinne-c1655-60-oil-on-canvas-Art-Gallery-of-Ontario-Toronto.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="680" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBqa1wSEkaa4_AOf5Z7NwTuHjPfuAiAjIPCBqYp0-gZ8M4osnuJJ-fa-feqVTrThC9K1ebE14KnIn4gq0M4MNKlnX47KgZQhk_G0yrwYKDPZNXXWO1n41hWUjiZ5qIOdb_vNsEmzIcowikjOGRW5FKG5htmXcsU6xtpodZb6-xJGEsZaUTdX_hgA6MO-U/w296-h400/Hals-Frans-Portrait-of-Vincent-Laurensz-van-der-Vinne-c1655-60-oil-on-canvas-Art-Gallery-of-Ontario-Toronto.jpg" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frans Hals<br /><b>Portrait of Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne</b><br />ca. 1655-60<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQA28HAeNDHCSHh04P_RK1Uu8c-wCPp_9Flm8oACU0XXguTtwspw-AeTUpQjoPBJ9G-AwwmGkG1QU8QA-bh50DjvWCnMTDVcv7ePxYCmavKILq9Mub_ktuJR7ZcGAUYFX8bvGdq-GX20ObRJt4U_4fCn1qYvepYtNTwGXDzwCc2VqenD0flpNp6VJq8sIz/s872/Hals-Frans-Portrait-of-Isaac-Massa-1626-oil-on-canvas-Art-Gallery-of-Ontario-Toronto.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="872" data-original-width="680" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQA28HAeNDHCSHh04P_RK1Uu8c-wCPp_9Flm8oACU0XXguTtwspw-AeTUpQjoPBJ9G-AwwmGkG1QU8QA-bh50DjvWCnMTDVcv7ePxYCmavKILq9Mub_ktuJR7ZcGAUYFX8bvGdq-GX20ObRJt4U_4fCn1qYvepYtNTwGXDzwCc2VqenD0flpNp6VJq8sIz/w313-h400/Hals-Frans-Portrait-of-Isaac-Massa-1626-oil-on-canvas-Art-Gallery-of-Ontario-Toronto.jpg" width="313" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frans Hals<br /><b>Portrait of Isaac Massa</b><br />1626<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1rYpVb-c0f8s9IXkMAhVnNbtDEoJcQtm4pH19_XTWmUyNzGzyP_7nCqAuy-sRL_al599xNnlShJGUkfOYdvi580hGZyyppPNexlF7Jwi-jTWltUkaTsp7YMi6f5SgYOuFMXmV_EA-3XOs4F-lMeHjkrGQl-yBGVXcLPGuV08B2kyyiNzBBx5wE7OU56yU/s725/Hals-Frans-Portrait-of-a-Man-c1618-20-oil-on-canvas-Museumslandschaft-Hessen-Kassel.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="559" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1rYpVb-c0f8s9IXkMAhVnNbtDEoJcQtm4pH19_XTWmUyNzGzyP_7nCqAuy-sRL_al599xNnlShJGUkfOYdvi580hGZyyppPNexlF7Jwi-jTWltUkaTsp7YMi6f5SgYOuFMXmV_EA-3XOs4F-lMeHjkrGQl-yBGVXcLPGuV08B2kyyiNzBBx5wE7OU56yU/w309-h400/Hals-Frans-Portrait-of-a-Man-c1618-20-oil-on-canvas-Museumslandschaft-Hessen-Kassel.jpg" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frans Hals<br /><b>Portrait of a Man</b><br />ca. 1618-20<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKEnyt4sqh7gmYSqJ6K7a_UhwdV3SyP21fHMeBWpzcb3jvc320a99lIyhz0BrmHf7QSv6AApusUdemZ7EhdCelV0MDLe7vKW5ahLmpf-3Oxkdt74wdO1CDfdlr62yHdGzgqsNzM6GTxeh87Ae_Z_vBnnT_cyOjElUebBMOUyLz3_eheuyKcTbQ5Q5F7M3w/s1144/Ernst-Max-Long-Live-Fashion-Down-with-Art-Plate-1-1919-lithograph-Art-Institute-of-Chicago.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="843" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKEnyt4sqh7gmYSqJ6K7a_UhwdV3SyP21fHMeBWpzcb3jvc320a99lIyhz0BrmHf7QSv6AApusUdemZ7EhdCelV0MDLe7vKW5ahLmpf-3Oxkdt74wdO1CDfdlr62yHdGzgqsNzM6GTxeh87Ae_Z_vBnnT_cyOjElUebBMOUyLz3_eheuyKcTbQ5Q5F7M3w/w295-h400/Ernst-Max-Long-Live-Fashion-Down-with-Art-Plate-1-1919-lithograph-Art-Institute-of-Chicago.jpg" width="295" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Max Ernst<br /><b>Long Live Fashion, Down with Art</b><br />Plate 1<br />1919<br />lithograph<br /><i>Art Institute of Chicago</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0Win4WuQflGPAVjR_3Z-25f3d01iOIdRelIDW6v4ZBzTpIMx2xwrrepT3YvCOqC_MEBjb1K6Y4fNS7GJrPAaP5kFcgkhlXjZqSfHu09ZGTuihkw-HpjmBSL_OHlVrN1_fCdTzI46yqT_ObSDqw_kljhgjuxKiv_CK64i72WMZBVA85lauzcSzFXDj8WA/s1157/Ernst-Max-Long-Live-Fashion-Down-with-Art-Plate-2-1919-lithograph-Art-Institute-of-Chicago.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="843" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0Win4WuQflGPAVjR_3Z-25f3d01iOIdRelIDW6v4ZBzTpIMx2xwrrepT3YvCOqC_MEBjb1K6Y4fNS7GJrPAaP5kFcgkhlXjZqSfHu09ZGTuihkw-HpjmBSL_OHlVrN1_fCdTzI46yqT_ObSDqw_kljhgjuxKiv_CK64i72WMZBVA85lauzcSzFXDj8WA/w291-h400/Ernst-Max-Long-Live-Fashion-Down-with-Art-Plate-2-1919-lithograph-Art-Institute-of-Chicago.jpg" width="291" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Max Ernst<br /><b>Long Live Fashion, Down with Art</b><br />Plate 2<br />1919<br />lithograph<br /><i>Art Institute of Chicago</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGXFiP_aQLOq-Dx2lShzsK_13TAh3TPUyLpRQWr8VdNXTHJ5yei7c4u6RI53mww8_GgNLaHGuThdnm-vlOOWW3XXL13ToNwIb6pp4LFwoAvD2uFgFx0DPdqu_C-jX9DEBRYkMJi-s3Ip2zP7BBgMr4EHAdFXzPdQSTc9me40gGXv80rJ_4h6Uo-h9JQcr/s1155/Ernst-Max-Long-Live-Fashion-Down-with-Art-Plate-3-1919-lithograph-Art-Institute-of-Chicago.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="843" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGXFiP_aQLOq-Dx2lShzsK_13TAh3TPUyLpRQWr8VdNXTHJ5yei7c4u6RI53mww8_GgNLaHGuThdnm-vlOOWW3XXL13ToNwIb6pp4LFwoAvD2uFgFx0DPdqu_C-jX9DEBRYkMJi-s3Ip2zP7BBgMr4EHAdFXzPdQSTc9me40gGXv80rJ_4h6Uo-h9JQcr/w293-h400/Ernst-Max-Long-Live-Fashion-Down-with-Art-Plate-3-1919-lithograph-Art-Institute-of-Chicago.jpg" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Max Ernst<br /><b>Long Live Fashion, Down with Art</b><br />Plate 3<br />1919<br />lithograph<br /><i>Art Institute of Chicago</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AsTCkxxNcAgLyTkFkAxUOBWNBBHAN1OEHl36juWn6bqQFX3jfEqZE-NrJnD8VFyP6gWvBfQ9gL7jE3ELLVo_HWMHWEVIspdt0wLgkaI9VgtzxKCHi9ofkpT20tWqWLEdKTGw8rhz_cgkH2Zyny1HknEX03ttvxEGqv3yRZZg87hKeqAooUKa7Z390hmK/s1151/Ernst-Max-Long-Live-Fashion-Down-with-Art-Plate-4-1919-lithograph-Art-Institute-of-Chicago.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="843" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AsTCkxxNcAgLyTkFkAxUOBWNBBHAN1OEHl36juWn6bqQFX3jfEqZE-NrJnD8VFyP6gWvBfQ9gL7jE3ELLVo_HWMHWEVIspdt0wLgkaI9VgtzxKCHi9ofkpT20tWqWLEdKTGw8rhz_cgkH2Zyny1HknEX03ttvxEGqv3yRZZg87hKeqAooUKa7Z390hmK/w293-h400/Ernst-Max-Long-Live-Fashion-Down-with-Art-Plate-4-1919-lithograph-Art-Institute-of-Chicago.jpg" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Max Ernst<br /><b>Long Live Fashion, Down with Art</b><br />Plate 4<br />1919<br />lithograph<br /><i>Art Institute of Chicago</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYctFU67ySypkwDNapbVmDf-JuihUPSwbRd3ngCnXx005u9xXEkmZifnQ8V5Np3Lbzu5Rj-IVIqwDn3yIhCcha12qpaxpcBWh7iDcCADuqDsGbYPu7KvKdmTQHGUWlzbpjHmmewT8cj4KgchZWKQkGh070erXUhm5GCRNAS7ewnFFovMrvJq5a_WUhpJc/s824/Verkerk-Emo-Aby-Warburg-in-1923-(art-historian)-painted-2017-oil-on-canvas-Kunstmuseum-The-Hague.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="640" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYctFU67ySypkwDNapbVmDf-JuihUPSwbRd3ngCnXx005u9xXEkmZifnQ8V5Np3Lbzu5Rj-IVIqwDn3yIhCcha12qpaxpcBWh7iDcCADuqDsGbYPu7KvKdmTQHGUWlzbpjHmmewT8cj4KgchZWKQkGh070erXUhm5GCRNAS7ewnFFovMrvJq5a_WUhpJc/w311-h400/Verkerk-Emo-Aby-Warburg-in-1923-(art-historian)-painted-2017-oil-on-canvas-Kunstmuseum-The-Hague.jpg" width="311" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emo Verkerk<br /><b>Aby Warburg in 1923</b><br />2017<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Kunstmuseum, The Hague</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgT7j5Aen3ZRQp6ArGMb6zJ4xPWQue_fPYibJKMGiv8gds8gRRR0Pvkt0s4ttezIgFqrmfiTaqm_aIiyD_L4ztaemcloiJtAWHhkGbgbgydhN3BlacHi9Vo2WDx-Dd4vvKKnSnzTPPBwZ8NjGji6KYGj64UyLnhzxUA2_VBh4f_IHIWEW2FlyIL9ICtnA/s640/Verkerk-Emo-Double-Portrait-of-Michel-Foucault-and-Adriaan-van-Ravesteijn-2008-oil-on-panel-Kunstmuseum-The-Hague.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="640" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgT7j5Aen3ZRQp6ArGMb6zJ4xPWQue_fPYibJKMGiv8gds8gRRR0Pvkt0s4ttezIgFqrmfiTaqm_aIiyD_L4ztaemcloiJtAWHhkGbgbgydhN3BlacHi9Vo2WDx-Dd4vvKKnSnzTPPBwZ8NjGji6KYGj64UyLnhzxUA2_VBh4f_IHIWEW2FlyIL9ICtnA/w400-h260/Verkerk-Emo-Double-Portrait-of-Michel-Foucault-and-Adriaan-van-Ravesteijn-2008-oil-on-panel-Kunstmuseum-The-Hague.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emo Verkerk<br /><b>Double Portrait of Michel Foucault and Adriaan van Ravesteijn</b><br />2008<br />oil on panel<br /><i>Kunstmuseum, The Hague</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0zK9jqKBCAJS5eZqFpSNGTlXHFauHvHb0ZsKag1R83muVpi60TuJ-wrdSSXOpTXNt126IWGK0gQ_fyHPp9f5OXPdiFn4lqPGiL4FZSyIFWT9k_OBx8pwAbcr1KH24-NymzfSDSZiXU1DDT2JkQbOLrVH9CuV1oOiNNaMhRcfWIcU_mBhzAInmwLqodOnM/s641/Verkerk-Emo-Van-Gogh-c1990-oil-on-canvas-Kunstmuseum-The-Hague.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="640" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0zK9jqKBCAJS5eZqFpSNGTlXHFauHvHb0ZsKag1R83muVpi60TuJ-wrdSSXOpTXNt126IWGK0gQ_fyHPp9f5OXPdiFn4lqPGiL4FZSyIFWT9k_OBx8pwAbcr1KH24-NymzfSDSZiXU1DDT2JkQbOLrVH9CuV1oOiNNaMhRcfWIcU_mBhzAInmwLqodOnM/w400-h400/Verkerk-Emo-Van-Gogh-c1990-oil-on-canvas-Kunstmuseum-The-Hague.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emo Verkerk<br /><b>Van Gogh</b><br />ca. 1990<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Kunstmuseum, The Hague</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAYPMyf-jTy9kbFfPBgjDhCBQUial7n_dmScGyEtV7ZLzBTw3hYGFFhsbgD4ttqsEpPUQxiPx_rHls1RztTo8vGrPWRFbiVPPqPty4bKE_S8afSt6ngYgIunjV0pRC6LDKnGKiBb_LI14NdxzoF4BEz6Id7LFZ4NqrlygtJTb36w72HzZSN3b5iGyHRm6Q/s670/Verkerk-Emo-Venedikt-Yerofeyev-(Russian-writer-under-the-Enlarger)-2013-oil-on-canvas-Kunstmuseum-The-Hague.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="567" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAYPMyf-jTy9kbFfPBgjDhCBQUial7n_dmScGyEtV7ZLzBTw3hYGFFhsbgD4ttqsEpPUQxiPx_rHls1RztTo8vGrPWRFbiVPPqPty4bKE_S8afSt6ngYgIunjV0pRC6LDKnGKiBb_LI14NdxzoF4BEz6Id7LFZ4NqrlygtJTb36w72HzZSN3b5iGyHRm6Q/w339-h400/Verkerk-Emo-Venedikt-Yerofeyev-(Russian-writer-under-the-Enlarger)-2013-oil-on-canvas-Kunstmuseum-The-Hague.jpg" width="339" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emo Verkerk<br /><b>Venedikt Yerofeyev<br />(Russian Writer under the Enlarger)</b><br />2013<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Kunstmuseum, The Hague</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>from</i> Part Three of <b>The Age of Anxiety</b><p></p><p> Now they see before them, standing, half hidden by trees, on a little insurrection of red sandstone above a coiling river, the big house which marks the end of their journey's fourth stage. Rosetta is enthusiastic and runs forward saying:</p><p> In a shall go, out I shall look.<br /><br /> But the others are tired and Malin says:<br /><br /> Very well, we will wait, watch from outside.<br /><br />Quant says:<br /> A scholarly old scoundrel,<br /> Whose fortune was founded on the follies of others,<br /> Built it for his young bride.<br /> She died in childbed, he died on the gallows;<br /> The property passed to the Crown.<br /><br /> The façade has a lifeless look,<br /> For no one uses the enormous ballroom;<br /> But in book-lined rooms at the back<br /> Committees meet, and many strange<br /> Decisions are secretly taken.</p><p> High up in the East Tower,<br /> A pale-faced widow looks pensively down<br /> At the terrace outside where the snow<br /> Flutters and flurries round the formal heads<br /> Of statues that stare at the park.<br /><br /> And the guards at the front gate<br /> Change with the seasons; in cheerful Spring<br /> How engaging their glances; but how<br /> Morose in Fall: ruined kitchen-maids<br /> Blubber behind the bushes. </p><p>– W.H. Auden (1944-46)</p>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-86438560095870319792024-03-20T12:00:00.141-07:002024-03-20T12:00:00.270-07:00Head of Goliath - II<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_xLsmeTdcMlMgiJOFzYJIQryfA_0hWe_B8Xfzw6cIfJUFEFMaA6AjWPzA7ka9EFd0k4T5pq2KlVL-5ogOB8EPt_O0Xkkf8JtwOG_H4uDuFcXKCJCp0u1EYXpYvznVkLUnRXLAepLZcjHnVNAKsZvvD8XWkEhzxlIxsRFzX0SprSb5uDums9iNW0RMlw=s688" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="462" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_xLsmeTdcMlMgiJOFzYJIQryfA_0hWe_B8Xfzw6cIfJUFEFMaA6AjWPzA7ka9EFd0k4T5pq2KlVL-5ogOB8EPt_O0Xkkf8JtwOG_H4uDuFcXKCJCp0u1EYXpYvznVkLUnRXLAepLZcjHnVNAKsZvvD8XWkEhzxlIxsRFzX0SprSb5uDums9iNW0RMlw=w269-h400" width="269" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andrea del Verrocchio<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1465<br />bronze statue<br /><i>Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh96NvUXQziNy13e_nq2nJMaPRcSnW1yMxpRVc-OxqtiTftO_gvGPaeN4soo4I9qiAjM4S1qk8HVP89acGq1MDhLLUPZnOi8VkGgwBMTJTp2bEY0-S0HFPObvmxOcps2UYCWHxsSUZgUjIZCi2016jCqYOS0311YYfn7fAYWj8DKfw3v4qcCUfSIMlxFA=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh96NvUXQziNy13e_nq2nJMaPRcSnW1yMxpRVc-OxqtiTftO_gvGPaeN4soo4I9qiAjM4S1qk8HVP89acGq1MDhLLUPZnOi8VkGgwBMTJTp2bEY0-S0HFPObvmxOcps2UYCWHxsSUZgUjIZCi2016jCqYOS0311YYfn7fAYWj8DKfw3v4qcCUfSIMlxFA=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bartolomeo Bellano<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1470-80<br />bronze statuette <br />(gilt at later date)<br /><i>Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYqb387F01F5RoqEJi9qoVQ8r6nil8IHvkiXgAdsE6vfvaYymSMdnaoO4A4vqlTact7FXKhPm-Wq0i3GcAg3D11JwKfXIy-BUOi08j9k2DvxTc1DfMSIAAc1UnZsc235PB0DWTKdI99LtAHarnlRhpbhD_RumMJqNFPRRJe0q-jpHMlEAvVxMngSnRxQ=s1067" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="713" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYqb387F01F5RoqEJi9qoVQ8r6nil8IHvkiXgAdsE6vfvaYymSMdnaoO4A4vqlTact7FXKhPm-Wq0i3GcAg3D11JwKfXIy-BUOi08j9k2DvxTc1DfMSIAAc1UnZsc235PB0DWTKdI99LtAHarnlRhpbhD_RumMJqNFPRRJe0q-jpHMlEAvVxMngSnRxQ=w268-h400" width="268" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marcantonio Raimondi<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1506<br />engraving<br /><i>Philadelphia Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiD_wJStC5EhpbNVcNaMfcqOq0QzrT58gNSdOnorFs1GsyLiDaNn9Dpw7zk3lkTGvmE_IJX-fe0gRZoAVgXrnKN7kW16jgSvDQobDby2HQuoyTg99cAw3b6VNvLlP9z94NFZXRgIcO3X3DCaBTCltXwv3UjSe-o-3x2dYn4CdrJi4u3zChhc29dA9zSNA=s1280" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1025" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiD_wJStC5EhpbNVcNaMfcqOq0QzrT58gNSdOnorFs1GsyLiDaNn9Dpw7zk3lkTGvmE_IJX-fe0gRZoAVgXrnKN7kW16jgSvDQobDby2HQuoyTg99cAw3b6VNvLlP9z94NFZXRgIcO3X3DCaBTCltXwv3UjSe-o-3x2dYn4CdrJi4u3zChhc29dA9zSNA=w320-h400" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lucas van Leyden<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1514<br />engraving<br /><i>Teylers Museum, Haarlem</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpmO8iOQgHYWEzEeelJO5ObCfQdNJt_USG_IwFzMMMepUSIeVkRBMe9XU3P523GI31_gidFDK8jrkUrcm3vucn2rKjPLjYHleLj4hJojSO-PVdtaedDLPojx3OnxqQXV01xeWXCTtaP52GxvgRxx6r5PwzSy3IGxEgYbejV1cNUJzj2E13gM6WARuOrg=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="958" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpmO8iOQgHYWEzEeelJO5ObCfQdNJt_USG_IwFzMMMepUSIeVkRBMe9XU3P523GI31_gidFDK8jrkUrcm3vucn2rKjPLjYHleLj4hJojSO-PVdtaedDLPojx3OnxqQXV01xeWXCTtaP52GxvgRxx6r5PwzSy3IGxEgYbejV1cNUJzj2E13gM6WARuOrg=w255-h400" width="255" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jacob Binck<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />1530<br />engraving<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6YHeQp9ERMlnABQ81sIPPiKiU_Kd3un023TAY_sRektMfIR76_KWpriuwh5e80tliVKZsyBGcQ8ZmfaLqqhSbZt0afUu67oMvG8yefkZkbN2c7hXLoEI7q2pg_W_MdIGE4E1PYm5LvbF2cMD6joBO2l0hPqLWu2KGfEANHzCHPTkbVDYpZ5gI_iafDw=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1041" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6YHeQp9ERMlnABQ81sIPPiKiU_Kd3un023TAY_sRektMfIR76_KWpriuwh5e80tliVKZsyBGcQ8ZmfaLqqhSbZt0afUu67oMvG8yefkZkbN2c7hXLoEI7q2pg_W_MdIGE4E1PYm5LvbF2cMD6joBO2l0hPqLWu2KGfEANHzCHPTkbVDYpZ5gI_iafDw=w278-h400" width="278" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan Saenredam<i> after </i>Lucas van Leyden<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />1600<br />engraving<br /><i>Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0kpUi3aq6jlYIBhdSw4a0VkV8VhSsCCtQw5b7Y8OYOOCwjdn0NnWFfon3N0VWCIoHsejOgZkeMTFPXG3ZhPA8A0Gv5F5gosGhkzmjnBub-ojRJG9Weda1Lq1WXxEgQ7XKYGQIRsFYn-Ib1PLADEzVSvET7QXpmLqxWRL5J2PNQpRLrmIlUcZWwD41_g=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1076" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0kpUi3aq6jlYIBhdSw4a0VkV8VhSsCCtQw5b7Y8OYOOCwjdn0NnWFfon3N0VWCIoHsejOgZkeMTFPXG3ZhPA8A0Gv5F5gosGhkzmjnBub-ojRJG9Weda1Lq1WXxEgQ7XKYGQIRsFYn-Ib1PLADEzVSvET7QXpmLqxWRL5J2PNQpRLrmIlUcZWwD41_g=w288-h400" width="288" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pieter Serwouters<i> after </i>Lucas van Leyden<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1620<br />engraving<br /><i>Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7YR0WfvJWRZI7avu4Pt7Q7yrQmKKjNbU-mrLiW2UWs85qiRmO8sROH1vR7zep6tXnJQUy-R4gEM1wRddeZqzmNnAzsYF679CMoFXVsNi1NgLP5R07wXQxNJrSnNL41Q1gwll68YEXsyJM0AfTsnAi89SQrVJbX4PWwcld2PBu40gHKeU8t0Ez96OWTw=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1158" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7YR0WfvJWRZI7avu4Pt7Q7yrQmKKjNbU-mrLiW2UWs85qiRmO8sROH1vR7zep6tXnJQUy-R4gEM1wRddeZqzmNnAzsYF679CMoFXVsNi1NgLP5R07wXQxNJrSnNL41Q1gwll68YEXsyJM0AfTsnAi89SQrVJbX4PWwcld2PBu40gHKeU8t0Ez96OWTw=w309-h400" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tanzio da Varallo<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1620<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Museo del Prado, Madrid</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg92xx1usZByeCLGHaDn6zcy6JmfJgRm5sdpap4PmcvKO2tgT0fOz28Gi898ZgMtFQ5_juxFEhthgS9zB_8uCVOWggoCpqD59YHsUb8umDetOuC6MCy3tRQSDsnu4aqbXx-5rlzTk1Ggenysu8VuB4e8hLGNcVkz7MgBXiofxuaJxvwpsMRat6Jixgw5g=s1280" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="949" data-original-width="1280" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg92xx1usZByeCLGHaDn6zcy6JmfJgRm5sdpap4PmcvKO2tgT0fOz28Gi898ZgMtFQ5_juxFEhthgS9zB_8uCVOWggoCpqD59YHsUb8umDetOuC6MCy3tRQSDsnu4aqbXx-5rlzTk1Ggenysu8VuB4e8hLGNcVkz7MgBXiofxuaJxvwpsMRat6Jixgw5g=w400-h296" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Valentin de Boulogne<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1620-22<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEim2F0d9yR_mLlIZ9HrCH4xelbmcHCn1F-HJhrbslmPohzsNnwdkVWwIZL7UjU1Fju7wSY009Xf4cmSSVymw-ggeAjDrHfqeJ29ccA1yQ2yk8Q4-VZzZ4l35kB4VAa5hOUXc1t9Ld-Ox8MTz2s3AsfCf0H3EEYZHNZonPsnK6c5rJevd3oC39ntUK5GiA=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1157" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEim2F0d9yR_mLlIZ9HrCH4xelbmcHCn1F-HJhrbslmPohzsNnwdkVWwIZL7UjU1Fju7wSY009Xf4cmSSVymw-ggeAjDrHfqeJ29ccA1yQ2yk8Q4-VZzZ4l35kB4VAa5hOUXc1t9Ld-Ox8MTz2s3AsfCf0H3EEYZHNZonPsnK6c5rJevd3oC39ntUK5GiA=w289-h400" width="289" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Claude Vignon<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1620-23<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidfb-9muyE5HQ8dOUtNPVyUjV20quebJc49LZBeM349Ju8zo8JfcI3cfvP3CnkigQMbYpblmSidVc08fXvWr6VG48nj5Mrt--poeRZZggjlL2RyqDkDB0t63r8kVBJhlUxeQnm-StsfSS4mSF6EouNupILdeCKEo3yKdq5ROvwHGjDZU-TCzdtE3M6Wg=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="991" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidfb-9muyE5HQ8dOUtNPVyUjV20quebJc49LZBeM349Ju8zo8JfcI3cfvP3CnkigQMbYpblmSidVc08fXvWr6VG48nj5Mrt--poeRZZggjlL2RyqDkDB0t63r8kVBJhlUxeQnm-StsfSS4mSF6EouNupILdeCKEo3yKdq5ROvwHGjDZU-TCzdtE3M6Wg=w248-h400" width="248" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giuseppe Caletti (il Cremonese)<br /><b>David carrying the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1620-30<br />etching<br /><i>Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6p6wnJi4Q7HxXnV-W9ZHDJen1vKyYX3pUpdF_3y1iTQFL2s3uIdvJW5OJnRB8ScrBT2YWt7OZXjQiuFCP-IHTHqySEwicrpuqrKek5Nly0tYF_Po3KIJ2TvSVQFKBTwolVbSWDwbejmWOanba06ufXCt4R27D8wYPSfRDvYec9W_ttuwn8WLAuwIz7g=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1284" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6p6wnJi4Q7HxXnV-W9ZHDJen1vKyYX3pUpdF_3y1iTQFL2s3uIdvJW5OJnRB8ScrBT2YWt7OZXjQiuFCP-IHTHqySEwicrpuqrKek5Nly0tYF_Po3KIJ2TvSVQFKBTwolVbSWDwbejmWOanba06ufXCt4R27D8wYPSfRDvYec9W_ttuwn8WLAuwIz7g=w343-h400" width="343" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giuseppe Caletti (il Cremonese)<br /><b>David contemplating the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1620-30<br />etching<br /><i>Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh60j6t9_VG339XoVXdon9U7WQr_Iy9JbuefPlG7dZ-BtE1zan4MuvSCz0J2i_VE-NoT1wYsZUiLBdvg7xgDPI1fi9yHL1ap9sI5rgGuzS-fP18bUgErr8dYJDZfThN9GEnl4BETcR2Kz1_XKzHQNmtn3wNBMsnP8eP9V5_1VMkyAqQQbuDp4CLgDDWAg=s1077" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="645" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh60j6t9_VG339XoVXdon9U7WQr_Iy9JbuefPlG7dZ-BtE1zan4MuvSCz0J2i_VE-NoT1wYsZUiLBdvg7xgDPI1fi9yHL1ap9sI5rgGuzS-fP18bUgErr8dYJDZfThN9GEnl4BETcR2Kz1_XKzHQNmtn3wNBMsnP8eP9V5_1VMkyAqQQbuDp4CLgDDWAg=w240-h400" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giuseppe Caletti (il Cremonese)<br /><b>David carrying the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1630-40<br />etching and drypoint<br /><i>Philadelphia Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ_cUcq39QGQgpE4mImrcdsiYVaXQBlfUD7_WH6qFsRtgHjqLCMPh0RDe2CS43PMrJG9nA_JvxoRBmT10urynoOJMrkPwNcepOzrZ9wzo_J0l8YR68-d0mjkG5Gfz9ntL0C2J1Iw5tzAU2omOwpUQrGWEVrfrsN499joVCQt5gAWb1W3D1qB0zoheBng=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1248" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ_cUcq39QGQgpE4mImrcdsiYVaXQBlfUD7_WH6qFsRtgHjqLCMPh0RDe2CS43PMrJG9nA_JvxoRBmT10urynoOJMrkPwNcepOzrZ9wzo_J0l8YR68-d0mjkG5Gfz9ntL0C2J1Iw5tzAU2omOwpUQrGWEVrfrsN499joVCQt5gAWb1W3D1qB0zoheBng=w313-h400" width="313" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alessandro Turchi<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1620-30<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>private collection</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLZQ6cQOI_r0JssY73OPa9rG2M2ncsU82GvJcQCIxzVm9Pi5M2X-LMXEcHWv31alH_3riXkrQVwQyr0slvOTJhcteKaNzgX7dTSkBQTzb_hm_hlqvEfga5mHhcvMnT_ZpaLUK21I7W7mRkvDYNSSbsBLTIp2FaP9RWdeDKrG_KShVc3yQWoV4p5RQl9g=s1079" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="759" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLZQ6cQOI_r0JssY73OPa9rG2M2ncsU82GvJcQCIxzVm9Pi5M2X-LMXEcHWv31alH_3riXkrQVwQyr0slvOTJhcteKaNzgX7dTSkBQTzb_hm_hlqvEfga5mHhcvMnT_ZpaLUK21I7W7mRkvDYNSSbsBLTIp2FaP9RWdeDKrG_KShVc3yQWoV4p5RQl9g=w281-h400" width="281" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pierre Brébiette<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1630<br />etching<br /><i>Philadelphia Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVm6fqU51KHTicrlnP1nRUKzQBN9cLxt7F-a1ECo4L2JJJrxYrokfQuotQTXc-gumA15hSjYOQAQeAavyL4Q2Z_eIaanPf6BQ_9RefW5tJIyCGVrYCOv3EajtrJMq189KHsxwRCdkTvpv2zi1D_lOn10Pb4WOXj1Ut-ku1ZAygGkVtFE_qfjPflUx61Q=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1206" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVm6fqU51KHTicrlnP1nRUKzQBN9cLxt7F-a1ECo4L2JJJrxYrokfQuotQTXc-gumA15hSjYOQAQeAavyL4Q2Z_eIaanPf6BQ_9RefW5tJIyCGVrYCOv3EajtrJMq189KHsxwRCdkTvpv2zi1D_lOn10Pb4WOXj1Ut-ku1ZAygGkVtFE_qfjPflUx61Q=w321-h400" width="321" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pieter de Grebber<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1630<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>from</i> <b>In the House of Wax</b><div><br />The rooms are large and numerous,</div><div>and we in our restless striding</div><div>find that they never end.</div><div><br /></div><div>It is as if we had lived here</div><div>always, captive to this endless</div><div>and malign instruction;</div><div>had served those mighty tempers,</div><div>and learned too well</div><div>these never-blotted names.</div><div><br /></div><div>And we live here still,</div><div>sharing these murderous spaces,</div><div>this blood-haunted silence. </div><div><div><br /></div><div>– John Haines (1996)</div></div>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-75217075841187560602024-03-20T00:00:00.000-07:002024-03-20T00:00:00.245-07:00Beny - Franco - El Greco - Picasso<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrufeCz-bPSpu-dHKn1zedPDubiFoFXiAh1lxBAHgKOy4g20UYXYqC4f8lXfYgvkE1lGAX25C5KyRyP-37rE3HUFZroousSPQVZ8ibjZv2J2hoSdjIOEzClqsWzm5LXIbAbY63AUp8eXOTrsICWKsUmNQ8UQl8dKQ8snTDSjk066f_XN3QjuWi6y8cYQo/s1200/Beny-Roloff-Giovanni-da-Nola's-Tomb-of-Don-Pedro-da-Toledo-in-San-Giacomo-degli-Spagnuoli-Naples-A-before-1966-gelatin-silver-print-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1171" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrufeCz-bPSpu-dHKn1zedPDubiFoFXiAh1lxBAHgKOy4g20UYXYqC4f8lXfYgvkE1lGAX25C5KyRyP-37rE3HUFZroousSPQVZ8ibjZv2J2hoSdjIOEzClqsWzm5LXIbAbY63AUp8eXOTrsICWKsUmNQ8UQl8dKQ8snTDSjk066f_XN3QjuWi6y8cYQo/w390-h400/Beny-Roloff-Giovanni-da-Nola's-Tomb-of-Don-Pedro-da-Toledo-in-San-Giacomo-degli-Spagnuoli-Naples-A-before-1966-gelatin-silver-print-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" width="390" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roloff Beny<br /><b>Giovanni da Nola's Tomb of Don Pedro da Toledo<br />in San Giacomo degli Spagnuoli, Naples </b>(detail)<br />before 1966<br />gelatin silver print<br /><i>National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-ShSxqmfdcMUzbJhIzvzAKp2gGTXv8uMPkJaw5spl3wpH0U1RVUyCmYFO4vm5A8onuS6-cVlEeRicTYQCxhrUQWx8VRULNHsuek9uDyDhI4eNNnjTd4b6DcDKt3-hBMsJu1Bt2eSYP59M9jDUtgsE4H38KCCIcJivyXt_LUU_VVtubIDFzF9u2uWKorX/s1200/Beny-Roloff-Giovanni-da-Nola's-Tomb-of-Don-Pedro-da-Toledo-in-San-Giacomo-degli-Spagnuoli-Naples-B-before-1966-gelatin-silver-print-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="884" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-ShSxqmfdcMUzbJhIzvzAKp2gGTXv8uMPkJaw5spl3wpH0U1RVUyCmYFO4vm5A8onuS6-cVlEeRicTYQCxhrUQWx8VRULNHsuek9uDyDhI4eNNnjTd4b6DcDKt3-hBMsJu1Bt2eSYP59M9jDUtgsE4H38KCCIcJivyXt_LUU_VVtubIDFzF9u2uWKorX/w295-h400/Beny-Roloff-Giovanni-da-Nola's-Tomb-of-Don-Pedro-da-Toledo-in-San-Giacomo-degli-Spagnuoli-Naples-B-before-1966-gelatin-silver-print-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" width="295" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roloff Beny<br /><b>Giovanni da Nola's Tomb of Don Pedro da Toledo<br />in San Giacomo degli Spagnuoli, Naples </b>(detail)<br />before 1966<br />gelatin silver print<br /><i>National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz75XVShwtXuUTLxcEqiZgtGO6PSWeP2zC-5Q-g-XVPea4d1u6t6OPlich5avrLJ44C_FsNA5Gz59asaibJPm1oXOA3khs0G1QI-aMehkqELe9Y95rPNJC-O1wY9LkAAHlJv8ACw9FBo_qpqr0nK8as2O-ACTjTQu-vU2tyhu4u6f44hr5V2DzZMGd30ol/s1200/Beny-Roloff-Donatello's-Mary-Magdalen-in-the-Baptistry-Duomo-Florence-before-1966-gelatin-silver-print-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="899" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz75XVShwtXuUTLxcEqiZgtGO6PSWeP2zC-5Q-g-XVPea4d1u6t6OPlich5avrLJ44C_FsNA5Gz59asaibJPm1oXOA3khs0G1QI-aMehkqELe9Y95rPNJC-O1wY9LkAAHlJv8ACw9FBo_qpqr0nK8as2O-ACTjTQu-vU2tyhu4u6f44hr5V2DzZMGd30ol/w300-h400/Beny-Roloff-Donatello's-Mary-Magdalen-in-the-Baptistry-Duomo-Florence-before-1966-gelatin-silver-print-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roloff Beny<br /><b> Donatello's Statue of Mary Magdalen<br />in the Baptistry, Duomo, Florence</b> (detail)<br />before 1966<br />gelatin silver print<br /><i>National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH2t9lVXxR4nOSj4VinkBnEXT-B57Ww67nKv2pIdSE5fttaqPaGO4AvL3n2W0zKxYp_UL4WeNios0qWWf4JTy0G4bIr8bQs_CTXqBmddV5XaOb240rk_DzcBSceXOjjqFigq-2I0PCIPm2nerlA-fOAXi7gxUTgYcKTeMqHE1_Bjwg417D_w7pLEKgpyQG/s1200/Beny-Roloff-Verrocchio's-Statue-of-David-in-the-Bargello-Florence-before-1966-gelatin-silver-print-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="899" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH2t9lVXxR4nOSj4VinkBnEXT-B57Ww67nKv2pIdSE5fttaqPaGO4AvL3n2W0zKxYp_UL4WeNios0qWWf4JTy0G4bIr8bQs_CTXqBmddV5XaOb240rk_DzcBSceXOjjqFigq-2I0PCIPm2nerlA-fOAXi7gxUTgYcKTeMqHE1_Bjwg417D_w7pLEKgpyQG/w300-h400/Beny-Roloff-Verrocchio's-Statue-of-David-in-the-Bargello-Florence-before-1966-gelatin-silver-print-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roloff Beny<br /><b>Verrocchio's Statue of the victorious David<br />in the Bargello, Florence</b><br />before 1966<br />gelatin silver print<br /><i>National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8A7rjXIdsHq1zUbAKvx66Af9P-12sdjrLCGITjiUI9TNWXFcCC5XCaU4UyfeyNnL-0P7vjVIrUmp7L35axe0MT0yGRWT6P_7kGh0seUP0WVRIYkkPq1cPk-soLX4RwXQDrFaWeFEv7pu1hX1-iy6SbMpGDIsfgb2b8ojt-hTySv5N7UUezmMC0NymeW8k/s1191/Franco-Battista-(il-Semolei)-Abduction-of-Dejanira-by-the-Centaur-Nessus-before-1561-etching-and-engraving-Graphische-Sammlung-ETH-Z%C3%BCrich.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="1191" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8A7rjXIdsHq1zUbAKvx66Af9P-12sdjrLCGITjiUI9TNWXFcCC5XCaU4UyfeyNnL-0P7vjVIrUmp7L35axe0MT0yGRWT6P_7kGh0seUP0WVRIYkkPq1cPk-soLX4RwXQDrFaWeFEv7pu1hX1-iy6SbMpGDIsfgb2b8ojt-hTySv5N7UUezmMC0NymeW8k/w400-h254/Franco-Battista-(il-Semolei)-Abduction-of-Dejanira-by-the-Centaur-Nessus-before-1561-etching-and-engraving-Graphische-Sammlung-ETH-Z%C3%BCrich.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Battista Franco (il Semolei)<br /><b>Abduction of Dejanira by the Centaur Nessus</b><br />before 1561<br />etching and engraving<br /><i>Graphische Sammlung, ETH Zürich</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9P3FZ1k0fLwRwqblH-JZ7k8Qo53tT8WMH7Vo9z8kuh6qp2pRaUFLrc8hsetmHQV74RWJ3jkz-OWpfLuT7E2smyGknQPkOlO5cZxOYSUvl1H_5nwVMufJFaI4KRhQkVluWuLazpkGk6so3ieiVeNtIyGXtqMA_GMrT4U9ey77RluQA7BR3BIaKp1PjB_Zs/s1187/Franco-Battista-(il-Semolei)-after-Giulio-Romano-Scipio-pardoning-Prisoners-c1550-engraving-Graphische-Sammlung-ETH-Z%C3%BCrich.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="1187" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9P3FZ1k0fLwRwqblH-JZ7k8Qo53tT8WMH7Vo9z8kuh6qp2pRaUFLrc8hsetmHQV74RWJ3jkz-OWpfLuT7E2smyGknQPkOlO5cZxOYSUvl1H_5nwVMufJFaI4KRhQkVluWuLazpkGk6so3ieiVeNtIyGXtqMA_GMrT4U9ey77RluQA7BR3BIaKp1PjB_Zs/w400-h276/Franco-Battista-(il-Semolei)-after-Giulio-Romano-Scipio-pardoning-Prisoners-c1550-engraving-Graphische-Sammlung-ETH-Z%C3%BCrich.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Battista Franco (il Semolei)<i> after </i>Giulio Romano<br /><b>Scipio pardoning Prisoners</b><br />ca. 1550<br />engraving<br /><i>Graphische Sammlung, ETH Zürich</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBBvW6XlS2IBCnfFriLKwlP0fWR2-SAFrB0X-LznNm3Gpu1neMZ_UayDy3MMpp9NhxIIF3l7YJJKnYYSWmIr1TrNx_GhGYaieq9tvlKCfAJ3wWvaZSddEjABGnE5QZCeU5yWWjx__pBuHP8qq9k-00FgWOioz2vxGmcnyuiJKh8mj2oPUmXm2i8CiNayY/s1196/Franco-Battista-(il-Semolei)-Calumny-of-Apelles-before-1561-etching-and-engraving-Graphische-Sammlung-ETH-Z%C3%BCrich.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="1196" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBBvW6XlS2IBCnfFriLKwlP0fWR2-SAFrB0X-LznNm3Gpu1neMZ_UayDy3MMpp9NhxIIF3l7YJJKnYYSWmIr1TrNx_GhGYaieq9tvlKCfAJ3wWvaZSddEjABGnE5QZCeU5yWWjx__pBuHP8qq9k-00FgWOioz2vxGmcnyuiJKh8mj2oPUmXm2i8CiNayY/w400-h284/Franco-Battista-(il-Semolei)-Calumny-of-Apelles-before-1561-etching-and-engraving-Graphische-Sammlung-ETH-Z%C3%BCrich.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Battista Franco (il Semolei)<br /><b>The Calumny of Apelles</b><br />before 1561<br />etching and engraving<br /><i>Graphische Sammlung, ETH Zürich</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHox35VzKYj40AttSUm16VLCU0zBx_p-yyS79pMSIKuYXS66rHn9B_3Ps2rIkVL_0fDGMMyjC2cJ09NBZAkfOnr3V99XbGVAuAd_S9JFh3ufxwZ3Y4yve3xhJZdouYp9og6UPNNq-5SOCznhOlKTgF1Ii3eG4nbpcB48QPNsxv-ryevW1sn7A_jd_PNfUJ/s1198/Franco-Battista-(il-Semolei)-Philistines-placing-the-Ark-of-the-Covenant-in-the-Temple-of-Dagon-c1540-etching-and-engraving-Graphische-Sammlung-ETH-Z%C3%BCrich.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="1198" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHox35VzKYj40AttSUm16VLCU0zBx_p-yyS79pMSIKuYXS66rHn9B_3Ps2rIkVL_0fDGMMyjC2cJ09NBZAkfOnr3V99XbGVAuAd_S9JFh3ufxwZ3Y4yve3xhJZdouYp9og6UPNNq-5SOCznhOlKTgF1Ii3eG4nbpcB48QPNsxv-ryevW1sn7A_jd_PNfUJ/w400-h260/Franco-Battista-(il-Semolei)-Philistines-placing-the-Ark-of-the-Covenant-in-the-Temple-of-Dagon-c1540-etching-and-engraving-Graphische-Sammlung-ETH-Z%C3%BCrich.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Battista Franco (il Semolei)<br /><b>Philistines placing the Ark of the Covenant in the Temple of Dagon</b><br />ca. 1540<br />etching and engraving<br /><i>Graphische Sammlung, ETH Zürich</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5pE2fX9x5dBEp0IDjj1yDJPvKJVUHVtCiHMTaL83daDYKDzjgcoCv0Jfi7uVDvx-PxWLlOcpoCoCKaoOrs1acmZmVldRifusuZlYykVWUo2atVeAawCECertuy2ZERxDm7PH6Jdn8zxDcnjUAUkQQbulSU33BieHvb5r98t22_GLrxo1eTkHWgP_Fw7m/s1500/El-Greco-Annunciation-c1596-1600-oil-on-canvas-Museo-de-Bellas-Artes-de-Bilbao.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="853" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5pE2fX9x5dBEp0IDjj1yDJPvKJVUHVtCiHMTaL83daDYKDzjgcoCv0Jfi7uVDvx-PxWLlOcpoCoCKaoOrs1acmZmVldRifusuZlYykVWUo2atVeAawCECertuy2ZERxDm7PH6Jdn8zxDcnjUAUkQQbulSU33BieHvb5r98t22_GLrxo1eTkHWgP_Fw7m/w364-h640/El-Greco-Annunciation-c1596-1600-oil-on-canvas-Museo-de-Bellas-Artes-de-Bilbao.jpg" width="364" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">El Greco<br /><b>The Annunciation</b><br />ca. 1596-1600<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJw9eG3tzR6-pdUuVKtX0dwaK0lAC8tJtQgOoESaYS1lcGBuVEYqWelkN33wrd-yFdVVY6U-BSm2tVKZkQw4Sspnn4Numd0uExJd_1k7K4chYglCSe1D5FBCf-_IlLxwiEyGKFrcVCauitWrEiqITIjBKTuef308hfu7A6on6NwDVa5YF6zvQkWBDGfno/s1500/El-Greco-Christ-healing-the-Blind-(with-Farnese-portraits-among-bystanders)-c1570-oil-on-canvas-Gem%C3%A4ldegalerie-Alte-Meister-Dresden.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="1500" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJw9eG3tzR6-pdUuVKtX0dwaK0lAC8tJtQgOoESaYS1lcGBuVEYqWelkN33wrd-yFdVVY6U-BSm2tVKZkQw4Sspnn4Numd0uExJd_1k7K4chYglCSe1D5FBCf-_IlLxwiEyGKFrcVCauitWrEiqITIjBKTuef308hfu7A6on6NwDVa5YF6zvQkWBDGfno/w400-h301/El-Greco-Christ-healing-the-Blind-(with-Farnese-portraits-among-bystanders)-c1570-oil-on-canvas-Gem%C3%A4ldegalerie-Alte-Meister-Dresden.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">El Greco<br /><b>Christ healing the Blind</b><br />(with Farnese portraits among bystanders)<br />ca. 1570<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtrz6y6UKiYKsq1OGvskDOsG2B92lv8M6TXJz74XKEM44Lcn03dsM6TSpeRmViYgpZjnSlsk-iuC_cbV_nze4B7Kl33GMWrO0zd9cQMwZ48SCpwgklsRwOqhtlmxXob0qOzwABbvy0PYlirpTj1JmiHcuFPNN8P9SEOo2Uf2PUiL63mCFYfjrTBmJGH8x/s1280/El-Greco-Christ-healing-the-Blind-(with-Farnese-portraits-among-bystanders)-c1573-oil-on-canvas-Galleria-Nazionale-di-Parma.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1280" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtrz6y6UKiYKsq1OGvskDOsG2B92lv8M6TXJz74XKEM44Lcn03dsM6TSpeRmViYgpZjnSlsk-iuC_cbV_nze4B7Kl33GMWrO0zd9cQMwZ48SCpwgklsRwOqhtlmxXob0qOzwABbvy0PYlirpTj1JmiHcuFPNN8P9SEOo2Uf2PUiL63mCFYfjrTBmJGH8x/w400-h325/El-Greco-Christ-healing-the-Blind-(with-Farnese-portraits-among-bystanders)-c1573-oil-on-canvas-Galleria-Nazionale-di-Parma.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">El Greco<br /><b>Christ healing the Blind</b><br />(with Farnese portraits among bystanders)<br />ca. 1573<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Galleria Nazionale di Parma</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1hP18ROlpfxjY3C63XtapBSm78aUqPCV2B-oUJDNxZI7u385RAeSN4nzltY1dNGr6C6VSeMHwjglVbo4TPM35kFIaD4wsVy7UmNEnkx_Rln-6zZcKneNN4Yk6FdlmlS_zTBsFeofvEfusUHR35Dtt8Ufn0lG36vbRt6oaxJMPJRITLM_V5VQs4dp-BcF/s854/El-Greco-Holy-Family-with-St-Anne-and-young-St-John-the-Baptist-c1595-1600-oil-on-canvas-National-Gallery-of-Art-Washington-DC.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="541" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1hP18ROlpfxjY3C63XtapBSm78aUqPCV2B-oUJDNxZI7u385RAeSN4nzltY1dNGr6C6VSeMHwjglVbo4TPM35kFIaD4wsVy7UmNEnkx_Rln-6zZcKneNN4Yk6FdlmlS_zTBsFeofvEfusUHR35Dtt8Ufn0lG36vbRt6oaxJMPJRITLM_V5VQs4dp-BcF/w254-h400/El-Greco-Holy-Family-with-St-Anne-and-young-St-John-the-Baptist-c1595-1600-oil-on-canvas-National-Gallery-of-Art-Washington-DC.png" width="254" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">El Greco<br /><b>Holy Family with St Anne<br />and young St John the Baptist</b><br />ca. 1595-1600<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2IapF1QgMjEdPAZM0NWx3Q4WINE_W083cZzQHQElnoyxkqrGr6sQGVJ39TPJ21AmNlZSGgwzHB7kNWLIlrnRKh-g5OTzRGvt1Z-ImKilWolANlkiO0UifBqixgvREwMixFTZJ4L4Rs4Z2ouKEbZ6uxawPIbVIUqm_FzdQNtTX1QQfyMW1ARyNTuyZKSPh/s1200/Picasso-Pablo-Bust-1907-1908-oil-on-canvas-Dallas-Museum-of-Art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1161" data-original-width="1200" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2IapF1QgMjEdPAZM0NWx3Q4WINE_W083cZzQHQElnoyxkqrGr6sQGVJ39TPJ21AmNlZSGgwzHB7kNWLIlrnRKh-g5OTzRGvt1Z-ImKilWolANlkiO0UifBqixgvREwMixFTZJ4L4Rs4Z2ouKEbZ6uxawPIbVIUqm_FzdQNtTX1QQfyMW1ARyNTuyZKSPh/w400-h388/Picasso-Pablo-Bust-1907-1908-oil-on-canvas-Dallas-Museum-of-Art.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pablo Picasso<br /><b>Bust</b><br />1907-1908<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Dallas Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0pEnYuDkmlq4xBseZQ1ZF6D0RlRryyga_ywr_Xr71II4AS0iL3tUlDsxUM3GP4CRapBMhfoBsIVVB3CtTM-qupeO8z-9px-gswZ2Aqo_fBfo3iLCksRftXIW8jz3zjvDaSeAO7G22x74pF2WomacuzZYzyA1SzJjeYQRYJfKAiAfRzd5TsYOu9sxdFN32/s899/Picasso-Pablo-Femme-nue-de-profil-1906-oil-on-canvas-Barnes-Foundation-Philadelphia.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="723" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0pEnYuDkmlq4xBseZQ1ZF6D0RlRryyga_ywr_Xr71II4AS0iL3tUlDsxUM3GP4CRapBMhfoBsIVVB3CtTM-qupeO8z-9px-gswZ2Aqo_fBfo3iLCksRftXIW8jz3zjvDaSeAO7G22x74pF2WomacuzZYzyA1SzJjeYQRYJfKAiAfRzd5TsYOu9sxdFN32/w321-h400/Picasso-Pablo-Femme-nue-de-profil-1906-oil-on-canvas-Barnes-Foundation-Philadelphia.png" width="321" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pablo Picasso<br /><b>Femme nue de profil</b><br />1906<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhULgy8JN1Bf5Xh92oE0dAZ9KguPP6FzythAHwO_aHuBhMZV3Bt87sYkM-iibOBgYEPdCNW13VhceLn3c-YbjhgdgJV2Jhw7x3giXDtv1WLddqA6o866S36qxDjBJY1d0cGXuFpOVW80g-XQqVPC8L95JMiJDi5KuYS7aiSa64NFeWQ_t8cKut6LGXyvMS-/s910/Picasso-Pablo-Head-of-a-Woman-1906-oil-on-canvas-Los-Angeles-County-Museum-of-Art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="910" data-original-width="560" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhULgy8JN1Bf5Xh92oE0dAZ9KguPP6FzythAHwO_aHuBhMZV3Bt87sYkM-iibOBgYEPdCNW13VhceLn3c-YbjhgdgJV2Jhw7x3giXDtv1WLddqA6o866S36qxDjBJY1d0cGXuFpOVW80g-XQqVPC8L95JMiJDi5KuYS7aiSa64NFeWQ_t8cKut6LGXyvMS-/w246-h400/Picasso-Pablo-Head-of-a-Woman-1906-oil-on-canvas-Los-Angeles-County-Museum-of-Art.jpg" width="246" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pablo Picasso<br /><b>Head of a Woman</b><br />1906<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Los Angeles County Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpQkKgXt86AQOKhRiAQQwUFYcBUiSR9kyrv9bTIW8d7vPPt-ix7Os-mpkP32-OUhvXAMue1p95BZ86al0p5wRAPEjcrum8KIIxISvdFY_Z0glHQ1_GUanVy2n2zMzinOtc86isFCVOKvAT97Y3QYFitovFPEzbNRGPiOMMnOG3y66gxdDplHKdNEsB0Yq/s1149/Picasso-Pablo-La-Marmite-1907-watercolor-on-paper-Barnes-Foundation-Philadelphia.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1149" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpQkKgXt86AQOKhRiAQQwUFYcBUiSR9kyrv9bTIW8d7vPPt-ix7Os-mpkP32-OUhvXAMue1p95BZ86al0p5wRAPEjcrum8KIIxISvdFY_Z0glHQ1_GUanVy2n2zMzinOtc86isFCVOKvAT97Y3QYFitovFPEzbNRGPiOMMnOG3y66gxdDplHKdNEsB0Yq/w400-h313/Picasso-Pablo-La-Marmite-1907-watercolor-on-paper-Barnes-Foundation-Philadelphia.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pablo Picasso<br /><b>La Marmite</b><br />1907<br />watercolor on paper<br /><i>Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>from</i> Part Three of <b>The Age of Anxiety</b> <p></p><p>Now a trolley car comes, going northward. They take it. Emble says:</p><p> This tortuous route through town<br /> Was planned, it seems, to serve<br /> Its institutions; for we halt<br /> With a jerk at the Gothic gates<br /> Of the Women's Prison, the whitewashed<br /> Hexagonal Orphanage for<br /> Doomed Children, the driveway,<br /> Bordered with trees in tubs<br /> Of the Orthopædic Hospital,<br /> And are crowded by the close relatives<br /> Of suffering, who sit upright<br /> With little offerings on their laps<br /> Of candy, magazines, comics,<br /> Avoiding each other's eyes,<br /> Shy of a rival shame.</p><p> Slums are replaced by suburbs,<br /> Suburbs by tennis-courts, tennis-courts<br /> By greenhouses and vegetable gardens.<br /> The penultimate stop is the State<br /> Asylum, a large Palladian<br /> Edifice in acres of grounds<br /> Surrounded by iron railings;<br /> And now there is no one left<br /> For the final run through the fields<br /> But ourselves whose diseases as yet<br /> Are undiagnosed, and the driver<br /> Who is anxious to get home to his tea.<br /><br /> The buttercups glitter, our bell<br /> Clangs loudly; and the lark's <br /> Song is swallowed up in<br /> The blazing blue: we are set<br /> Down and do not care<br /> Very much but wonder why. </p><p>– W.H. Auden (1944-46)</p>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-15814044199231394762024-03-19T12:00:00.144-07:002024-03-19T12:00:00.140-07:00Head of Goliath - I<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKXbxt-uns2vFfPtqsPmXLzL_d7MU5N6pAAykNiMXY8JHS5VMBLCf01J78m7onvevPaNehOxcNcy-6pdJxirE-ar6pQ7L-_sBdDH7o1Rct6vOMoBd-OcOBqKkl8-iwHDz3gP1QF7dxIfta_kkyClWnUbqEcaiIOrZ9_8hwgmNTLIZ5Si2eiIp7IUpwng=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1203" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKXbxt-uns2vFfPtqsPmXLzL_d7MU5N6pAAykNiMXY8JHS5VMBLCf01J78m7onvevPaNehOxcNcy-6pdJxirE-ar6pQ7L-_sBdDH7o1Rct6vOMoBd-OcOBqKkl8-iwHDz3gP1QF7dxIfta_kkyClWnUbqEcaiIOrZ9_8hwgmNTLIZ5Si2eiIp7IUpwng=w321-h400" width="321" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Donald Friend<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />1946<br />drawing<br /><i>National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAtnXp0Uf3pEKrXSJRwG3NKOAhmLnLDRUyEkZnHbTIDF9qYSqwVxclXhlqpgv5JhoNYqmjCJxPuPyLkWNqsTok2tXm4M4ED1_1tbhWLWVswXn6dmc_IEIGx437AilcKDRqTQEvU4ylPxssQIZcufqzfT2GBwx_hhKfzJYvjLhkaUS36CLwiC_4eeTAoQ=s1079" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="753" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAtnXp0Uf3pEKrXSJRwG3NKOAhmLnLDRUyEkZnHbTIDF9qYSqwVxclXhlqpgv5JhoNYqmjCJxPuPyLkWNqsTok2tXm4M4ED1_1tbhWLWVswXn6dmc_IEIGx437AilcKDRqTQEvU4ylPxssQIZcufqzfT2GBwx_hhKfzJYvjLhkaUS36CLwiC_4eeTAoQ=w279-h400" width="279" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Antonin Mercié<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />1872<br />bronze statuette<br /><i>Philadelphia Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrrji2-N97cgOWiOvBWMPV0jJXMqREPnQ5wWURHNy2bnf1w1lwE0d2Or94VJPNaCu07G9EjGTTE9AHVKRl9mdFd0MTjOmnF3FgsE5_dFL22XGUwLRE9cHQ4HKI9oLS154dbja8zmE8d1jiSzFSrvKWhfaccHFfQ85cpSnZn7zOsPA58cwpbgL-vohIag=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1130" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrrji2-N97cgOWiOvBWMPV0jJXMqREPnQ5wWURHNy2bnf1w1lwE0d2Or94VJPNaCu07G9EjGTTE9AHVKRl9mdFd0MTjOmnF3FgsE5_dFL22XGUwLRE9cHQ4HKI9oLS154dbja8zmE8d1jiSzFSrvKWhfaccHFfQ85cpSnZn7zOsPA58cwpbgL-vohIag=w301-h400" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jacques Chéreau <i>after </i>Domenico Fetti<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1730<br />etching and engraving<br /><i>Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2dxItOPa6asgL6eM5w8-X891epy3-IJ0x38FVjV-bS_6AnAVmpLXkab-v7DdqNq9mPfXEoVHSwN9jk-PwgQdjOYl31nq32gchaI4qgQwbizeFEG6pAbI3ptwRnE6cB1MwDsNpJULKPZLmfgwxbM_xMg2ND5WS2gZWEYzNOZK9BpRBoqyuX9XemUU1Rg=s1467" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1467" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2dxItOPa6asgL6eM5w8-X891epy3-IJ0x38FVjV-bS_6AnAVmpLXkab-v7DdqNq9mPfXEoVHSwN9jk-PwgQdjOYl31nq32gchaI4qgQwbizeFEG6pAbI3ptwRnE6cB1MwDsNpJULKPZLmfgwxbM_xMg2ND5WS2gZWEYzNOZK9BpRBoqyuX9XemUU1Rg=w400-h294" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pietro Rotari <i>after </i>Antonio Balestra<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1725<br />etching<br /><i>Philadelphia Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZwR9UL2-50osdElZVy_Ak7hY5uKEDpi-4geqkDgVmVwCUOhZQs4ZS_9qSQohoU2bCOjk6P8bp27uBYxsx2DlGfVEa5a8yVwOeh6Ok5wGe3_lHcRHQcQ2hggw4vnhNaJF36FsCxYqwK_-mg0oyMuycI7LyUPMSJ4w2d_aNKT-LnctlimqGrCb3SmcpQA=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1086" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZwR9UL2-50osdElZVy_Ak7hY5uKEDpi-4geqkDgVmVwCUOhZQs4ZS_9qSQohoU2bCOjk6P8bp27uBYxsx2DlGfVEa5a8yVwOeh6Ok5wGe3_lHcRHQcQ2hggw4vnhNaJF36FsCxYqwK_-mg0oyMuycI7LyUPMSJ4w2d_aNKT-LnctlimqGrCb3SmcpQA=w290-h400" width="290" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul Troger<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1720<br />etching<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvZAE0gfbx57rajA6NHAHPvJIsGoEnHv-kcpP1RfwqQqUhZfzpxKKmzSmrzWhUVhWJ6r65e5cEao1jWSfz1aM6_IXaABsqgNCAovupY1TWF3jA2F27s9YbuViIJoRSf5-QmfMB-Y3KzZlo3HCZM370Av5--7z8R3WDzIf8KWqZZQjG47Kh7ibR_CgSkA=s1526" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="1084" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvZAE0gfbx57rajA6NHAHPvJIsGoEnHv-kcpP1RfwqQqUhZfzpxKKmzSmrzWhUVhWJ6r65e5cEao1jWSfz1aM6_IXaABsqgNCAovupY1TWF3jA2F27s9YbuViIJoRSf5-QmfMB-Y3KzZlo3HCZM370Av5--7z8R3WDzIf8KWqZZQjG47Kh7ibR_CgSkA=w284-h400" width="284" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anonymous Mosaicist<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />18th century<br />glass bead mosaic<br /><i>Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcbuOa3YxWCogbGEmWFAVGnraAnCTNXymz6jN0RlzVjROSJT1L6aiHInWVjLq2n_0usDxkLabKsYmyZaQWLIHDcgsqO-yKxoA5bbEDfy7wDe_3D2mBNfUpINsrAGaHSlct8oMNrIyh9RgVqf9KnEhgGWFAC6fDnrrffM_VGtPC4-cIVpmO2DVc6betQQ=s1450" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1450" data-original-width="1261" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcbuOa3YxWCogbGEmWFAVGnraAnCTNXymz6jN0RlzVjROSJT1L6aiHInWVjLq2n_0usDxkLabKsYmyZaQWLIHDcgsqO-yKxoA5bbEDfy7wDe_3D2mBNfUpINsrAGaHSlct8oMNrIyh9RgVqf9KnEhgGWFAC6fDnrrffM_VGtPC4-cIVpmO2DVc6betQQ=w348-h400" width="348" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anonymous Dutch Sculptor<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1690-1700<br />ivory relief<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgloWYLJyAtJSho3Iaml8BXTzpREpedQhx2bI-umt_JtPEJ5vLUlZ_tXfRK_g6Yjm4gx4yS-I1wfor6mdM6fINfsTUZI3hlKhlt1LKmcvWzqZZgmneYE_r--n7RCPFW0yS6L9SRa_6EZLjT8QKg_B30T27_PzZXsCqslFsH-6yUKkonyL7EJZWWonbSZA=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="995" data-original-width="1600" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgloWYLJyAtJSho3Iaml8BXTzpREpedQhx2bI-umt_JtPEJ5vLUlZ_tXfRK_g6Yjm4gx4yS-I1wfor6mdM6fINfsTUZI3hlKhlt1LKmcvWzqZZgmneYE_r--n7RCPFW0yS6L9SRa_6EZLjT8QKg_B30T27_PzZXsCqslFsH-6yUKkonyL7EJZWWonbSZA=w400-h249" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Francis van Bossuit<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1675-90<br />ivory relief<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3Pu7mGoTOqNCmlVfq1i5222GkM500WouVDwluBL8Q6kPwij05M6LLY4H5ypC5ySaQmOFez04lvbbvfBn79PGKq5_lVft_3lzgaxlc8uVeWZSbOLtBJzJ_KgSRjmciFNU4nT_Cflin2hpHbH_saUnRc1DTaPMo59Jm8c4AgT-7tB1zCwRnhjQb7DLLeg=s1400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1267" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3Pu7mGoTOqNCmlVfq1i5222GkM500WouVDwluBL8Q6kPwij05M6LLY4H5ypC5ySaQmOFez04lvbbvfBn79PGKq5_lVft_3lzgaxlc8uVeWZSbOLtBJzJ_KgSRjmciFNU4nT_Cflin2hpHbH_saUnRc1DTaPMo59Jm8c4AgT-7tB1zCwRnhjQb7DLLeg=w363-h400" width="363" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carlo Maratti<br /><b>David offering the Head of Goliath to King Saul</b><br />ca. 1670-80<br />drawing<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxZGk84Vb8finJ36h2lLJ32hI4uSSkEMmdk0_5mebS9s1qizxMJBkWUF6N8eItOu8D5Q6KxscFG69uH3m7OHwN9ghSChIByeWZKIdDu0j2hyNcW4TMDlh-shiBi8mLutClGSGaTqHoMDSpgp01pN1SVUQilRt3pWNwyEn5g7cW7QVbA9P3SaQOaz1LXA=s1073" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1073" data-original-width="895" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxZGk84Vb8finJ36h2lLJ32hI4uSSkEMmdk0_5mebS9s1qizxMJBkWUF6N8eItOu8D5Q6KxscFG69uH3m7OHwN9ghSChIByeWZKIdDu0j2hyNcW4TMDlh-shiBi8mLutClGSGaTqHoMDSpgp01pN1SVUQilRt3pWNwyEn5g7cW7QVbA9P3SaQOaz1LXA=w334-h400" width="334" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marco Sanmartino<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1660<br />etching<br /><i>Philadelphia Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhi3eXHa_-vQiBlZ7SRKYjBoMhOjgQafExsyAcwIBdSzxSsMrTu2LSWoQd7lbteWQoQeG-OlvdLm1IjcJtKQc7e6B_tmiUUfTaNVb_Ul2OEDZPp2a9l_AJv5X4lVNz0FzogLThY9xcSyDyObKoGv7Wu_QOL-itJnkqFkVTkCl42bx2yQEqIp8Prf3mvgg=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1060" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhi3eXHa_-vQiBlZ7SRKYjBoMhOjgQafExsyAcwIBdSzxSsMrTu2LSWoQd7lbteWQoQeG-OlvdLm1IjcJtKQc7e6B_tmiUUfTaNVb_Ul2OEDZPp2a9l_AJv5X4lVNz0FzogLThY9xcSyDyObKoGv7Wu_QOL-itJnkqFkVTkCl42bx2yQEqIp8Prf3mvgg=w283-h400" width="283" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1655<br />monotype<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXR-ZlTaIS_oHrkFE6NE6jfRqjxf3xTtpnGL9VwxXeMPzuv4u40Mz4U3QRSGH8eDYm1YXUtpbC0gC3u9invIN8K5gprx5gk0JVoTaNnFxJkJvu7_Zqrz0VoxoO7ji0oBWLGWouliIRb4C3TxL2OfQti-_hW6jx1NQFlB8ewcwRnadY49etMMs3Vi6eJQ=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1071" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXR-ZlTaIS_oHrkFE6NE6jfRqjxf3xTtpnGL9VwxXeMPzuv4u40Mz4U3QRSGH8eDYm1YXUtpbC0gC3u9invIN8K5gprx5gk0JVoTaNnFxJkJvu7_Zqrz0VoxoO7ji0oBWLGWouliIRb4C3TxL2OfQti-_hW6jx1NQFlB8ewcwRnadY49etMMs3Vi6eJQ=w285-h400" width="285" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anonymous German Sculptor<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1650<br />colored wax relief<br /><i>Detroit Institute of Arts</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcDcwsdbp1h6Hp5LvPbraov3Bxd6ybqJpO1u4QGkpTHx_CoGrXz1JnCcn8k2qk4MZsUI51OmtrumSSvIpxYC3hyxqC5GJvjIEDWqDPnXCOaaeJgKN8F7JsqH3IKJEB6Ny0FdR9xKGaPmq6-nS5HOniygOM3b_EZi5KMmNLKMXqZwSsA0hf8cbZzEMHTg=s1079" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="801" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcDcwsdbp1h6Hp5LvPbraov3Bxd6ybqJpO1u4QGkpTHx_CoGrXz1JnCcn8k2qk4MZsUI51OmtrumSSvIpxYC3hyxqC5GJvjIEDWqDPnXCOaaeJgKN8F7JsqH3IKJEB6Ny0FdR9xKGaPmq6-nS5HOniygOM3b_EZi5KMmNLKMXqZwSsA0hf8cbZzEMHTg=w298-h400" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ferrante Rosatti<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />1649<br />etching<br /><i>Philadelphia Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkU-EmGpNGdRL0tY5ViLlVL5_JtSUmuOmEr0gTVRz5XroGZRFLKYihJYcm-Z7X3f5vxRuI9jlEHAxhn6-cpwTklmzQGQD_6BIq3GaCabw6mqCvRdU7g22UN0HDmZGqCgJ8txpuo3YLPdlo-us_R3PCJ0aePRmPPsUBia3bqsqNVk9RGs_hqZzGys0maw=s1079" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="781" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkU-EmGpNGdRL0tY5ViLlVL5_JtSUmuOmEr0gTVRz5XroGZRFLKYihJYcm-Z7X3f5vxRuI9jlEHAxhn6-cpwTklmzQGQD_6BIq3GaCabw6mqCvRdU7g22UN0HDmZGqCgJ8txpuo3YLPdlo-us_R3PCJ0aePRmPPsUBia3bqsqNVk9RGs_hqZzGys0maw=w290-h400" width="290" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giulio Carpioni<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1645<br />etching<br /><i>Philadelphia Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcIdFB-7bU43TEl8Gn6_Oc8KmP0ob2IlxGfyhsL_pk3TMxEUUfyIYhYuY_A7aIMmsUTFjEJltKrB6e7EmwTmJ_KthOFz1z74eBYUbiCHL9H94EM4xwrJubZ5q5oiAR_lF0G0nr3sW05UmJuKnLzQMAJNM5zgOQfSxyONEwr7BWKrJhV3zGW_yXqqkrgA=s1400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="1400" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcIdFB-7bU43TEl8Gn6_Oc8KmP0ob2IlxGfyhsL_pk3TMxEUUfyIYhYuY_A7aIMmsUTFjEJltKrB6e7EmwTmJ_KthOFz1z74eBYUbiCHL9H94EM4xwrJubZ5q5oiAR_lF0G0nr3sW05UmJuKnLzQMAJNM5zgOQfSxyONEwr7BWKrJhV3zGW_yXqqkrgA=w400-h272" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan van den Hoecke<br /><b>Triumph of Saul<br />(including David with Head of Goliath)</b><br />ca. 1635<br />oil on panel (sketch)<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnJS_tOZm3qHA_wEfzWfKJTaoy4lN9lH6MiMhfU2XRZ24jUaZXMp3gKzBKNoEqPnZBdBKqPtVle_2x0YlN_6cbXN4HjiofNwOOA8qViPWL9pAfNq9jkIaCM78ObqB6f6TqN1yuUqK9lqzHU6Uv6dTzoxfDbUt5mEIUYx70hU-6WJBwfZeIyVQCSADOhg=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1250" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnJS_tOZm3qHA_wEfzWfKJTaoy4lN9lH6MiMhfU2XRZ24jUaZXMp3gKzBKNoEqPnZBdBKqPtVle_2x0YlN_6cbXN4HjiofNwOOA8qViPWL9pAfNq9jkIaCM78ObqB6f6TqN1yuUqK9lqzHU6Uv6dTzoxfDbUt5mEIUYx70hU-6WJBwfZeIyVQCSADOhg=w313-h400" width="313" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andrea Vaccaro<br /><b>David with the Head of Goliath</b><br />ca. 1635<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Los Angeles County Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>from</i> <b>In the House of Wax</b><p></p><div>We enter, adjust to the gloom,<br />to the lighting that plays<br />on the painted, staring faces.</div><div><br /></div><div>We think to ourselves, murmur</div><div>to the one standing beside us:</div><div>"How compellingly strange</div><div>these people are, and yet familiar</div><div>to the world we left behind us,</div><div>the street and the household . . ."</div><div><br /></div><div>These are the people whose names</div><div>we learned, whose lives we studied,</div><div>whose thoughts we have become.</div><div><br /></div><div>Each lighted stage with its play</div><div>of the lost and the violent –</div><div>comedians and stuntmen,</div><div>heroes transfixed in purpose.</div><div><br /></div><div>We pause, to read once more,</div><div>in deliberate, bald summation,</div><div>what art, wax, and history</div><div>have made of the dead:</div><div><br /></div><div>something more than a mirror,</div><div>less than a telling likeness;</div><div>an ideality slick with blood. </div><div><br /></div><div>– John Haines (1996)</div>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-71788666397695802162024-03-19T00:00:00.000-07:002024-03-19T00:00:00.138-07:00Rotari - Hollar - Rubens - Motherwell<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBssYwigQFSi7D21n5Y4mEmFPWDYidy6kwMSeNLFSViYl1DRorBxERCmhyLKx08nbIoIJ4Ph6-p29vkNvI1LAB1Ee34mD0REBRGtxOIY9cIQUZgLqP89LL8w9ChJqHPQBDJ5zLugFYk6hVmzP5f2lvv0kTVwcX35-YIa_ps70ZdFfOjQNLK0bYDYy5c3DA/s850/Rotari-Pietro-Young-Woman-in-a-Red-Dress-c1756-62-oil-on-canvas-El-Paso-Museum-of-Art-Texas.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="661" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBssYwigQFSi7D21n5Y4mEmFPWDYidy6kwMSeNLFSViYl1DRorBxERCmhyLKx08nbIoIJ4Ph6-p29vkNvI1LAB1Ee34mD0REBRGtxOIY9cIQUZgLqP89LL8w9ChJqHPQBDJ5zLugFYk6hVmzP5f2lvv0kTVwcX35-YIa_ps70ZdFfOjQNLK0bYDYy5c3DA/w311-h400/Rotari-Pietro-Young-Woman-in-a-Red-Dress-c1756-62-oil-on-canvas-El-Paso-Museum-of-Art-Texas.png" width="311" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pietro Rotari<br /><b>Young Woman in a Red Dress</b><br />ca. 1756-62<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>El Paso Museum of Art, Texas</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUpRB2KhkEucNO2SUQUalBCMSZwX34vpCwmQYJSMkqG9FcSShXhyphenhyphenXaepet2sz2dIyBBFoYyMewjyfvHc8ZXe7lwub6GlvlY8EOfVJ13dfW7AX35OgzUzd3XNtQvPFTQ0QZZpiM0EdK5VP1CSVDpOTJkqIX_PB-qPd6xTVgTuvPuvqtYJW-_Sb5o9Yh55w/s1500/Rotari-Pietro-Sleeping-Girl-c1750-55-oil-on-canvas-Alte-Pinakothek-Munich.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1199" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUpRB2KhkEucNO2SUQUalBCMSZwX34vpCwmQYJSMkqG9FcSShXhyphenhyphenXaepet2sz2dIyBBFoYyMewjyfvHc8ZXe7lwub6GlvlY8EOfVJ13dfW7AX35OgzUzd3XNtQvPFTQ0QZZpiM0EdK5VP1CSVDpOTJkqIX_PB-qPd6xTVgTuvPuvqtYJW-_Sb5o9Yh55w/w320-h400/Rotari-Pietro-Sleeping-Girl-c1750-55-oil-on-canvas-Alte-Pinakothek-Munich.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pietro Rotari<br /><b>Sleeping Girl</b><br />ca. 1750-55<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Alte Pinakothek, Munich</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAta3nXPM1j3TBhnbaFxAXa7oq4xlbEa6Yprnz8SJT0V4xjNyQWo13_P9euh5l8exXdBdMj0HTsd7NpSVDrbFmsTYlZQLuaw9XzbU5nFiKqcyxerQdy0SYUKqn_jk8tUa5KXaRq4znPh-QXE_k2QF7tAlRZQa_QcWgCggK0EZcklp9fpyOwM0rEbb824py/s1080/Rotari-Pietro-Portrait-of-a-Young-Woman-1756-oil-on-canvas-Agnes-Etherington-Art-Centre-Kingston-Ontario.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="841" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAta3nXPM1j3TBhnbaFxAXa7oq4xlbEa6Yprnz8SJT0V4xjNyQWo13_P9euh5l8exXdBdMj0HTsd7NpSVDrbFmsTYlZQLuaw9XzbU5nFiKqcyxerQdy0SYUKqn_jk8tUa5KXaRq4znPh-QXE_k2QF7tAlRZQa_QcWgCggK0EZcklp9fpyOwM0rEbb824py/w311-h400/Rotari-Pietro-Portrait-of-a-Young-Woman-1756-oil-on-canvas-Agnes-Etherington-Art-Centre-Kingston-Ontario.jpg" width="311" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pietro Rotari<br /><b>Portrait of a Young Woman</b><br />1756<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjva3BM-A2AO6Ib8CWJzb5XFjgaG9CjUTyCkc7bPMnnFzzcap_7lMEW8kGEBusJeXGRzXBHycI-byZT0C4eV1vwSrMGCzHiDGlYTd5J2YmreylJ2FliJT3_pKhA3T99gJBMK6EjUMJgh-5XDaYdYEv2x_GmWRMR89dHbvmnJc-gBZe-Sw1WmjUjko3SYgA/s865/Rotari-Pietro-Woman-wearing-a-Blue-Scarf-c1760-oil-on-canvas-Norton-Simon-Museum-Pasadena-California.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="668" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjva3BM-A2AO6Ib8CWJzb5XFjgaG9CjUTyCkc7bPMnnFzzcap_7lMEW8kGEBusJeXGRzXBHycI-byZT0C4eV1vwSrMGCzHiDGlYTd5J2YmreylJ2FliJT3_pKhA3T99gJBMK6EjUMJgh-5XDaYdYEv2x_GmWRMR89dHbvmnJc-gBZe-Sw1WmjUjko3SYgA/w309-h400/Rotari-Pietro-Woman-wearing-a-Blue-Scarf-c1760-oil-on-canvas-Norton-Simon-Museum-Pasadena-California.jpg" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pietro Rotari<br /><b>Woman wearing a Blue Scarf</b><br />ca. 1760<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC9UiTkJpDVdnRrmSJNKqOIqAlY04Ri17fwFjud1ZK5Rir0NFIqAvt7i5zoJ1qayIbnAu4bgNZvHhC_PN3E0BF7-J8iQxmvzVquVAt7Q8nKBtcwBjpfX33SnBpZYfHCzplt2kp775IyTJ3qipRnFvOj5EXRwDkeJ4mbk2BRB2VxkmZi9TkmYWXUTxQ6zdm/s1500/Hollar-Wenceslaus-after-Leonardo-da-Vinci-Anatomy-Skull-1645-etching-(after-drawing-in-Arundel-Collection)-British-Museum.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="1500" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC9UiTkJpDVdnRrmSJNKqOIqAlY04Ri17fwFjud1ZK5Rir0NFIqAvt7i5zoJ1qayIbnAu4bgNZvHhC_PN3E0BF7-J8iQxmvzVquVAt7Q8nKBtcwBjpfX33SnBpZYfHCzplt2kp775IyTJ3qipRnFvOj5EXRwDkeJ4mbk2BRB2VxkmZi9TkmYWXUTxQ6zdm/w400-h334/Hollar-Wenceslaus-after-Leonardo-da-Vinci-Anatomy-Skull-1645-etching-(after-drawing-in-Arundel-Collection)-British-Museum.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wenceslaus Hollar after drawing by Leonardo da Vinci<br /><b>Study of Skull</b><br />1645<br />etching<br /><i>British Museum</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyE7zV7HlDwXwjRVvKkTS5tCg9FUFdGa1Qs0XkpqXoOk3X-G2hpczQPhXwIggJHWLQpfEMws7TzJZ-YUZ5cfafs4tIAsNQVRjp7df2AiLVcD1d4Jn2O00QET-8dE8dQDNbqseQvx5IAdmhFkOtLg3HgswpWmaCs-H96n_OnycaOtM5-A4k3Rag4_yVMPcW/s1290/Hollar-Wenceslaus-after-Leonardo-da-Vinci-Anatomy-Skull-Interior-1651-etching-(after-drawing-in-Arundel-Collection)-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-New-York.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="1290" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyE7zV7HlDwXwjRVvKkTS5tCg9FUFdGa1Qs0XkpqXoOk3X-G2hpczQPhXwIggJHWLQpfEMws7TzJZ-YUZ5cfafs4tIAsNQVRjp7df2AiLVcD1d4Jn2O00QET-8dE8dQDNbqseQvx5IAdmhFkOtLg3HgswpWmaCs-H96n_OnycaOtM5-A4k3Rag4_yVMPcW/w400-h363/Hollar-Wenceslaus-after-Leonardo-da-Vinci-Anatomy-Skull-Interior-1651-etching-(after-drawing-in-Arundel-Collection)-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-New-York.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wenceslaus Hollar after drawing by Leonardo da Vinci<br /><b>Study of Skull - Interior</b><br />1651<br />etching<br /><i>Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lhkjY_DEewSxYNXZvH__ANF5tQ3IfBwoRSZzTAh9pqhM78f5odReDD45pn4DbO6sJBxns5M53u2KgHAoPNd68e5UAFwkrmBBOyogjLx1OvuELS7OdMdT5IzVFwVL6hj1f_pHoewM7XGbPmckW5ZLaDDa7llnxRFDZTfnDsQF3PND3HSudKvSrPqy_Pmw/s1400/Hollar-Wenceslaus-after-Leonardo-da-Vinci-Head-of-Youth-c1644-52-B-etching-(after-drawing-in-Arundel-Collection)-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-New-York.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1275" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lhkjY_DEewSxYNXZvH__ANF5tQ3IfBwoRSZzTAh9pqhM78f5odReDD45pn4DbO6sJBxns5M53u2KgHAoPNd68e5UAFwkrmBBOyogjLx1OvuELS7OdMdT5IzVFwVL6hj1f_pHoewM7XGbPmckW5ZLaDDa7llnxRFDZTfnDsQF3PND3HSudKvSrPqy_Pmw/w364-h400/Hollar-Wenceslaus-after-Leonardo-da-Vinci-Head-of-Youth-c1644-52-B-etching-(after-drawing-in-Arundel-Collection)-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-New-York.jpg" width="364" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wenceslaus Hollar after drawing by Leonardo da Vinci<br /><b>Head of Youth</b><br />ca. 1644-52<br />etching<br /><i>Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOW3WrtKUG-ivBpYZkVbsF70fLA7SRH2bYLksj-SAo4QgVN02-XVPJTXfflDJWEI2XKgAitqqk1XbVjJP1PyuBIWRYJThbfWkCfWcrnp6teuCzPwXCd2IWSB7v5hw9XvJH-nvEAAyXf-sanvjgo4wpc2cE_oyiy9U7nhgCLOTAZwTR1ismAa_7X5eRLcb/s1500/Hollar-Wenceslaus-after-Leonardo-da-Vinci-Woman-with-Elaborate-Coiffure-1648-etching-(after-drawing-in-Arundel-Collection)-Herzog-Anton-Ulrich-Museum-Braunschweig.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1234" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOW3WrtKUG-ivBpYZkVbsF70fLA7SRH2bYLksj-SAo4QgVN02-XVPJTXfflDJWEI2XKgAitqqk1XbVjJP1PyuBIWRYJThbfWkCfWcrnp6teuCzPwXCd2IWSB7v5hw9XvJH-nvEAAyXf-sanvjgo4wpc2cE_oyiy9U7nhgCLOTAZwTR1ismAa_7X5eRLcb/w329-h400/Hollar-Wenceslaus-after-Leonardo-da-Vinci-Woman-with-Elaborate-Coiffure-1648-etching-(after-drawing-in-Arundel-Collection)-Herzog-Anton-Ulrich-Museum-Braunschweig.jpg" width="329" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wenceslaus Hollar after drawing by Leonardo da Vinci<br /><b>Woman with Elaborate Coiffure</b><br />1648<br />etching<br /><i>Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioB9hF5DAJv2G7GJMRq0x3MYlm9ZB22VaQ1Oca1vieJetf2dXCWHTD5ClP4nXDKk66_MjWITYVLTpzs1Bf9sA6Pk7gRcC56ITxv8aj9hyphenhyphenIxyfbJnpcrbxAa1OiW_j_DgnDr3Tx-CHaxekpVq-AsmkXragOIPDZRciL_DbH-k4CA2vPwRV-cgF65jJfskcg/s1500/Rubens-Peter-Paul-Design-for-Pressmak-of-Jan-van-Meurs-c1618-20-oil-on-panel-(print-study)-Plantin-Moretus-Museum-Antwerp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1435" data-original-width="1500" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioB9hF5DAJv2G7GJMRq0x3MYlm9ZB22VaQ1Oca1vieJetf2dXCWHTD5ClP4nXDKk66_MjWITYVLTpzs1Bf9sA6Pk7gRcC56ITxv8aj9hyphenhyphenIxyfbJnpcrbxAa1OiW_j_DgnDr3Tx-CHaxekpVq-AsmkXragOIPDZRciL_DbH-k4CA2vPwRV-cgF65jJfskcg/w400-h383/Rubens-Peter-Paul-Design-for-Pressmak-of-Jan-van-Meurs-c1618-20-oil-on-panel-(print-study)-Plantin-Moretus-Museum-Antwerp.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Paul Rubens<br /><b>Design for Pressmak of Jan van Meurs</b><br />ca. 1618-20<br />oil on panel<br />(print study in grisaille)<br /><i>Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCD7PbmZvQALrbsUSmb_hxb2N4t6cdD7QblhaQ2ZQmzm_Cv9RJbmf36McsQC1ntzQPxm2pLfo8q7ZZUlETXhFS1AOrvOfF2a7dzavghN8KF1EUjH-WS9pWNXiTkvrWa-dzkQkNSlUzGystb0Gf6yAYihQGeGiumoHfD98FdfVumnv3LSUWrN0RPEqfMId/s1500/Rubens-Peter-Paul-Landscape-with-MIlkmaids-after-1616-oil-on-canvas-(sketch)-Liechtenstein-Museum-Vienna.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1500" height="461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCD7PbmZvQALrbsUSmb_hxb2N4t6cdD7QblhaQ2ZQmzm_Cv9RJbmf36McsQC1ntzQPxm2pLfo8q7ZZUlETXhFS1AOrvOfF2a7dzavghN8KF1EUjH-WS9pWNXiTkvrWa-dzkQkNSlUzGystb0Gf6yAYihQGeGiumoHfD98FdfVumnv3LSUWrN0RPEqfMId/w640-h461/Rubens-Peter-Paul-Landscape-with-MIlkmaids-after-1616-oil-on-canvas-(sketch)-Liechtenstein-Museum-Vienna.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Paul Rubens<br /><b>Landscape Sketch with MIlkmaids</b><br />after 1616<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3s-JWzYzsxREiv8FhCYarcJePZSulOjVqt7Pt8i_900SKIp89Ax-38drzRJ4FG7uXebpj-NmXk1PgStxzX0tZ6Ckv6sEfhbJ5xNV5fsSz_vECO3I0UtXotvMaNe3nFU_5Yva253bbu4Z9jM1gssYQHdy93SXxxBwDsnX24RVSHDygeX7BIRZdjj0eCvot/s1500/Rubens-Peter-Paul-Portrait-of-Young-Woman-c1620-22-drawing-Museum-Boijmans-Van-Beuningen-Rotterdam.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1057" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3s-JWzYzsxREiv8FhCYarcJePZSulOjVqt7Pt8i_900SKIp89Ax-38drzRJ4FG7uXebpj-NmXk1PgStxzX0tZ6Ckv6sEfhbJ5xNV5fsSz_vECO3I0UtXotvMaNe3nFU_5Yva253bbu4Z9jM1gssYQHdy93SXxxBwDsnX24RVSHDygeX7BIRZdjj0eCvot/w281-h400/Rubens-Peter-Paul-Portrait-of-Young-Woman-c1620-22-drawing-Museum-Boijmans-Van-Beuningen-Rotterdam.jpg" width="281" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Paul Rubens<br /><b>Portrait Study of a Young Woman</b><br />ca. 1620-22<br />drawing<br /><i>Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NXfEeg0MBZGCh_cOoeHNZVXZFItTl6L045PTDRyOI4GP3FPLlS9_kgdj74YQkO5DVhlVZyTYJnbKvHZeu2qDK7HmNb6msJfWJfPvQBxzJE8wmhtcMnJACGLPz8HOz0NjrbAbPtwt-SU0w0c-261MoC5y1SKz8RhElw7FFuS39V1aRMcLOHPPEhqRYo8f/s1500/Rubens-Peter-Paul-Victory-of-Henri-IV-at-Coutras-(vignette-within-heroic-frame)-c1628-oil-on-panel-(sketch)-Liechtenstein-Museum-Vienna.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1177" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NXfEeg0MBZGCh_cOoeHNZVXZFItTl6L045PTDRyOI4GP3FPLlS9_kgdj74YQkO5DVhlVZyTYJnbKvHZeu2qDK7HmNb6msJfWJfPvQBxzJE8wmhtcMnJACGLPz8HOz0NjrbAbPtwt-SU0w0c-261MoC5y1SKz8RhElw7FFuS39V1aRMcLOHPPEhqRYo8f/w314-h400/Rubens-Peter-Paul-Victory-of-Henri-IV-at-Coutras-(vignette-within-heroic-frame)-c1628-oil-on-panel-(sketch)-Liechtenstein-Museum-Vienna.jpg" width="314" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Paul Rubens<br /><b>Victory of Henri IV at Coutras</b><br />(vignette sketch within heroic frame)<br />ca. 1628<br />oil on panel<br /><i>Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6R_uH27TJy_caPS3P4xJ1yk4wSmmV55-5R2w52FX82Fky1zfQQXk6miugx6W0uispFdaGYmvNzAzuQT-U62YkYxz351iuMzYPc3GRBbO5b9H7M8YWwzSZ8NvDA_hNgVUjrmQVnOkipcSJaeKrNM5ALH6m-4CSA2yqfk1lkm-_Hqw-RT51ynDdy-xfQcOA/s500/Motherwell-Robert-Untitled-1966-lithograph-Lowe-Art-Museum-University-of-Miami.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="360" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6R_uH27TJy_caPS3P4xJ1yk4wSmmV55-5R2w52FX82Fky1zfQQXk6miugx6W0uispFdaGYmvNzAzuQT-U62YkYxz351iuMzYPc3GRBbO5b9H7M8YWwzSZ8NvDA_hNgVUjrmQVnOkipcSJaeKrNM5ALH6m-4CSA2yqfk1lkm-_Hqw-RT51ynDdy-xfQcOA/w288-h400/Motherwell-Robert-Untitled-1966-lithograph-Lowe-Art-Museum-University-of-Miami.jpeg" width="288" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert Motherwell<br /><b>Untitled</b><br />1966<br />lithograph<br /><i>Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJezR4Ro3UetFk9nLjWuRMyD60QgJ0BCTn_eFW8v3JT11N98qZSxbQCNbtb72vxIn5222EwGw9-oREcysFoQRJUxnEwHkT1eeLo6GKIK7qLNv3wMujblDTXKDW1JNocITRhqfbvbn7NFKtzcP7VehU5Y1Y4u_XZY74_3k78TDkVgF8zR62BpxAFyNt5URq/s500/Motherwell-Robert-America-La-France-Variations-II-1984-lithograph-and-collage-Lowe-Art-Museum-University-of-Miami.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="319" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJezR4Ro3UetFk9nLjWuRMyD60QgJ0BCTn_eFW8v3JT11N98qZSxbQCNbtb72vxIn5222EwGw9-oREcysFoQRJUxnEwHkT1eeLo6GKIK7qLNv3wMujblDTXKDW1JNocITRhqfbvbn7NFKtzcP7VehU5Y1Y4u_XZY74_3k78TDkVgF8zR62BpxAFyNt5URq/w408-h640/Motherwell-Robert-America-La-France-Variations-II-1984-lithograph-and-collage-Lowe-Art-Museum-University-of-Miami.jpeg" width="408" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert Motherwell<br /><b>America/La France Variations II</b><br />1984<br />lithograph and collage<br /><i>Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdmjTvo-LiKAh5N7XbWS9kwqE_AnTyvw4P72HK1IrY0vOymMXK6EjNOJupAYyUP8ZLNVvWO8vIcgxwnErAFWo8yPZDyGB3kYNFKvsENrSGTFjDWve2_atPqOutsOdZ9cjGgftqmRG11rL06kQb3-sdXSOP7MBTqicGcpwyrG6Qe6ei3lM99ICdsoRl4XIE/s680/Motherwell-Robert-The-Hollow-Men-1983-acrylic-and-charcoal-on-canvas-Art-Gallery-of-Ontario-Toronto.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="680" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdmjTvo-LiKAh5N7XbWS9kwqE_AnTyvw4P72HK1IrY0vOymMXK6EjNOJupAYyUP8ZLNVvWO8vIcgxwnErAFWo8yPZDyGB3kYNFKvsENrSGTFjDWve2_atPqOutsOdZ9cjGgftqmRG11rL06kQb3-sdXSOP7MBTqicGcpwyrG6Qe6ei3lM99ICdsoRl4XIE/w640-h328/Motherwell-Robert-The-Hollow-Men-1983-acrylic-and-charcoal-on-canvas-Art-Gallery-of-Ontario-Toronto.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert Motherwell<br /><b>The Hollow Men</b><br />1983<br />acrylic paint and charcoal on canvas<br /><i>Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipODzABpkuJuddoz9_1h1CE0BH0oQsFL2ZQDRvA9loJgG17VOg8JmtETYgmQKS-W_JZCVwWoOOw86_TIGd3yPSDJUVv2T1PDSKOxYbRNzPIhre7OGLnfzOcJ5wgsHv68nifReGKI3I6exp6KgvBG-adp5cDULoZ-HTfhOK7aHL1fdpZcxMs5vT1T_StHnT/s680/Motherwell-Robert-The-Golden-Bough-1986-acrylic-and-charcoal-on-canvas-Art-Gallery-of-Ontario-Toronto.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="680" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipODzABpkuJuddoz9_1h1CE0BH0oQsFL2ZQDRvA9loJgG17VOg8JmtETYgmQKS-W_JZCVwWoOOw86_TIGd3yPSDJUVv2T1PDSKOxYbRNzPIhre7OGLnfzOcJ5wgsHv68nifReGKI3I6exp6KgvBG-adp5cDULoZ-HTfhOK7aHL1fdpZcxMs5vT1T_StHnT/w640-h274/Motherwell-Robert-The-Golden-Bough-1986-acrylic-and-charcoal-on-canvas-Art-Gallery-of-Ontario-Toronto.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert Motherwell<br /><b>The Golden Bough</b><br />1986<br />acrylic paint and charcoal on canvas<br /><i>Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>from</i> Part Three of <b>The Age of Anxiety</b><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b> </b>They lose altitude, they slow down, they arrive at the city, having completed the third stage of the journey, and are united once more, greet each other:</div><div><br /></div><div>Emble says:</div><div> Here we are.<br /><br />Malin says:<br /> As we hoped we have come<br /> Together again.<br /><br />Rosetta says: <br /> I am glad, I think.<br /> It is fun to be four.<br /><p></p><p>Quant says:<br /> The flushed animations<br /> Of crowds and couples look comic to friends.</p><p>They look about them with great curiosity. Then Malin says:<br /> <br /> The scene has all the signs of a facetious culture,<br /> Publishing houses, pawnshops and pay-toilets;<br /> August and Graeco-Roman are the granite temples<br /> Of the medicine men whose magic keeps this body<br /> Politic free from fevers,<br /> Cancer and constipation.<br /><br /> The rooms near the railroad station are rented mainly<br /> By the criminally inclined; the Castle is open on Sundays;<br /> There are parks for plump and playgrounds for pasty children;<br /> The police must be large, but little men are hired to<br /> Service the subterranean<br /> Miles of dendritic drainage.<br /><br /> A married tribe commutes, mild from suburbia,<br /> Whose ritual rules protect against raids by the nomad<br /> Misfortunes they fear; for they flinch in their dreams at the scratch<br /> Of course pecuniary claws, at crying images,<br /> Petulant, thin, reproachful,<br /> Destitute shades of dear ones.<br /><br /> Well, here I am but how, how, asks the visitor,<br /> Strolling through the strange streets, can I start to discover<br /> The fashionable feminine fret, or the form of insult<br /> Minded most by the men? In what myth do their sages<br /> Locate the cause of evil?<br /> How are the people punished?<br /><br /> How, above all, will they end? By any natural<br /> Fascination of frost or flood, or from the artful<br /> Obliterating bang whereby God's rebellious image<br /> After thousands of thankless years spent in thinking about it,<br /> Finally finds a solid<br /> Proof of its independence?</p><p>– W.H. Auden (1944-46)</p></div>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-24319903458339167322024-03-18T12:00:00.178-07:002024-03-18T12:00:00.344-07:00Salome with the Baptist's Head<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4unokJ-_p0OewspmBaXVHq3r_ziUxdxLcyW1VkSmfDM8DA8xzPAu5VKg9S-qmPdYKC3QlKSNAr6tE6uSRRnxQVUZKJ5NXhJYnZmwlCAoy2gzKBjMVSCCA9jsbUEk1s3Iyz1fei_PlVf_GLZ7wablNur6S4viM1kFYeJ7YX6kbt8Rc2ysVy5HsKG1lDg=s800" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="605" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4unokJ-_p0OewspmBaXVHq3r_ziUxdxLcyW1VkSmfDM8DA8xzPAu5VKg9S-qmPdYKC3QlKSNAr6tE6uSRRnxQVUZKJ5NXhJYnZmwlCAoy2gzKBjMVSCCA9jsbUEk1s3Iyz1fei_PlVf_GLZ7wablNur6S4viM1kFYeJ7YX6kbt8Rc2ysVy5HsKG1lDg=w303-h400" width="303" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anonymous Netherlandish Artist<br /><b>Salome receiving the Head of John the Baptist</b><br />16th century<br />woodcut<br /><i>Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco<br />(Achenbach Foundation)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUxa0h01LRuL3HV7wx8wpdH0WwixcMOO7D2wLdpzPz0sVbmjeSIPZDIoqKWtpz5TOWyiEuifJkc_NkiJMXTCaV9qJXf5Jx3BDMXPIKo0I0K7Y06cm7xdGzofOTKLwq5n1uN3JhB3BaZZ8broh50lcdILU5YeTBh-0BE4FMFj-xeTbRvXdJGEVdCSPRTg=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1013" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUxa0h01LRuL3HV7wx8wpdH0WwixcMOO7D2wLdpzPz0sVbmjeSIPZDIoqKWtpz5TOWyiEuifJkc_NkiJMXTCaV9qJXf5Jx3BDMXPIKo0I0K7Y06cm7xdGzofOTKLwq5n1uN3JhB3BaZZ8broh50lcdILU5YeTBh-0BE4FMFj-xeTbRvXdJGEVdCSPRTg=w254-h400" width="254" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Albrecht Altdorfer<br /><b>Salome with the Head of John the Baptist</b><br />ca. 1517<br />drawing<br /><i>Cleveland Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqBmIXFuI0tR4lUQw3-coQA9XM-93bAzhUkyeP0wzKQpxbkBMVTahU6gCg7ym-WpRQbvQi7JkPXB5uxH9AtQlt5gn-wl5ZGPC-54QzgOVja2ibKtDVCm9mZXEJysTdFGS-MaqYLTpTCtXs4zovlvnEEAGedvuWC41cToEoMelJt4Ut__vf4J-Am5_8jw=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1123" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqBmIXFuI0tR4lUQw3-coQA9XM-93bAzhUkyeP0wzKQpxbkBMVTahU6gCg7ym-WpRQbvQi7JkPXB5uxH9AtQlt5gn-wl5ZGPC-54QzgOVja2ibKtDVCm9mZXEJysTdFGS-MaqYLTpTCtXs4zovlvnEEAGedvuWC41cToEoMelJt4Ut__vf4J-Am5_8jw=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen<br /><b>Salome with the Head of John the Baptist</b><br />1524<br />oil on panel<br /><i>Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVc5Jk-XtMqGyWXECozSV2VQetS5EZVK2kVTB3T0wGnwnPD8KwOvtO8OaU4Vv6fTtre5JgoeHjsvNkhq0Zhe86Qmj3-dqW8Tm9eXdhGeZv7KCHHT6boVAyLVyy23zCMmt8VGIAFOl55kBeyKDXJ9NVPeaOc8Mejtdrg8DUdDriAl5OXa6Zid80kfsj2A=s1450" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1293" data-original-width="1450" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVc5Jk-XtMqGyWXECozSV2VQetS5EZVK2kVTB3T0wGnwnPD8KwOvtO8OaU4Vv6fTtre5JgoeHjsvNkhq0Zhe86Qmj3-dqW8Tm9eXdhGeZv7KCHHT6boVAyLVyy23zCMmt8VGIAFOl55kBeyKDXJ9NVPeaOc8Mejtdrg8DUdDriAl5OXa6Zid80kfsj2A=w400-h356" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anonymous Italian Artist<br /><b>Salome with the Head of John the Baptist</b><br />ca. 1580<br />drawing<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQbHqpM0N1NDhHGcTjlgxD5KKIk9AIoDNwij8A2AnVS72ovTLFIL-tiOU9sk3RFkSc_goj1KtdC3hop3Lo-F7BAheRy4YkFw9QxnJKmN7HWvWack8IJX4SdgUoyCUW-yTW-8MDfp7zbpyzDMnSDnSM6mjL0pEO1VQ_I3vmP1bDqHe3k_0mSAn-r3tX9g=s800" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="556" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQbHqpM0N1NDhHGcTjlgxD5KKIk9AIoDNwij8A2AnVS72ovTLFIL-tiOU9sk3RFkSc_goj1KtdC3hop3Lo-F7BAheRy4YkFw9QxnJKmN7HWvWack8IJX4SdgUoyCUW-yTW-8MDfp7zbpyzDMnSDnSM6mjL0pEO1VQ_I3vmP1bDqHe3k_0mSAn-r3tX9g=w278-h400" width="278" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matthias van Somer<br /><b>Salome with the Head of John the Baptist</b><br />1610<br />engraving<br /><i>Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco<br />(Achenbach Foundation)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6HJ6gUy2JaXcryFzvV-dTqY-vCBkzJcWa4OMdDca47TFxX-kWCS-rF96Ye-10NhB6afavjyDislflJodkfhPxW9vHYQHPR_GAyCAJmL_tBQt5OHl6ks_OG-PG6AhPkFRFuq5YYtwbAQCp2E4PmnvzuKNzu9Uk-A03zLFA9HN784PCCiXTWv6q68o6Rg=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1207" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6HJ6gUy2JaXcryFzvV-dTqY-vCBkzJcWa4OMdDca47TFxX-kWCS-rF96Ye-10NhB6afavjyDislflJodkfhPxW9vHYQHPR_GAyCAJmL_tBQt5OHl6ks_OG-PG6AhPkFRFuq5YYtwbAQCp2E4PmnvzuKNzu9Uk-A03zLFA9HN784PCCiXTWv6q68o6Rg=w321-h400" width="321" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">workshop of Rembrandt<br /><b>Salome receiving the Head of John the Baptist</b><br />ca. 1640-45<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHL0zkfn7gZuzPT0Glj67EAXN7p_Fv9bzCAFxNPC66jQHS1hezOg47oofRSDL7vp86nlnnz3_2phHzLJ0fdsuIlPmQgEXDythHf6lCtZOPzhxPeksuGSVN0UuOoyRzlH7TM7vp_PDIpOdh85ZGVt8ZC6nDpDDRTUbubWcMStiUoWd0nKAtKZI-S56Nhg=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1220" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHL0zkfn7gZuzPT0Glj67EAXN7p_Fv9bzCAFxNPC66jQHS1hezOg47oofRSDL7vp86nlnnz3_2phHzLJ0fdsuIlPmQgEXDythHf6lCtZOPzhxPeksuGSVN0UuOoyRzlH7TM7vp_PDIpOdh85ZGVt8ZC6nDpDDRTUbubWcMStiUoWd0nKAtKZI-S56Nhg=w325-h400" width="325" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nikolaus Knüpfer<br /><b>Salome receiving the Head of John the Baptist</b><br />ca. 1650<br />drawing<br /><i>Cleveland Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjroFpL8ndgFQDLoMOHbNa_lx8w3TXxZG4nBTMLTc1dgROzAcy_2YN_Vrga4gJtIRPzPmYuYzvKmnSe2zBvY4i_zc6SysRVgYZJacowYwQbqHLXiprgaz7CJBqPbQbJ6auPhFYv6-wAuR_Ri4V3HtvAdkQtOaI1oWe_SoYZbM7xQGzRajBbNDeM5Seo7A=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1156" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjroFpL8ndgFQDLoMOHbNa_lx8w3TXxZG4nBTMLTc1dgROzAcy_2YN_Vrga4gJtIRPzPmYuYzvKmnSe2zBvY4i_zc6SysRVgYZJacowYwQbqHLXiprgaz7CJBqPbQbJ6auPhFYv6-wAuR_Ri4V3HtvAdkQtOaI1oWe_SoYZbM7xQGzRajBbNDeM5Seo7A=w309-h400" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jacob Dyck<br /><b>Salome receiving the Head of John the Baptist</b><br />ca. 1650<br />oil on panel<br /><i>Cleveland Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAW4_PC2dHr4zEZ_tGlmi1_nQ5szT91tTW0T_WtucvWWAVnJQa-9TUbHEpM1BVw2e3Uu_3CD5OaK9wpSOM2LBq2_eVBNm18pDGV6xJ94mFKMi_DPnfxVThihhKza-AR-XANzZNNe8ghTgIRa5ph1tfvggh75CUQx9ggDTx6gSQ2yo6Si653R8m2r-ZGw=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1096" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAW4_PC2dHr4zEZ_tGlmi1_nQ5szT91tTW0T_WtucvWWAVnJQa-9TUbHEpM1BVw2e3Uu_3CD5OaK9wpSOM2LBq2_eVBNm18pDGV6xJ94mFKMi_DPnfxVThihhKza-AR-XANzZNNe8ghTgIRa5ph1tfvggh75CUQx9ggDTx6gSQ2yo6Si653R8m2r-ZGw=w293-h400" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lucas Franchoys the Younger<br /><b>Salome receiving the Head of John the Baptist</b><br />ca. 1660<br />drawing<br /><i>Yale University Art Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEin2msW7RmOqprF7nGB690GsBm2nrhDHdSVG9bjC4qi0Jl5rMKBG8yY855F0nXSN4vGTpIIKC2-1bQ6HixDbFfh21ThkL8fF0M91tCWhzucOW9dFr0Ww45WT5O6UG3nD6Rn7Q7fBjAiI8zZzdnWCEN04O1yHTn1VY4EGGY-PyP4LIxzQSnIrGeTRJ4-7A=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1061" data-original-width="1500" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEin2msW7RmOqprF7nGB690GsBm2nrhDHdSVG9bjC4qi0Jl5rMKBG8yY855F0nXSN4vGTpIIKC2-1bQ6HixDbFfh21ThkL8fF0M91tCWhzucOW9dFr0Ww45WT5O6UG3nD6Rn7Q7fBjAiI8zZzdnWCEN04O1yHTn1VY4EGGY-PyP4LIxzQSnIrGeTRJ4-7A=w400-h283" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan Thomas <i>after </i>Bernardino Luini<br /><b>Salome receiving the Head of John the Baptist</b><br />ca. 1660<br />mezzotint<br /><i>Yale University Art Gallery</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqtrjbWscGmonEobfs-Y32JIyPd9J05of275if-TO4nxj3rLtTmxp6_OQLaWktKGpISI2KAdWUm_S-xMEsu-PFL5-Cgj6PkGw-t5FLw-ToT5NoSWoSpE_GTCnssaylmxjieSV-vD8mcsXY7epbVBrxyNHRJ_yRD25PCOWXIv2ai-ClzrxkfMhXxVFc5g=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1253" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqtrjbWscGmonEobfs-Y32JIyPd9J05of275if-TO4nxj3rLtTmxp6_OQLaWktKGpISI2KAdWUm_S-xMEsu-PFL5-Cgj6PkGw-t5FLw-ToT5NoSWoSpE_GTCnssaylmxjieSV-vD8mcsXY7epbVBrxyNHRJ_yRD25PCOWXIv2ai-ClzrxkfMhXxVFc5g=w334-h400" width="334" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Onorio Marinari<br /><b>Salome receiving the Head of John the Baptist</b><br />ca. 1670-80<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Minneapolis Institute of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrA_W2CnoRbWZSQAZWuQ0h2giP7ku1qXX54Gv_xuTVKCWEJoHJksDgp90x5HmfWIQdQLvq6RJ6gmsivphuE9WI4eTj82m7XlGJCLaG4N8361PbBOfC5Utt2bIABuznRZreMqKG1fZr-zpzFyMUIJzs7iV9gduN9h2n3ZKb6_YJ0bniafl0aPK8zB7HZA=s1280" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1084" data-original-width="1280" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrA_W2CnoRbWZSQAZWuQ0h2giP7ku1qXX54Gv_xuTVKCWEJoHJksDgp90x5HmfWIQdQLvq6RJ6gmsivphuE9WI4eTj82m7XlGJCLaG4N8361PbBOfC5Utt2bIABuznRZreMqKG1fZr-zpzFyMUIJzs7iV9gduN9h2n3ZKb6_YJ0bniafl0aPK8zB7HZA=w400-h339" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giovanni Vitalba<i> after</i> Lorenzo Pasinelli<br /><b>Head of John the Baptist brought to Salome and Herodias</b><br />1767<br />engraving<br /><i>Teylers Museum, Haarlem</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPcQReqPhxWzFVSFvpFyMr6HoA5EIYynyVeyekC8sTvQAcyJIttYlFIBufPJd4z_rp5KnakUD7_TxP-OkaRq0a-cMhsibpjeS8HHrg5cY11lucDhc8JsAeIn64m5lQBhhZs8UpkORtC-szbio6unX3E5hZ-3XTzrrKvxLLhqlQazh0-AS3D1aT0Xirvw=s1290" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1290" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPcQReqPhxWzFVSFvpFyMr6HoA5EIYynyVeyekC8sTvQAcyJIttYlFIBufPJd4z_rp5KnakUD7_TxP-OkaRq0a-cMhsibpjeS8HHrg5cY11lucDhc8JsAeIn64m5lQBhhZs8UpkORtC-szbio6unX3E5hZ-3XTzrrKvxLLhqlQazh0-AS3D1aT0Xirvw=w400-h299" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James Barry<br /><b>Salome with the Head of John the Baptist</b><br /><b>(The Feast of Herod)</b><br />ca. 1777-83<br />drawing<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHRinLPsqAT4EJT7nc6IywCkjt4i5o1JvFMGVmALCU08EKRA_Lvc1Qdbzu1Nu6lDvCIz-oqKZ8nvHWVpCQh7kUjcmqHGQj_f5Xpi8KquiDXe2BLZyjzAs3crUXUK2VVHDB8DtysiQJwUWY7CLDyDwVTOQWhdfNyuSSKsjGDDyJ2P8yeAGawPpN-LlsGQ=s1539" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="1539" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHRinLPsqAT4EJT7nc6IywCkjt4i5o1JvFMGVmALCU08EKRA_Lvc1Qdbzu1Nu6lDvCIz-oqKZ8nvHWVpCQh7kUjcmqHGQj_f5Xpi8KquiDXe2BLZyjzAs3crUXUK2VVHDB8DtysiQJwUWY7CLDyDwVTOQWhdfNyuSSKsjGDDyJ2P8yeAGawPpN-LlsGQ=w400-h260" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Conrad Martin Metz <i>after </i>Giulio Romano<br /><b>Salome with the Head of John the Baptist</b><br />ca. 1789<br />etching and aquatint<br /><i>Philadelphia Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjP4pFrCnlnO85cQmIBs6Tv11Hb1L9FkXsM8eI_aY_zx5XJsahiTK0xDxV006UqZOwZwVsfTv7yUNf5RK-vBihYAGajAEUAJoXe6cIhbEnwyE95Rn7cNpbaZFCvU1UfPc6lOTq2Wf9ICcgEA7ehp5r04fp7T5Cvd_r8ukDrOr7pDM5NlwYQKq3hhFbMvA=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1244" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjP4pFrCnlnO85cQmIBs6Tv11Hb1L9FkXsM8eI_aY_zx5XJsahiTK0xDxV006UqZOwZwVsfTv7yUNf5RK-vBihYAGajAEUAJoXe6cIhbEnwyE95Rn7cNpbaZFCvU1UfPc6lOTq2Wf9ICcgEA7ehp5r04fp7T5Cvd_r8ukDrOr7pDM5NlwYQKq3hhFbMvA=w331-h400" width="331" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giuseppe Bernardino Bison<br /><b>Salome with the Head of John the Baptist</b><br />ca. 1825-35<br />drawing, with watercolor<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLqS1XfJeehAYK3Gfp83kpVLxsNP0Vm5AhieMe2IpLbGsxb_NejyEpZm8Z2sugDWskjVgq4ybcMEm8wsta55Fvd-uj6-1zow03WXC0sg7LHFvrHhYu-zdnd__TPsZe_kzOnIRNSerXymv4_ez3xxMHlG5z0M-x1NegSsLc5LVJjEztALVuAbpRzSzJvw=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1132" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLqS1XfJeehAYK3Gfp83kpVLxsNP0Vm5AhieMe2IpLbGsxb_NejyEpZm8Z2sugDWskjVgq4ybcMEm8wsta55Fvd-uj6-1zow03WXC0sg7LHFvrHhYu-zdnd__TPsZe_kzOnIRNSerXymv4_ez3xxMHlG5z0M-x1NegSsLc5LVJjEztALVuAbpRzSzJvw=w301-h400" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan Adam Kruseman<br /><b>Salome with the Head of John the Baptist</b><br />ca. 1861<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAf8caY8cb1_IWpLr-H_TgcBgWhKgnJmEXiPYBsrBu-LEZvU_pTosNsD34DS8Q8wnVkprp-yKDuwv1CuV0G6J3q4N4fNj8w_uzYrFMT9eyhNJISDh2WE9UVMb6XubIAMIuL-JhPADlQmEdaQXTwJT0bJq0gJlY11HYCS3GZUGXAi_Sizp4aDbdeVPvag=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="581" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAf8caY8cb1_IWpLr-H_TgcBgWhKgnJmEXiPYBsrBu-LEZvU_pTosNsD34DS8Q8wnVkprp-yKDuwv1CuV0G6J3q4N4fNj8w_uzYrFMT9eyhNJISDh2WE9UVMb6XubIAMIuL-JhPADlQmEdaQXTwJT0bJq0gJlY11HYCS3GZUGXAi_Sizp4aDbdeVPvag=w364-h400" width="364" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Odilon Redon<br /><b>Salome with the Head of John the Baptist</b><br />ca. 1880-85<br />drawing<br /><i>Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEio5jyQ5aILRiNtT7lT_Whk-tRdyjHbFfi89tQcv2EsbR4_gocsSd9gDdvy6Fi7h21emDEnTeWAe0aRN9mX-uaevCu85t2spk3jjYqvZxGwswNEeWlw0by48TTSN49Ve9LNKCLXuOC88Hkec-AXJzVb2SlyHCV_jA5tWw6A1THr-kqhfzqn-8qJJ04jKA=s1295" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1295" data-original-width="1289" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEio5jyQ5aILRiNtT7lT_Whk-tRdyjHbFfi89tQcv2EsbR4_gocsSd9gDdvy6Fi7h21emDEnTeWAe0aRN9mX-uaevCu85t2spk3jjYqvZxGwswNEeWlw0by48TTSN49Ve9LNKCLXuOC88Hkec-AXJzVb2SlyHCV_jA5tWw6A1THr-kqhfzqn-8qJJ04jKA=w399-h400" width="399" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marianne Fürst<br /><b>Salome with the Head of John the Baptist</b><br />ca. 1910<br />linocut<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <br />"But into Hell would I fain go; for into Hell fare the goodly clerks, and goodly knights that fall in tourneys and great wars, and stout men at arms, and all men noble. With these would I liefly go. And thither pass the sweet ladies and courteous that have two lovers, or three, and their lords also thereto. Thither goes the gold, and the silver, and cloth of vair, and cloth of gris, and harpers, and makers, and the prince of this world. With these I would gladly go . . ."<p></p><p> – <i>Aucassin et Nicolette</i> (13th century), translated by Andrew Lang (1887)</p>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-74297364597141898832024-03-18T00:00:00.000-07:002024-03-18T00:00:00.134-07:00Sargent - Urquhart - Evans - Rembrandt<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfc_-AbfkGBBAz8jA5ua8fUam7TSVilC8M1dQSh_kNuaCoaGh7zpKeA7XhznPvGt41OZcBJRZrnqJpjIPO-Pp_WOWkVBUUp2MijUixYW7E7HTeM_a3RkC54ql_9-E665XGZWpZUlZ8cGcM7mbJc5nVFNPjkcTeixlGSDJiD3uvuIEOca8gB2fPDCDShQ80/s625/Sargent-John-Singer-Miss-Cara-Burch-1888-oil-on-canvas-New-Britain-Museum-of-American-Art-Connecticut.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfc_-AbfkGBBAz8jA5ua8fUam7TSVilC8M1dQSh_kNuaCoaGh7zpKeA7XhznPvGt41OZcBJRZrnqJpjIPO-Pp_WOWkVBUUp2MijUixYW7E7HTeM_a3RkC54ql_9-E665XGZWpZUlZ8cGcM7mbJc5nVFNPjkcTeixlGSDJiD3uvuIEOca8gB2fPDCDShQ80/w320-h400/Sargent-John-Singer-Miss-Cara-Burch-1888-oil-on-canvas-New-Britain-Museum-of-American-Art-Connecticut.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Singer Sargent<br /><b>Miss Cara Burch</b><br />1888<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bqVdY6KNs0iKZjrwXTqNQxfgWXsMfhv_KcFGa1Lp0Hx5YnT4VKxYiv7p0V229SUDZkbxPv-E45EJUdxHz6gFweu2CkvJHeF4TGlx10Gt8krwS7x9LhDMBVs-YqKVofJsMNCzf3stlQBYfsnYLCeiYEEQbfM-YP54SuKS4TF3nM6GB-Mvsyq-bA_vU_wQ/s1500/Sargent-John-Singer-Portrait-of-Isabella-Stewart-Gardner-1888-oil-on-canvas-Isabella-Stewart-Gardner-Museum-Boston.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="639" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bqVdY6KNs0iKZjrwXTqNQxfgWXsMfhv_KcFGa1Lp0Hx5YnT4VKxYiv7p0V229SUDZkbxPv-E45EJUdxHz6gFweu2CkvJHeF4TGlx10Gt8krwS7x9LhDMBVs-YqKVofJsMNCzf3stlQBYfsnYLCeiYEEQbfM-YP54SuKS4TF3nM6GB-Mvsyq-bA_vU_wQ/w272-h640/Sargent-John-Singer-Portrait-of-Isabella-Stewart-Gardner-1888-oil-on-canvas-Isabella-Stewart-Gardner-Museum-Boston.jpg" width="272" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Singer Sargent<br /><b>Portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner</b><br />1888<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs41195NECI_B2As99k5FIVhr0qZ_Q5NeXIR_P5U82dWhoi_9CtUP7-8aAR_vQihof8NygRVkPhIvUhRXle6CY8wu8OVZGQpnhHehIcggEdEZdAlxzx1KGpYmk_RktCppFByMxp4p4EDnl4w-baJnP4shpbMh855r5w-DtBoOYbJu0_380pp_HuBZVgEwA/s1500/Sargent-John-Singer-Portrait-of-Lady-Helen-Vincent-Viscountess-d'Abernon-1904-oil-on-canvas-Birmingham-Museum-of-Art-Alabama.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1001" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs41195NECI_B2As99k5FIVhr0qZ_Q5NeXIR_P5U82dWhoi_9CtUP7-8aAR_vQihof8NygRVkPhIvUhRXle6CY8wu8OVZGQpnhHehIcggEdEZdAlxzx1KGpYmk_RktCppFByMxp4p4EDnl4w-baJnP4shpbMh855r5w-DtBoOYbJu0_380pp_HuBZVgEwA/w268-h400/Sargent-John-Singer-Portrait-of-Lady-Helen-Vincent-Viscountess-d'Abernon-1904-oil-on-canvas-Birmingham-Museum-of-Art-Alabama.jpg" width="268" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Singer Sargent<br /><b>Lady Helen Vincent, Viscountess d'Abernon</b><br />1904<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2tF0B7gO8pEJ1uUi0WIqJJAluuNSKDOJ_6dqv-sVcS3uQCpr0bPh0daxTftTbtk8TDsrX0USa4qkDbAEcoXFtjuly1DFANcmE40Vg6G_fT3mx7vYA1uEHpdIeYCrOt1NWgIPxqUVErAGjjDriCi9nc5LDWHXIpjbDsTvIdBNAtwJkUo3ibQ9Q4a3AGHOQ/s800/Sargent-John-Singer-Study-of-Mrs-Hugh-Hammersley-1892-oil-on-canvas-New-Britain-Museum-of-American-Art-Connecticut.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2tF0B7gO8pEJ1uUi0WIqJJAluuNSKDOJ_6dqv-sVcS3uQCpr0bPh0daxTftTbtk8TDsrX0USa4qkDbAEcoXFtjuly1DFANcmE40Vg6G_fT3mx7vYA1uEHpdIeYCrOt1NWgIPxqUVErAGjjDriCi9nc5LDWHXIpjbDsTvIdBNAtwJkUo3ibQ9Q4a3AGHOQ/w250-h400/Sargent-John-Singer-Study-of-Mrs-Hugh-Hammersley-1892-oil-on-canvas-New-Britain-Museum-of-American-Art-Connecticut.jpeg" width="250" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Singer Sargent<br /><b>Study of Mrs Hugh Hammersley</b><br />1892<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>New Britain Museum of American Art, <br />Connecticut</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbFgP7ojYqgX7Kgu2D9fqFFkrjU_5v6bAmUSnu4l0vzyTOYfCEY6HZBa6aB5XZN2eZQTMKYHlBj9nyEJ169guOlYn4iCETy4xI6TIdk9kpJvQd2fgItnnzeFIKR736LPupoa0qKgRSPJHpliQMIOYnxE8-7QXmY2sC6fJdNmazivdTBYj7nJJEJmvg9O1/s1500/Urquhart-Tony-A-Forgotten-Trip-1977-ink-and-gouache-on-paper-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1186" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbFgP7ojYqgX7Kgu2D9fqFFkrjU_5v6bAmUSnu4l0vzyTOYfCEY6HZBa6aB5XZN2eZQTMKYHlBj9nyEJ169guOlYn4iCETy4xI6TIdk9kpJvQd2fgItnnzeFIKR736LPupoa0qKgRSPJHpliQMIOYnxE8-7QXmY2sC6fJdNmazivdTBYj7nJJEJmvg9O1/w316-h400/Urquhart-Tony-A-Forgotten-Trip-1977-ink-and-gouache-on-paper-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" width="316" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tony Urquhart<br /><b>A Forgotten Trip</b><br />1977<br />ink and gouache on paper<br /><i>Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_L26XaU2nGMgy-BBSINHu52oeK2oqPMAipu75dQbTfq405DQK_G2gocMuuzwwW-aAJDWUvNXHu2y9lsy9eqEbfZaT896JAcBW0g0FgQQ055jxScvEuaKXdNMOlYmGrysEcwPaOI9-MZH9D5UETyczZq0vyaGHcBctBUC8sJZ7ySYpbX5y5y4ofpDgnUB/s1500/Urquhart-Tony-Box-Design-1988-ink-and-watercolor-on-paper-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1098" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_L26XaU2nGMgy-BBSINHu52oeK2oqPMAipu75dQbTfq405DQK_G2gocMuuzwwW-aAJDWUvNXHu2y9lsy9eqEbfZaT896JAcBW0g0FgQQ055jxScvEuaKXdNMOlYmGrysEcwPaOI9-MZH9D5UETyczZq0vyaGHcBctBUC8sJZ7ySYpbX5y5y4ofpDgnUB/w293-h400/Urquhart-Tony-Box-Design-1988-ink-and-watercolor-on-paper-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tony Urquhart<br /><b>Box Design</b><br />1988<br />ink and watercolor on paper<br /><i>Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1MOoQcz601utoLduzEY3s16EVGenaF_a12pijuiG04CWHKj2-8vpEQz2f8TpC6sMtJCOmnWKmK_dc_AhREaxZNgRP6H2uv7La_1UQU4fkUvTbjsLdLErZ-RJII14ckwR1QeHjcvSQ3BpzGKZLGk_6uo21iLMhykTg_SNVbNZ5hjEh3rUM3727sDzW-629/s1500/Urquhart-Tony-Box-Fantasy-with-Palms-2004-ink-and-watercolor-on-paper-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1182" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1MOoQcz601utoLduzEY3s16EVGenaF_a12pijuiG04CWHKj2-8vpEQz2f8TpC6sMtJCOmnWKmK_dc_AhREaxZNgRP6H2uv7La_1UQU4fkUvTbjsLdLErZ-RJII14ckwR1QeHjcvSQ3BpzGKZLGk_6uo21iLMhykTg_SNVbNZ5hjEh3rUM3727sDzW-629/w315-h400/Urquhart-Tony-Box-Fantasy-with-Palms-2004-ink-and-watercolor-on-paper-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" width="315" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tony Urquhart<br /><b>Box Fantasy with Palms</b><br />2004<br />ink and watercolor on paper<br /><i>Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4IB4-WqNFM9aDN9qhGm3IpdRJVc996OicLtyShbFojfnlSF6RbYQuh6sfNJZa6TP-otRHjy8FdgsYSfWRyFYwXTjx0S-6QHquOTnxAlnJQuIPwJ6fbdI_Dw2oPZklUHVx-vhzqs-NjeT9Z1hAMxu89E3fUuA_25ugjbkbhzVEVQS7OeuUWF_-d0niPpOM/s1500/Urquhart-Tony-Study-for-Dark-Niche-2003-ink-and-watercolor-on-paper-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1161" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4IB4-WqNFM9aDN9qhGm3IpdRJVc996OicLtyShbFojfnlSF6RbYQuh6sfNJZa6TP-otRHjy8FdgsYSfWRyFYwXTjx0S-6QHquOTnxAlnJQuIPwJ6fbdI_Dw2oPZklUHVx-vhzqs-NjeT9Z1hAMxu89E3fUuA_25ugjbkbhzVEVQS7OeuUWF_-d0niPpOM/w310-h400/Urquhart-Tony-Study-for-Dark-Niche-2003-ink-and-watercolor-on-paper-Beaverbrook-Art-Gallery-Fredericton-New-Brunswick.jpg" width="310" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tony Urquhart<br /><b>Study for Dark Niche</b><br />2003<br />ink and watercolor on paper<br /><i>Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXo6QWXmLci3LuzSDd3t4rZQlCiioQ7qa1P5upMxSnpEm8FAuo5yN4yZcu20GDqmKLWhJ334PyOZqs0Mn9DmPxfF1xIDcELhCHlz1x_Itsbbslil4FOpSmOtnBVX_m_LUszArCI3XmqZ148Kx2jZ6exs9wgXDd_Smvnj-uI5WKSmyaJHlbJ-fXQdeX6ozD/s1500/Evans-Walker-Paul-Grotz-c1931-gelatin-silver-print-New-Orleans-Museum-of-Art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1146" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXo6QWXmLci3LuzSDd3t4rZQlCiioQ7qa1P5upMxSnpEm8FAuo5yN4yZcu20GDqmKLWhJ334PyOZqs0Mn9DmPxfF1xIDcELhCHlz1x_Itsbbslil4FOpSmOtnBVX_m_LUszArCI3XmqZ148Kx2jZ6exs9wgXDd_Smvnj-uI5WKSmyaJHlbJ-fXQdeX6ozD/w305-h400/Evans-Walker-Paul-Grotz-c1931-gelatin-silver-print-New-Orleans-Museum-of-Art.jpg" width="305" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walker Evans<br /><b>Paul Grotz</b><br />ca. 1931<br />gelatin silver print<br /><i>New Orleans Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5FmyRpqWEpJBy7_AN-2BtN5Gc7rkGbiU6v9Ln4RWnb4viM269if0Ny79wnxud3uIMNVMBggjPNDtIiW8QYXLsAxnST8sLYcrZu9QqvCcRWUruRH-YzdGcQvBenluDn8WWbsDQUon-nY-oPA5hERzEV4lJKfO1TcwxxMZRP8SwQ9gaX-VeLAUB1zyS4up/s1384/Evans-Walker-Porch-of-the-Maidens-Museum-of-Science-and-Industry-Chicago-c1945-gelatin-silver-print-Art-Institute-of-Chicago.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="815" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5FmyRpqWEpJBy7_AN-2BtN5Gc7rkGbiU6v9Ln4RWnb4viM269if0Ny79wnxud3uIMNVMBggjPNDtIiW8QYXLsAxnST8sLYcrZu9QqvCcRWUruRH-YzdGcQvBenluDn8WWbsDQUon-nY-oPA5hERzEV4lJKfO1TcwxxMZRP8SwQ9gaX-VeLAUB1zyS4up/w376-h640/Evans-Walker-Porch-of-the-Maidens-Museum-of-Science-and-Industry-Chicago-c1945-gelatin-silver-print-Art-Institute-of-Chicago.jpg" width="376" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walker Evans<br /><b>Porch of the Maidens<br />Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago</b><br />ca. 1945<br />gelatin silver print<br /><i>Art Institute of Chicago</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yfWlI9RPjO7rJ2KwFUQaBYobm4Do9LFg2apH9fM5WR5DnxbO3idLDxXozuf_60bWcMEzfYzneRsp6ID4TJXlBq7spDVAIgDYNyFLC0bAdHjpUYj7bZoyYNZ-hVGqzHw6yE6QIC2r6JEq06cHxVrl9GXUbo1rM9hDgm5EtOEcpRpARJPGY5ZZfS65PtE-/s1200/Evans-Walker-Self-Portrait-c1930-gelatin-silver-print-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="918" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yfWlI9RPjO7rJ2KwFUQaBYobm4Do9LFg2apH9fM5WR5DnxbO3idLDxXozuf_60bWcMEzfYzneRsp6ID4TJXlBq7spDVAIgDYNyFLC0bAdHjpUYj7bZoyYNZ-hVGqzHw6yE6QIC2r6JEq06cHxVrl9GXUbo1rM9hDgm5EtOEcpRpARJPGY5ZZfS65PtE-/w306-h400/Evans-Walker-Self-Portrait-c1930-gelatin-silver-print-National-Gallery-of-Canada-Ottawa.jpg" width="306" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walker Evans<br /><b>Self Portrait</b><br />ca. 1930<br />gelatin silver print<br /><i>National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJIcfpCQ-jsSTx71-UzdKuoV9Vx3jtbYkcAKeI1t4oZFjVuW5oa70by8svUp8r7uVjmFmpHr2CkYc9TIDTZElIxzbfFpy81G1WjaJ2-R1K-bTx-M1Gh8WavLrYLgwzGcwDhsjbqsEPTacbKwj5RpTPwLswMyGUhascJddp5lzJrhT47sRFkgUTJOApvtU8/s799/Evans-Walker-Young-Girl-c1936-gelatin-silver-print-Art-Institute-of-Chicago.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="799" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJIcfpCQ-jsSTx71-UzdKuoV9Vx3jtbYkcAKeI1t4oZFjVuW5oa70by8svUp8r7uVjmFmpHr2CkYc9TIDTZElIxzbfFpy81G1WjaJ2-R1K-bTx-M1Gh8WavLrYLgwzGcwDhsjbqsEPTacbKwj5RpTPwLswMyGUhascJddp5lzJrhT47sRFkgUTJOApvtU8/w400-h281/Evans-Walker-Young-Girl-c1936-gelatin-silver-print-Art-Institute-of-Chicago.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walker Evans<br /><b>Young Girl</b><br />ca. 1936<br />gelatin silver print<br /><i>Art Institute of Chicago</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BFm1keOJxBkM-pYE5QbVI5Te9NFIHdmyg7yuUNYbKTD12RV7vMyCMmmUi7jr7jyGt824SaJNLVqDcl27OgZyltx_Co0MPntB9NtOfjcmMwohvS02IllThjy3CB7wKg-fTgUYW1lIUTkeGopLAWbnTxH3fBj3oJzjJarh-4OezvOdRJbl6we3sZIYRQmQ/s1500/Rembrandt-Portrait-of-a-Man-c1632-oil-on-panel-Kunsthistorisches-Museum-Vienna.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1137" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BFm1keOJxBkM-pYE5QbVI5Te9NFIHdmyg7yuUNYbKTD12RV7vMyCMmmUi7jr7jyGt824SaJNLVqDcl27OgZyltx_Co0MPntB9NtOfjcmMwohvS02IllThjy3CB7wKg-fTgUYW1lIUTkeGopLAWbnTxH3fBj3oJzjJarh-4OezvOdRJbl6we3sZIYRQmQ/w304-h400/Rembrandt-Portrait-of-a-Man-c1632-oil-on-panel-Kunsthistorisches-Museum-Vienna.jpg" width="304" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rembrandt<br /><b>Portrait of a Man</b><br />ca. 1632<br />oil on panel<br /><i>Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_AYYBmDlDXxIwNmgtxreVfSFyyahMWMQ2y5nhctbW56RYWNH2aafKUkAayAOUu7joaHivX4geXQOILYRf6q83dAQ4BO71ELsU3hD-dHfspxJE_szyz1b6BF0zLEyXSIZGTd3Yy28uwpiB3LQa41-hKA7Dd2OC5Ils5K5V2Vy-3VXdsJPxnWNjznLxF1sW/s691/Rembrandt-Portrait-of-a-Man-sharpening-a-Quill-1632-oil-on-canvas-Museumslandschaft-Hessen-Kassel.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="691" data-original-width="559" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_AYYBmDlDXxIwNmgtxreVfSFyyahMWMQ2y5nhctbW56RYWNH2aafKUkAayAOUu7joaHivX4geXQOILYRf6q83dAQ4BO71ELsU3hD-dHfspxJE_szyz1b6BF0zLEyXSIZGTd3Yy28uwpiB3LQa41-hKA7Dd2OC5Ils5K5V2Vy-3VXdsJPxnWNjznLxF1sW/w324-h400/Rembrandt-Portrait-of-a-Man-sharpening-a-Quill-1632-oil-on-canvas-Museumslandschaft-Hessen-Kassel.jpg" width="324" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rembrandt<br /><b>Portrait of a Man sharpening a Quill</b><br />1632<br />oil on panel<br /><i>Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpY9yvzL4FnQzELAkvhWxw4BPTVotahuInMdvgruqynMAy6DGsc25YcQ0aTasHNuNjEPKcm6O7mcvQFYlKbuztFtFl-bftVS4wUC07lgVVwnlVOHAXx_tlPZv4CZU3nHttHd4OAt3yHcLOR6FsiLyS87B8kkXJB2hCExaqsJgPErT3xPNdcdCPhpZiXjc5/s1500/Rembrandt-Portrait-of-Maurits-Huygens-Secretary-of-the-Council-of-State-1632-oil-on-panel-Hamburger-Kunsthalle.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1173" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpY9yvzL4FnQzELAkvhWxw4BPTVotahuInMdvgruqynMAy6DGsc25YcQ0aTasHNuNjEPKcm6O7mcvQFYlKbuztFtFl-bftVS4wUC07lgVVwnlVOHAXx_tlPZv4CZU3nHttHd4OAt3yHcLOR6FsiLyS87B8kkXJB2hCExaqsJgPErT3xPNdcdCPhpZiXjc5/w313-h400/Rembrandt-Portrait-of-Maurits-Huygens-Secretary-of-the-Council-of-State-1632-oil-on-panel-Hamburger-Kunsthalle.jpg" width="313" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rembrandt<br /><b>Maurits Huygens, Secretary to the Council of State</b><br />1632<br />oil on panel<br /><i>Hamburger Kunsthalle</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwjTYWqMPZDwZ08rBW2bHsrFw1C8tJ-XszxfmNpqtKDnkAOznALa2FtOS_205NRQV6S9plX5qGSOfU6CFSCYmZFS9X88d_gyjps1siR65sw6oMi3E63xLUes3gWF1x5uRFacrM4zBfo1c_Uesq8RKZHUiG5ZLTCnxptfoTk-oJogH2PAt18zmYMYUDMNhY/s960/Rembrandt-Young-Man-with-a-Sword-c1635-45-oil-on-canvas-North-Carolina-Museum-of-Art-Raleigh.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="785" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwjTYWqMPZDwZ08rBW2bHsrFw1C8tJ-XszxfmNpqtKDnkAOznALa2FtOS_205NRQV6S9plX5qGSOfU6CFSCYmZFS9X88d_gyjps1siR65sw6oMi3E63xLUes3gWF1x5uRFacrM4zBfo1c_Uesq8RKZHUiG5ZLTCnxptfoTk-oJogH2PAt18zmYMYUDMNhY/w328-h400/Rembrandt-Young-Man-with-a-Sword-c1635-45-oil-on-canvas-North-Carolina-Museum-of-Art-Raleigh.jpg" width="328" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rembrandt<br /><b>Young Man with a Sword</b><br />ca. 1635-45<br />oil on panel<br /><i>North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>from</i> Part Three of <b>The Age of Anxiety</b><p></p><p>Quant says:<br /> In the smoking cars all seats are taken<br /> By melancholics mewed in their dumps,<br /> Elegant old-school ex-lieutenants<br /> Cashiered for shuddering, short blowhards,<br /> Thwarted geniuses in threadbare coats,<br /> Once well-to-do's at their wits' end,<br /> And underpaid agents of underground powers,<br /> The faded and failing in flight towards town.</p><p>Rosetta says:<br /> Just visible but vague,<br /> Way down below us lies<br /> The world of hares and hounds,<br /> Open to our contempt.<br /><br /> Escaping by our skill<br /> Its public prison, we<br /> Could love ourselves and live<br /> In just anarchic joy.<br /><br />Quant says:<br /> The parlor cars and Pullmans are packed also<br /> With scented assassins, salad-eaters<br /> Who murder on milk, merry expressives,<br /> Pert pyknics with pumpkin heads,<br /> Clever cardinals with clammy hands,<br /> Jolly logicians with juvenile books,<br /> Farmers, philistines, <i>filles-de-joies</i>,<br /> The successful smilers the city can use.</p><p>Rosetta says:<br /> What fear of freedom then<br /> Causes our clasping hands<br /> To make in miniature<br /> That earth anew, and now<br /><br /> By choice instead of chance<br /> To suffer from the same<br /> Attraction and untruth,<br /> Suspicion and respect?<br /><br />Quant says:<br /> What mad oracle could have made us believe<br /> The capital will be kind when the country is not,<br /> And value our vanities, provide our souls<br /> With play and pasture and permanent water?</p><p>– W.H. Auden (1944-46)</p>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-77056517835348267182024-03-17T12:00:00.153-07:002024-03-17T12:00:00.141-07:00Head of the Baptist<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixTM3qhXvJlUx_FaSwZSj3hmDeoXd3D_eh2cSht1-T0Khr5tk8hBq6j0BqT_W6Ji1U8iMhMID89AMCUicGZYsKGKl3iJRQkmVdSmsl0hFVBYpY3SVDG32Q_DixkPfxIsX8rUos_DaSTIwktUHdqfx_cPmHg84oRBOWwjIsED7utjeF7wI6yjKjLTlwog=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1485" data-original-width="1500" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixTM3qhXvJlUx_FaSwZSj3hmDeoXd3D_eh2cSht1-T0Khr5tk8hBq6j0BqT_W6Ji1U8iMhMID89AMCUicGZYsKGKl3iJRQkmVdSmsl0hFVBYpY3SVDG32Q_DixkPfxIsX8rUos_DaSTIwktUHdqfx_cPmHg84oRBOWwjIsED7utjeF7wI6yjKjLTlwog=w400-h396" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Francesco Marmitta<br /><b>Head of John the Baptist</b><br />ca. 1490<br />drawing<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFYCWE5L6ZQDtfp9SyXekMebgzfZcT6PJNpG0k-V6wJqVTFl4EG1a69WLv-57-VJxWu--Urfb-bfFD1XmaPsImPTSgSeOJ6Wu71njhrOjpEkpIOcTGnSpu4AEs0VArFA6OAJ1qfbvmzHMR6Z4iAOYojJPf6b0-csim1zPjPG9k8sktr8zP6or_i6C2FQ=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1555" data-original-width="1600" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFYCWE5L6ZQDtfp9SyXekMebgzfZcT6PJNpG0k-V6wJqVTFl4EG1a69WLv-57-VJxWu--Urfb-bfFD1XmaPsImPTSgSeOJ6Wu71njhrOjpEkpIOcTGnSpu4AEs0VArFA6OAJ1qfbvmzHMR6Z4iAOYojJPf6b0-csim1zPjPG9k8sktr8zP6or_i6C2FQ=w400-h389" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marco Palmezzano<br /><b>Head of St John the Baptist</b><br />1495<br />oil on panel<br /><i>Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgK73VfBq_H2FB66agGR17l57SEbe5kVfrkNJ2pjOpeI6LWvm1p70Tu2_sIJnds7-7ZZCAN429OPpY2xtR41t7JayXtbTm_E8V0_zNOCJjUMZOVDpc6BQYgDyDe26ZyZhsFskCsMrDHPZvRuFXOZ7ZnPwfBSOGEpdwKtXCg-bPx7yXztfKUlN_XrmjmIw=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1278" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgK73VfBq_H2FB66agGR17l57SEbe5kVfrkNJ2pjOpeI6LWvm1p70Tu2_sIJnds7-7ZZCAN429OPpY2xtR41t7JayXtbTm_E8V0_zNOCJjUMZOVDpc6BQYgDyDe26ZyZhsFskCsMrDHPZvRuFXOZ7ZnPwfBSOGEpdwKtXCg-bPx7yXztfKUlN_XrmjmIw=w320-h400" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anonymous Netherlandish Artist<br /><b>Head of John the Baptist</b><br />ca. 1500<br />alabaster<br /><i>Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiGkCVJbW8_9-ph1UNmN5BfW2ljclDeDju8_May8r6_9-CyFGGKd9hN6IJEhYeu2jWIE-Tzmb17sliMds0oPKW0NIdxGaR2kUBsOQ4bMCu9iBFcMMrVOEDXPYLZB_Fa9M6P0Lm09iXccs1JiR0m-wLbhRpRGVyjPOJ3rn7sC1nV-Oz7Aa7SDKoFLdx6Q=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="708" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiGkCVJbW8_9-ph1UNmN5BfW2ljclDeDju8_May8r6_9-CyFGGKd9hN6IJEhYeu2jWIE-Tzmb17sliMds0oPKW0NIdxGaR2kUBsOQ4bMCu9iBFcMMrVOEDXPYLZB_Fa9M6P0Lm09iXccs1JiR0m-wLbhRpRGVyjPOJ3rn7sC1nV-Oz7Aa7SDKoFLdx6Q=w276-h400" width="276" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giovanni Francesco Maineri<br /><b>Head of St John the Baptist</b><br />1502<br />oil on panel<br /><i>Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6xP0PtgBvhPR8oY7IF8Fb3hkaIPpKxcOZcQso9ktJxe-QTT6GNIUFxATAzZvIvxch0sdN3dvEXYrPpCM91pd4-nSi1EMKSlE9N8EB3qOK3YDYQ_B-uEr0sVTkKxHi_pLredPmAbTxKIMuEO5gTLpJ4Y6Q-b_5CScHJeZKW0s0G1iwvthsRW5DqyRTPA=s1400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1245" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6xP0PtgBvhPR8oY7IF8Fb3hkaIPpKxcOZcQso9ktJxe-QTT6GNIUFxATAzZvIvxch0sdN3dvEXYrPpCM91pd4-nSi1EMKSlE9N8EB3qOK3YDYQ_B-uEr0sVTkKxHi_pLredPmAbTxKIMuEO5gTLpJ4Y6Q-b_5CScHJeZKW0s0G1iwvthsRW5DqyRTPA=w356-h400" width="356" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hans Baldung<br /><b>Head of St John the Baptist</b><br />1516<br />drawing<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmVXfuGrnWwe2v52ROGWyKJB1g2LZ_Z8cIBI0cxfyiMjyK5dmP3c-VJRUOB_QK33U3yiPq8W9Zcz-bPVjyxp_xbjfsRqQ0UoQS3_0eeGMeg34xhuqkJWCk5uw04YTw8RB6TVnE-0ZKc1usZyBhCHcbNT1v5w4ZL8VlhaFjUwQ7eoDgbfICGpBgXsZRPw=s579" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="579" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmVXfuGrnWwe2v52ROGWyKJB1g2LZ_Z8cIBI0cxfyiMjyK5dmP3c-VJRUOB_QK33U3yiPq8W9Zcz-bPVjyxp_xbjfsRqQ0UoQS3_0eeGMeg34xhuqkJWCk5uw04YTw8RB6TVnE-0ZKc1usZyBhCHcbNT1v5w4ZL8VlhaFjUwQ7eoDgbfICGpBgXsZRPw=w400-h291" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andrea Solario<br /><b>Head of St John the Baptist</b><br />before 1524<br />drawing<br /><i>Musée du Louvre</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGKI7eVTeCXycrA_z8ng6Ye6sIIZUqAIUPhn-G-nmKOdmSlpGalfbZKeI7w5uuOiIkMQkq-qztshhX4Ks2hPhrrvNkQaakbwPec2BeVH3gczyhaS5xOrGqhhsVzgYvY4pDWC1F7DfUFMwY5WUW8wv9yk6Qy1LOcN36WqCBOfE1hpXJ29rV6YOVabEFfA=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="1500" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGKI7eVTeCXycrA_z8ng6Ye6sIIZUqAIUPhn-G-nmKOdmSlpGalfbZKeI7w5uuOiIkMQkq-qztshhX4Ks2hPhrrvNkQaakbwPec2BeVH3gczyhaS5xOrGqhhsVzgYvY4pDWC1F7DfUFMwY5WUW8wv9yk6Qy1LOcN36WqCBOfE1hpXJ29rV6YOVabEFfA=w400-h263" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anonymous Italian Artist<br /><b>Head of John the Baptist</b><br />ca. 1550-1650<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Cleveland Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhal4crxXQ7Zpu-lO27x3nngfaGXyKtgFiPFEOYZN_QjBRkKRt53-wF3M0uAk-fx7J_CvLSeR1K4U4l7fvLQmbGixdBP5dFfSkMM0XDw5ur_-eaRFNDf-BRT3qeFIY21TO0PjhMGyyF-2qGBCe3BAJEMLZeWaMLh6huoV3P-cfGP5hmRmaQtPzyhXcrQw=s1263" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1263" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhal4crxXQ7Zpu-lO27x3nngfaGXyKtgFiPFEOYZN_QjBRkKRt53-wF3M0uAk-fx7J_CvLSeR1K4U4l7fvLQmbGixdBP5dFfSkMM0XDw5ur_-eaRFNDf-BRT3qeFIY21TO0PjhMGyyF-2qGBCe3BAJEMLZeWaMLh6huoV3P-cfGP5hmRmaQtPzyhXcrQw=w400-h333" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Domenichino<br /><b>Head of St John the Baptist</b><br />ca. 1630<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEighNnod9cOWaZgHLjKzHYe4S_e2Jg45FGNMXBqXFpqSR8SYxHkFkKFg0zaIsNjA5DKApua2BGYy6A8xTGPkUe0W8MKkRmkQ0wR8VQ4sQkyfDyrvm4X64cV8FbOGrgfLcgVWKD8i2IFZq0c3M54pocwenBts6anOp8NGHJWuFrofwdXTUYrY1RadLTr3Q=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1066" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEighNnod9cOWaZgHLjKzHYe4S_e2Jg45FGNMXBqXFpqSR8SYxHkFkKFg0zaIsNjA5DKApua2BGYy6A8xTGPkUe0W8MKkRmkQ0wR8VQ4sQkyfDyrvm4X64cV8FbOGrgfLcgVWKD8i2IFZq0c3M54pocwenBts6anOp8NGHJWuFrofwdXTUYrY1RadLTr3Q=w266-h400" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anonymous Artist<br /><b>Head of St John the Baptist</b><br />ca. 1630-60<br />marble<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgv80L5n_VtYzADP8PnCqqejryHQlK5fcgJGmhp4GaaHlCJJA1ZZwvv04Aoq5cH0HSW0HvvXVJD30-wPoCTbMdFrkvFB8CNC5jW5Wz-rjyeqDUqVNzbSY8R-JceQeUAmlsLNuGur9tOYciJVKsC5Ap97zBz6VLDl-4fAnuAPHZou1L1Wmam1FDO4fCx_Q=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1165" data-original-width="1500" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgv80L5n_VtYzADP8PnCqqejryHQlK5fcgJGmhp4GaaHlCJJA1ZZwvv04Aoq5cH0HSW0HvvXVJD30-wPoCTbMdFrkvFB8CNC5jW5Wz-rjyeqDUqVNzbSY8R-JceQeUAmlsLNuGur9tOYciJVKsC5Ap97zBz6VLDl-4fAnuAPHZou1L1Wmam1FDO4fCx_Q=w400-h311" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Theodor Caspar von Fürstenberg<br /><b>Head of John the Baptist</b><br />ca. 1656<br />mezzotint and engraving<br /><i>Yale Center for British Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhO5d9ivzGqbF3k5NwjFwpniPyqES7fM3svDQ2LnEZciYrZJQGBIQyWvXx3FaCBBtCUH5znGoqIsXnd7AYn2Rz1mCnzbHmcM6nJ1wojYeq1Hf1iACWetSYMOvb5Ogo-CqCtxClRnKMuZ36NdpvqKu50VWce_LRl58HWxHOJkMaOu5qqnpplVI4d8asKIw=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1153" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhO5d9ivzGqbF3k5NwjFwpniPyqES7fM3svDQ2LnEZciYrZJQGBIQyWvXx3FaCBBtCUH5znGoqIsXnd7AYn2Rz1mCnzbHmcM6nJ1wojYeq1Hf1iACWetSYMOvb5Ogo-CqCtxClRnKMuZ36NdpvqKu50VWce_LRl58HWxHOJkMaOu5qqnpplVI4d8asKIw=w308-h400" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Señan y González (Granada)<br /><b>Head of St John the Baptist</b><br />(17th-century sculpture in Granada Cathedral)<br />ca. 1895<br />albumen print<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh92Gx48coxGiK1zE6lzjPUud0r2BYOkrIpQBKukBnksiigqi5n_wGJpxYyuAmPjGasLCSuhtnw0B1GOj1FX1DFjGEN91-wFUkdXnJ3R5wVxCdwIHTIqUi1TEM42jgyGpNaTnmoHpLreAQ7JWFulF9NtT1JrgXaKMNOoOC8uSVdKJvRX4cpQ_6zV7R7Xw=s1475" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1279" data-original-width="1475" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh92Gx48coxGiK1zE6lzjPUud0r2BYOkrIpQBKukBnksiigqi5n_wGJpxYyuAmPjGasLCSuhtnw0B1GOj1FX1DFjGEN91-wFUkdXnJ3R5wVxCdwIHTIqUi1TEM42jgyGpNaTnmoHpLreAQ7JWFulF9NtT1JrgXaKMNOoOC8uSVdKJvRX4cpQ_6zV7R7Xw=w400-h346" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charles Sprague Pearce<br /><b>Study for Beheading of St John the Baptist</b><br />ca. 1881<br />drawing<br /><i>Brooklyn Museum</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikY7bY7GcZqpVzX3vPEFOVv_X-dFGkAhpj1Ed8iM7tpAaVRP2-F79CgFgj7zDKsdwfC7h6Fjkh8575phMKk35AXjm2FMuk2l0_LUX2r29CHSgZI92wkJsnEgXCxqejp33tV3UhqVK7DEKLrdWBe0irIE2cOxaDiz3I8s6UDoarlx-oyPU-ZQQJt3ySiQ=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1509" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikY7bY7GcZqpVzX3vPEFOVv_X-dFGkAhpj1Ed8iM7tpAaVRP2-F79CgFgj7zDKsdwfC7h6Fjkh8575phMKk35AXjm2FMuk2l0_LUX2r29CHSgZI92wkJsnEgXCxqejp33tV3UhqVK7DEKLrdWBe0irIE2cOxaDiz3I8s6UDoarlx-oyPU-ZQQJt3ySiQ=w378-h400" width="378" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>attributed to</i> Mattia Preti<br /><b>St John the Baptist prepared for execution</b><br />ca. 1650-60<br />drawing<br /><i>Minneapolis Institute of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBCNqxYdqQH0btucYvW0mOYHOtsrYU2fjVZ_2qzCORBRRtt4kK5XbmAyF2JD4FvKV7U9cZ2z0GmC6pwuWlXnxg6YxsZaC_wF35SniKM9rnRlrVnbdqXI1baq3JZK75ZNYIezO3vdY2S1E2wq8deOojvnDQMYDLtM-imXlXr-Vop530l_0rc7nvycH15w=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="847" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBCNqxYdqQH0btucYvW0mOYHOtsrYU2fjVZ_2qzCORBRRtt4kK5XbmAyF2JD4FvKV7U9cZ2z0GmC6pwuWlXnxg6YxsZaC_wF35SniKM9rnRlrVnbdqXI1baq3JZK75ZNYIezO3vdY2S1E2wq8deOojvnDQMYDLtM-imXlXr-Vop530l_0rc7nvycH15w=w331-h400" width="331" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>attributed to </i>Rembrandt<br /><b>Beheading of St John the Baptist</b><br />1629-30<br />etching<br /><i>Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyktQW8axves2FSNCs_J6wjpxyEkzzukGkyqJNezNM5MU_n4yP1NtvneMi7Duj08V4uqkLBea2TeGvAQ4PFv4fRjcRIyx2_6zWrTU35O_-JbEqYS3tIcBqxFKRFR1-wlhWm2eewVA2cwvC3O0ne71JKFudPk6CUtp19VpDnUF7G-YrlsGuAMSLmxkRzw=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1112" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyktQW8axves2FSNCs_J6wjpxyEkzzukGkyqJNezNM5MU_n4yP1NtvneMi7Duj08V4uqkLBea2TeGvAQ4PFv4fRjcRIyx2_6zWrTU35O_-JbEqYS3tIcBqxFKRFR1-wlhWm2eewVA2cwvC3O0ne71JKFudPk6CUtp19VpDnUF7G-YrlsGuAMSLmxkRzw=w278-h400" width="278" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prince Rupert, Count Palatine<br /><b>Executioner with the Head of John the Baptist</b><br />1658<br />mezzotint<br /><i>Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOtArsRXPE2HMz4mkJb0xR5G3K_0Wr0UmU-A5c53WFW3cP2289mPxLVNbzK8gt-U5magBMv_eZz89JMWDQw1kDgRyiryJuUSthhzmeIIKEJYnyurxlz-LCv16BczdWBqaLEXGMuK-CwpntAtB-z6F26n-NOYmzklxy37liZ2JGwnM5AOLCqROCiKUzQw=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="971" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOtArsRXPE2HMz4mkJb0xR5G3K_0Wr0UmU-A5c53WFW3cP2289mPxLVNbzK8gt-U5magBMv_eZz89JMWDQw1kDgRyiryJuUSthhzmeIIKEJYnyurxlz-LCv16BczdWBqaLEXGMuK-CwpntAtB-z6F26n-NOYmzklxy37liZ2JGwnM5AOLCqROCiKUzQw=w242-h400" width="242" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sebastiano Ricci<br /><b>Beheading of St John the Baptist</b><br />ca. 1704<br />drawing<br />(study for fresco)<br /><i>Royal Collection, Windsor</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>from</i> <b>The Beheading</b><div><br /></div><div>When I get close to that broken cypress-tree, will I see</div><div>the flash of the knife-blade? Thirty-five to forty paces.</div><div>Forty paces exactly, until the abrupt halting of the drum.</div><div>And then my husband's heavy head will fall</div><div>on the stones, blurred with the light. Above,</div><div>the body will remain on the makeshift platform</div><div>that will slowly soak up the blood. A branch,</div><div>moving across the face, will rub out the light from the eyes.</div><div>Jump red head,</div><div>black head bounce.</div><div>Go find the mud in the ditch. It was I</div><div>who ordered the beheading.</div><div><br /></div><div>– Takis Sinopoulos, translated by Edmund Keeley and George Savidis (1964)</div><div><p></p></div>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-69770837926497536952024-03-17T00:00:00.000-07:002024-03-17T00:00:00.249-07:00Courbet - Eisenstaedt - Vasarely - Tiffany<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVf_EHwKdshIJINDbGyfI2QxH66XC0P_DlZGRkbCXmTPxaIFkaPHwORUykXWAbcRITerTaNFbA0fEOZ5GMayCF_VQsSjl1EZHy_Ax-tYyI9DoiZrfmSTsbHzNEaFXPAONY06WiVmBaHsCBGORDwPK52SZ8aTK5X5OsY6N0qtgpvfmQUNd5LxpN4qkrs-jg/s750/Courbet-Gustave-Head-of-a-Model-c1862-oil-on-canvas-Museum-Gouda.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="630" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVf_EHwKdshIJINDbGyfI2QxH66XC0P_DlZGRkbCXmTPxaIFkaPHwORUykXWAbcRITerTaNFbA0fEOZ5GMayCF_VQsSjl1EZHy_Ax-tYyI9DoiZrfmSTsbHzNEaFXPAONY06WiVmBaHsCBGORDwPK52SZ8aTK5X5OsY6N0qtgpvfmQUNd5LxpN4qkrs-jg/w336-h400/Courbet-Gustave-Head-of-a-Model-c1862-oil-on-canvas-Museum-Gouda.jpg" width="336" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gustave Courbet<br /><b>Head of Model</b><br />ca. 1862<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Museum Gouda</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4moYSRLrFPYmPxnHiWYPRcIxAmJuVYB4tlOvTx4DzgvN6CS-lswpmylL_C3DF1iUOAigkQ44K2sMFUmCqkU9B7QrjRzDd1c7DCoZoGCb2Cyip6kVg1RgT50uDZLgvS_No9QPiAyeu3TdyOqYohNjS340S1js_NP8T5eId7mpO7pvXNZV2SSEnryzrhO_g/s1167/Courbet-Gustave-Woman-with-Jewel-Box-1867-oil-on-canvas-Mus%C3%A9e-des-Beaux-Arts-de-Caen.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1167" data-original-width="936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4moYSRLrFPYmPxnHiWYPRcIxAmJuVYB4tlOvTx4DzgvN6CS-lswpmylL_C3DF1iUOAigkQ44K2sMFUmCqkU9B7QrjRzDd1c7DCoZoGCb2Cyip6kVg1RgT50uDZLgvS_No9QPiAyeu3TdyOqYohNjS340S1js_NP8T5eId7mpO7pvXNZV2SSEnryzrhO_g/w321-h400/Courbet-Gustave-Woman-with-Jewel-Box-1867-oil-on-canvas-Mus%C3%A9e-des-Beaux-Arts-de-Caen.jpg" width="321" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gustave Courbet<br /><b>Woman with Jewel Box</b><br />1867<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1DP-CaWkFzbNZK7Pitlm4wd4WFZBXDW-tXnZS1yWd-0KvionqFtASFQP2vOKrZHUAi3M4QrrPr1DZ0ZW2Fki4Y14I4r8BQ644eeo4gBnpp65ptZ0jd09ZTB1d_4qDKYnANl70ReqAsRva_Ghb9fCmObH17QxawLQUAF151uDoCssmOPaGO2vkNidvjDWH/s1200/Courbet-Gustave-Portrait-of-politician-Emile-Ollivier-c1860-oil-on-canvas-Neue-Pinakothek-Munich.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="937" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1DP-CaWkFzbNZK7Pitlm4wd4WFZBXDW-tXnZS1yWd-0KvionqFtASFQP2vOKrZHUAi3M4QrrPr1DZ0ZW2Fki4Y14I4r8BQ644eeo4gBnpp65ptZ0jd09ZTB1d_4qDKYnANl70ReqAsRva_Ghb9fCmObH17QxawLQUAF151uDoCssmOPaGO2vkNidvjDWH/w313-h400/Courbet-Gustave-Portrait-of-politician-Emile-Ollivier-c1860-oil-on-canvas-Neue-Pinakothek-Munich.jpg" width="313" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gustave Courbet<br /><b>Portrait of politician Emile Ollivier</b><br />ca. 1860<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Neue Pinakothek, Munich</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8gcKsmVGeb37TRF7gyXly8vnpvieHvFucv44yxSuiAaPWGUFD4eMDjxL5s44OIh_2bkPRjVXeItLqR28-aY9QopCQeACpUS2_R71GlxGD_94aNDpMu1X4zbXdc8vqtjEdnhrJ_YuiMo0ueSqYeaUz2Sgm0bmNXtj5fqwRa1DVA-YnJph3bSabeGJLt3W/s1500/Courbet-Gustave-Study-of-arts-patron-Alfred-Bruyas-1854-oil-on-canvas-Mus%C3%A9e-Fabre-Montpellier.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1216" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8gcKsmVGeb37TRF7gyXly8vnpvieHvFucv44yxSuiAaPWGUFD4eMDjxL5s44OIh_2bkPRjVXeItLqR28-aY9QopCQeACpUS2_R71GlxGD_94aNDpMu1X4zbXdc8vqtjEdnhrJ_YuiMo0ueSqYeaUz2Sgm0bmNXtj5fqwRa1DVA-YnJph3bSabeGJLt3W/w324-h400/Courbet-Gustave-Study-of-arts-patron-Alfred-Bruyas-1854-oil-on-canvas-Mus%C3%A9e-Fabre-Montpellier.jpg" width="324" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gustave Courbet<br /><b>Study of arts patron Alfred Bruyas</b><br />1854<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Musée Fabre, Montpellier</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWYkwk8_963CNHGBMR2bzMM6BUGBNvQeujzsKcV91BxgkREiE9vO3jgdRcAe33HXbREJW5CmZM1C8iSZiyIwBQxfpLseynNBMdFkKlh6HrnoYojaDofUvyVaioSYuCDQbNJb2MDnCT2CSmk7bkV-9yLS-qNHVnDLhbJuSJPCRopmiDxKOcRY1uAlwYiAGC/s1500/Eisenstaedt-Alfred-Stage-Rehearsal-Metropolitan-Opera-House-New-York-1942-gelatin-silver-print-San-Diego-Museum-of-Art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1212" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWYkwk8_963CNHGBMR2bzMM6BUGBNvQeujzsKcV91BxgkREiE9vO3jgdRcAe33HXbREJW5CmZM1C8iSZiyIwBQxfpLseynNBMdFkKlh6HrnoYojaDofUvyVaioSYuCDQbNJb2MDnCT2CSmk7bkV-9yLS-qNHVnDLhbJuSJPCRopmiDxKOcRY1uAlwYiAGC/w518-h640/Eisenstaedt-Alfred-Stage-Rehearsal-Metropolitan-Opera-House-New-York-1942-gelatin-silver-print-San-Diego-Museum-of-Art.jpg" width="518" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alfred Eisenstaedt<br /><b>Stage Rehearsal, Metropolitan Opera House, New York</b><br />1942<br />gelatin silver print<br /><i>San Diego Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObdVCJKa2GR2I1Yh-lueWR_Luo_QeArl6VnhCUJSgxidXwmtOZy33HdICcRFQ8kzkmumuTbf-QkFFo4LaRFUTyS7rmJ9kS9rhvy0KyG4j_7o7IdU21nwEzaJylrrwBE6ax4i68aZ5Ho7zLEfVR8dTVY8txs_RcW4-Znie077mw14y1ZgBDaxMO3SUE410/s1500/Eisenstaedt-Alfred-Paris-Opera-Ballet-1964-gelatin-silver-print-San-Diego-Museum-of-Art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1112" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObdVCJKa2GR2I1Yh-lueWR_Luo_QeArl6VnhCUJSgxidXwmtOZy33HdICcRFQ8kzkmumuTbf-QkFFo4LaRFUTyS7rmJ9kS9rhvy0KyG4j_7o7IdU21nwEzaJylrrwBE6ax4i68aZ5Ho7zLEfVR8dTVY8txs_RcW4-Znie077mw14y1ZgBDaxMO3SUE410/w296-h400/Eisenstaedt-Alfred-Paris-Opera-Ballet-1964-gelatin-silver-print-San-Diego-Museum-of-Art.jpg" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alfred Eisenstaedt<br /><b>Paris Opera Ballet</b><br />1964<br />gelatin silver print<br /><i>San Diego Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL09vsz7iW0YwrmgAKgoyu2H9UEBa-imV8ad_99Ycbe73OdJqPVaNjHbOxY6uaN7tYtYYipUyAnlO4cYLHTbK8MCyf6epmLXcoh66vi6YulaOy5IIwo1PJr7P_x427XigEm3xgx49Pl8pYz5zcTo4t9X3aJO66m5diyGU4cSHSuh1W33nNao-I61Ep9avg/s1500/Eisenstaedt-Alfred-Arturo-Toscanini-at-the-Bayreuth-Festival-1932-gelatin-silver-print-San-Diego-Museum-of-Art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1231" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL09vsz7iW0YwrmgAKgoyu2H9UEBa-imV8ad_99Ycbe73OdJqPVaNjHbOxY6uaN7tYtYYipUyAnlO4cYLHTbK8MCyf6epmLXcoh66vi6YulaOy5IIwo1PJr7P_x427XigEm3xgx49Pl8pYz5zcTo4t9X3aJO66m5diyGU4cSHSuh1W33nNao-I61Ep9avg/w329-h400/Eisenstaedt-Alfred-Arturo-Toscanini-at-the-Bayreuth-Festival-1932-gelatin-silver-print-San-Diego-Museum-of-Art.jpg" width="329" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alfred Eisenstaedt<br /><b>Arturo Toscanini at the Bayreuth Festival</b><br />1932<br />gelatin silver print<br /><i>San Diego Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDHZy-RUnhD6pPA-6xfojuhMjTLXXteAD1IidgReq9CIm_712fcRfFFfsW1PoLVVWG1-l6LDa2EpIs8VBiylzJWHIfYsLKO9O9aMgfvo_nqBDduf2ph3lSBtO9xVwDqDVtGwMEB_CrVyniaKHPRQL0P8zMHmVj7PA-293XAWGg5xF3ohClfr4gO4pnKr3/s1500/Eisenstaedt-Alfred-Carole-Lombard-in-Hollywood-1938-gelatin-silver-print-San-Diego-Museum-of-Art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1165" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDHZy-RUnhD6pPA-6xfojuhMjTLXXteAD1IidgReq9CIm_712fcRfFFfsW1PoLVVWG1-l6LDa2EpIs8VBiylzJWHIfYsLKO9O9aMgfvo_nqBDduf2ph3lSBtO9xVwDqDVtGwMEB_CrVyniaKHPRQL0P8zMHmVj7PA-293XAWGg5xF3ohClfr4gO4pnKr3/w311-h400/Eisenstaedt-Alfred-Carole-Lombard-in-Hollywood-1938-gelatin-silver-print-San-Diego-Museum-of-Art.jpg" width="311" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alfred Eisenstaedt<br /><b>Carole Lombard in Hollywood</b><br />1938<br />gelatin silver print<br /><i>San Diego Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Igx4Z4ArLVQ_c5gDZplIjByy6X9Ts3SQwL8Fi8BB4Md2cMxJ8t9DPtVMXyWqh04pZB10LYB9DDUa-aZnjthe34BeV8x8sq3jC3OYmpEkv7El72zEumXlg5SyvoKlUyPvTvJqJk1JINz1nIdKRlfJXsx0XzOZ4FpOpM3RMLMB0Uspdhyphenhyphenwd9eepw9RYE8s/s1200/Vasarely-Victor-Sikra-MC-1968-screenprint-Akron-Art-Museum-Ohio.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1160" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Igx4Z4ArLVQ_c5gDZplIjByy6X9Ts3SQwL8Fi8BB4Md2cMxJ8t9DPtVMXyWqh04pZB10LYB9DDUa-aZnjthe34BeV8x8sq3jC3OYmpEkv7El72zEumXlg5SyvoKlUyPvTvJqJk1JINz1nIdKRlfJXsx0XzOZ4FpOpM3RMLMB0Uspdhyphenhyphenwd9eepw9RYE8s/w386-h400/Vasarely-Victor-Sikra-MC-1968-screenprint-Akron-Art-Museum-Ohio.jpg" width="386" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Victor Vasarely<br /><b>Sikra MC</b><br />1968<br />screenprint<br /><i>Akron Art Museum, Ohio</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeftUjVavvRdf2POazmpZ_l2RraAs8MhEvhG5FnxyR7Ysc5qpYEJCRpfsH8JS3hajOywO7qVl7mk9-ifGM97JoyFnO88anPzDBWeIUs5bY5Rm_nwb0XW0ouOAoF9DOeVx57i8tzpBaMhpq5dJy8ek19aeL7kkiYHdcW41ICdTtSzEGFP8lC1WKPu81Qf7/s600/Vasarely-Victor-Folklore-1963-oil-on-canvas-Phoenix-Art-Museum-Arizona.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="399" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeftUjVavvRdf2POazmpZ_l2RraAs8MhEvhG5FnxyR7Ysc5qpYEJCRpfsH8JS3hajOywO7qVl7mk9-ifGM97JoyFnO88anPzDBWeIUs5bY5Rm_nwb0XW0ouOAoF9DOeVx57i8tzpBaMhpq5dJy8ek19aeL7kkiYHdcW41ICdTtSzEGFP8lC1WKPu81Qf7/w266-h400/Vasarely-Victor-Folklore-1963-oil-on-canvas-Phoenix-Art-Museum-Arizona.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Victor Vasarely<br /><b>Folklore</b><br />1963<br />oil on canvas<br /><i>Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggoS7cazXdgyhLKqXlzuQdqEXXmfBmm0GMT-QeXakgQy3w3vSPz6McnwAMB4b2WkMejJxbtgjGCIMj6XEp6hxqQp1Rg9zFR6t1nEOLxUn2C2gOfDPLiSuJt-eVaAWdPnYx5L3JlEqNJuI6-ArUkx6N66n6QN7xUbUoPEyE3JcALLCUXaSi82CcLEJ7GI8P/s600/Vasarely-Victor-Ondocto-Y-1976-acrylic-on-linen-Phoenix-Art-Museum-Arizona.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggoS7cazXdgyhLKqXlzuQdqEXXmfBmm0GMT-QeXakgQy3w3vSPz6McnwAMB4b2WkMejJxbtgjGCIMj6XEp6hxqQp1Rg9zFR6t1nEOLxUn2C2gOfDPLiSuJt-eVaAWdPnYx5L3JlEqNJuI6-ArUkx6N66n6QN7xUbUoPEyE3JcALLCUXaSi82CcLEJ7GI8P/w400-h400/Vasarely-Victor-Ondocto-Y-1976-acrylic-on-linen-Phoenix-Art-Museum-Arizona.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Victor Vasarely<br /><b>Ondocto Y</b><br />1976<br />acrylic on linen<br /><i>Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzzi0lmtoKli6Ueq3f3pnpD-3xG7pgzv67y_fm0tQhEwB9jNa1gi5ajtEtWpytuBJ7gQLMG-weFVRGNh7uuUkypbmahyenZazxXpV0KqoSq_-cZa29ZwlHmCRJiUzXVlplm3gvUEMLAHPbkb36r_uXFawOBxxAWrfjg93IAz7eW8OGB6SWhVgQjWUW9zdj/s600/Vasarely-Victor-Aran-1964-casein-on-board-Phoenix-Art-Museum-Arizona.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="597" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzzi0lmtoKli6Ueq3f3pnpD-3xG7pgzv67y_fm0tQhEwB9jNa1gi5ajtEtWpytuBJ7gQLMG-weFVRGNh7uuUkypbmahyenZazxXpV0KqoSq_-cZa29ZwlHmCRJiUzXVlplm3gvUEMLAHPbkb36r_uXFawOBxxAWrfjg93IAz7eW8OGB6SWhVgQjWUW9zdj/w398-h400/Vasarely-Victor-Aran-1964-casein-on-board-Phoenix-Art-Museum-Arizona.jpg" width="398" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Victor Vasarely<br /><b>Aran</b><br />1964<br />casein on board<br /><i>Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvzOxf0xNX1PEIdvCwrDl8BxpA2QW64HAKhIwtA_asHNq0f3Oc2KxhYXbOEm-KFYmmJAfSbPzUsvvEqdT4DF9N3KjXvFYDdRlXbKAycebg3tXAkmOwPb0Yqi_XZIbqhD3JvXhx4evewDtKO2wFi8pQXZSM8zpUYmc419PmEnVIpR4kZ-KvPLoYZbv-EqZ/s1500/Tiffany-&-Co.-Pond-Lily-Mirror-c1905-bronze-and-glass-Art-Institute-of-Chicago.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvzOxf0xNX1PEIdvCwrDl8BxpA2QW64HAKhIwtA_asHNq0f3Oc2KxhYXbOEm-KFYmmJAfSbPzUsvvEqdT4DF9N3KjXvFYDdRlXbKAycebg3tXAkmOwPb0Yqi_XZIbqhD3JvXhx4evewDtKO2wFi8pQXZSM8zpUYmc419PmEnVIpR4kZ-KvPLoYZbv-EqZ/w320-h400/Tiffany-&-Co.-Pond-Lily-Mirror-c1905-bronze-and-glass-Art-Institute-of-Chicago.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiffany & Co.<br /><b>Pond Lily Mirror</b><br />ca. 1905<br />bronze and glass<br /><i>Art Institute of Chicago</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ544nzg_uDX6gVG39_HorTxPMV7-Xz7iEBLP9BfbdHwDtoNKg8bgCT2r4po_VTpEMn_kuQ4vxqF1Cm0PfgJCY0oINnIibAq_pH1fxOt2UaxTB5UkvdNZztLYNTGNw3S_SLGelI7Efpy1_rnDac5hJkpw24KXuM7nzLEsZpM_rLcxrvPDLfdoCdAndSvsz/s600/Tiffany-&-Co.-Vase-c1895-glass-New-Orleans-Museum-of-Art.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ544nzg_uDX6gVG39_HorTxPMV7-Xz7iEBLP9BfbdHwDtoNKg8bgCT2r4po_VTpEMn_kuQ4vxqF1Cm0PfgJCY0oINnIibAq_pH1fxOt2UaxTB5UkvdNZztLYNTGNw3S_SLGelI7Efpy1_rnDac5hJkpw24KXuM7nzLEsZpM_rLcxrvPDLfdoCdAndSvsz/w400-h400/Tiffany-&-Co.-Vase-c1895-glass-New-Orleans-Museum-of-Art.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiffany & Co.<br /><b>Floriform Vase</b><br />ca. 1895<br />glass<br /><i>New Orleans Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgto-BuzZ5G_6aFeGC0jveckmiOH-aX6c56S-Iq8U-G6Iygkpe1RMsjNj0odESzFAx1KUKNBnvpVCArwHA-wr6IZVKMzjhzuQkYogWcKOmrmXFsxrDOtC2C73CRTb1xc6kto6DG0SB29mWJhf2d1Ids_jzn7KKApPQjqUQimdRSpLTgaOdJk6hq3i5eLXZy/s1080/Tiffany-&-Co.-Floriform-Vase-c1900-glass-Crocker-Art-Museum-Sacramento-California.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="665" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgto-BuzZ5G_6aFeGC0jveckmiOH-aX6c56S-Iq8U-G6Iygkpe1RMsjNj0odESzFAx1KUKNBnvpVCArwHA-wr6IZVKMzjhzuQkYogWcKOmrmXFsxrDOtC2C73CRTb1xc6kto6DG0SB29mWJhf2d1Ids_jzn7KKApPQjqUQimdRSpLTgaOdJk6hq3i5eLXZy/w246-h400/Tiffany-&-Co.-Floriform-Vase-c1900-glass-Crocker-Art-Museum-Sacramento-California.jpg" width="246" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiffany & Co.<br /><b>Floriform Vase</b><br />ca. 1900<br />glass<br /><i>Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8U72cekN17H3n-ZJjaVsnBLixM8p3IJdz1KPyZI7ECT2bT98qfDtivtXlf8PpRG2DwHAPss_4SlHllIthXGR2vPAOMtbIMJklNc0or7Un-4tZ-340UfGKwwcjKShcDshSGdjbNl1_6PoXmpIG_GakYoVYd3X3fNXw3ZpjcPdwJdg-8fc7tBz3hQk2NG2i/s768/Tiffany-&-Co.-Brooch-with-Medusa-Head-c1880-amethyst-intaglio-and-diamonds-mounted-in-platinum-Crocker-Art-Museum-Sacramento-California.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="768" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8U72cekN17H3n-ZJjaVsnBLixM8p3IJdz1KPyZI7ECT2bT98qfDtivtXlf8PpRG2DwHAPss_4SlHllIthXGR2vPAOMtbIMJklNc0or7Un-4tZ-340UfGKwwcjKShcDshSGdjbNl1_6PoXmpIG_GakYoVYd3X3fNXw3ZpjcPdwJdg-8fc7tBz3hQk2NG2i/w400-h354/Tiffany-&-Co.-Brooch-with-Medusa-Head-c1880-amethyst-intaglio-and-diamonds-mounted-in-platinum-Crocker-Art-Museum-Sacramento-California.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiffany & Co.<br /><b>Brooch with Medusa Head</b><br />ca. 1880<br />amethyst intaglio and diamonds mounted in platinum<br /><i>Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><i>from</i> Part Three of <b>The Age of Anxiety</b></p><p>But here they may not linger long. Emble says to Rosetta:<br /></p><p> A private plane, its propeller tied<br /> With red ribbons is ready waiting<br /> To take us into town.</p><p>Malin says to Quant:<br /> A train whistles<br /> For the last time. We must leave at once.</p><p>And so by air, by rail, they turn inland again towards a common goal.<br /><br />Quant says:<br /> Autumn has come early; evening falls;<br /> Our train is traversing at top speed<br /> A pallid province of puddles and stumps<br /> Where helpless objects, an orphaned quarry,<br /> A waif of a works, a widowed engine,<br /> For a sorry second sigh and are gone<br /> As we race through the rain with rattling windows<br /> Bound for a borough all bankers revere.</p><p>Rosetta says:<br /> Lulled by an engine's hum,<br /> Our insulated lives<br /> Go floating freely through<br /> Space in a metal spore.<br /><br /> White hangs the waning moon,<br /> A scruple in the sky,<br /> And constellations crowd<br /> Our neighborhood the night.</p><p>– W.H. Auden (1944-46)</p>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051699188528630524.post-30884950811909077262024-03-16T12:00:00.155-07:002024-03-16T12:00:00.138-07:00Head of Medusa / Head of Christ<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHX_lpMUoNEFsijRC9N4J7O0rHB-sSqFjqeAPGvp2Bi1cKK-IJ09wNk_IbW9Pr28fTNSZkVZqMT8298cCr4Ckc0gZNgTmXglWZeqK50ml3Sgs69nYEt8zSjk47NeMhlT-rIORNarm_p9p5E3YO-sI2Bu88uXVw5oSHY4Ro7YlvjhAZ8nRswDPCc1XQtw=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHX_lpMUoNEFsijRC9N4J7O0rHB-sSqFjqeAPGvp2Bi1cKK-IJ09wNk_IbW9Pr28fTNSZkVZqMT8298cCr4Ckc0gZNgTmXglWZeqK50ml3Sgs69nYEt8zSjk47NeMhlT-rIORNarm_p9p5E3YO-sI2Bu88uXVw5oSHY4Ro7YlvjhAZ8nRswDPCc1XQtw=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anonymous Italian Artist<br /><b>Head of Medusa</b><br />ca. 1520<br />bronze medallion<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjr2x6vxP4hlSsmxfwzr4tipKy0FiV34CXSaah3QAuOtNbudSt0DFaG4uxdDzEo1lcW9NAQKJ03n6jWDj3ejqUp3r3kTixODiWw-mDTwx-sc-MJ08JoWLKYS7ivOyOqyZi7EIvtrwro98OIvPVZJmgDyhuXg3wnsh4gD3BRTM9vhEAGNPdi7mHYJceW3g=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1040" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjr2x6vxP4hlSsmxfwzr4tipKy0FiV34CXSaah3QAuOtNbudSt0DFaG4uxdDzEo1lcW9NAQKJ03n6jWDj3ejqUp3r3kTixODiWw-mDTwx-sc-MJ08JoWLKYS7ivOyOqyZi7EIvtrwro98OIvPVZJmgDyhuXg3wnsh4gD3BRTM9vhEAGNPdi7mHYJceW3g=w278-h400" width="278" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anonymous Italian Artist<br /><b>Head of Medusa</b><br />17th century<br />engraving<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaXZlwuWiWsDAht7bJuLVmli1YQD6MnohmEZQ8nghK8xj7dpSmr1mXyV3yUuWFXSjLa2TSzFpXHqCgss-n9d3WzjmjxByLfdUl-qACwGHmnU33aB_zy8dgv1r5--XKzg0Od8vXfBIxm6AbbjmOgI0soLzS5xoWbgj1VoggfnLA1JyrdJ9hsEL7IeziGw=s1219" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1219" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaXZlwuWiWsDAht7bJuLVmli1YQD6MnohmEZQ8nghK8xj7dpSmr1mXyV3yUuWFXSjLa2TSzFpXHqCgss-n9d3WzjmjxByLfdUl-qACwGHmnU33aB_zy8dgv1r5--XKzg0Od8vXfBIxm6AbbjmOgI0soLzS5xoWbgj1VoggfnLA1JyrdJ9hsEL7IeziGw=w400-h253" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bernard Picart<br /><b>Head of Medusa</b><br />1727<br />etching<br /><i>Teylers Museum, Haarlem</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhM4xWdWCrXR5v-0JzILzuVUSIcYAJFWxepMAKfn2fXN-WPRFdIAbgrlReQBb5MTYXj7kZf9o0TpQ3tlwX00Iu_amSqvygN5Cov-hfsRaIKDOwndOTbUwjX4cpEt3bfIWFmY8uTSUvHhkWdxIJwOklmIfLi0WTGCmqMC_RqjhPyJAGT2f-gtE-PT4Q0FA=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1156" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhM4xWdWCrXR5v-0JzILzuVUSIcYAJFWxepMAKfn2fXN-WPRFdIAbgrlReQBb5MTYXj7kZf9o0TpQ3tlwX00Iu_amSqvygN5Cov-hfsRaIKDOwndOTbUwjX4cpEt3bfIWFmY8uTSUvHhkWdxIJwOklmIfLi0WTGCmqMC_RqjhPyJAGT2f-gtE-PT4Q0FA=w309-h400" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charles Monnet<br /><b>Perseus with the Head of Medusa<br />turning to stone his adversary Phineas</b><br />1767<br />drawing<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhL9pJYrqPwapGu-m_xbsIkZMVWEIlvY_dC5ahQiKb13swmJA2YUkqkh2c8O7Gi7XJhnEgLblQP8CrKk48ZmbBLXdLO3aVqGscb6Fqyt8aa_oA1LAwgHImUNuaP5Ljdh9UFXDG2pWevoAHreXP4BTm8D1qQAhxewnb20ZwJ973ZMp_g6FnkHpINd6hZUg=s1400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1400" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhL9pJYrqPwapGu-m_xbsIkZMVWEIlvY_dC5ahQiKb13swmJA2YUkqkh2c8O7Gi7XJhnEgLblQP8CrKk48ZmbBLXdLO3aVqGscb6Fqyt8aa_oA1LAwgHImUNuaP5Ljdh9UFXDG2pWevoAHreXP4BTm8D1qQAhxewnb20ZwJ973ZMp_g6FnkHpINd6hZUg=w400-h360" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wedgwood & Bentley<br /><b>Head of Medusa</b><br />1776<br />jasperware plaque<br />(designed by John Flaxman)<br /><i>Art Institute of Chicago</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuBssgUyZvfjsdyOqV6JpN6h3rrlKTSvWsNA9H69cCoONYriQ7T-JtTvtx6fo3kEVVd28umAw4Jzwu_WaFi_CPRO7oXCZRNr4e4Uyk8-Kf0ktZZwy2Xg04F84qgaOCulrPJY2zgWavsKf62npkWOwuLqtYxbqO2Ge6IJ2Euo5Z45s3q3PSILyL-QGCHw=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1210" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuBssgUyZvfjsdyOqV6JpN6h3rrlKTSvWsNA9H69cCoONYriQ7T-JtTvtx6fo3kEVVd28umAw4Jzwu_WaFi_CPRO7oXCZRNr4e4Uyk8-Kf0ktZZwy2Xg04F84qgaOCulrPJY2zgWavsKf62npkWOwuLqtYxbqO2Ge6IJ2Euo5Z45s3q3PSILyL-QGCHw=w323-h400" width="323" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Antonio Canova<br /><b>Head of Medusa</b><br />ca. 1801<br />plaster<br />(study for<i> Perseus with the Head of Medusa</i>)<br /><i>Art Institute of Chicago</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixAGcJH74Kg5njavluUiCICxP-q_xRlqTk5QV1rvirpEZEus_nECBFAnJU7_KHF9F11eFTCWBO9xF5meqiiObpidIk8sccpjXuwlcPcQnV0wWfRt9dw5k5UGtGZZxdrWCtkjH1m3hQBSF_A_fk3L_UZevLNiibC9WlQZldYexbiFcGXzwri0K1XzXLKw=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1053" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixAGcJH74Kg5njavluUiCICxP-q_xRlqTk5QV1rvirpEZEus_nECBFAnJU7_KHF9F11eFTCWBO9xF5meqiiObpidIk8sccpjXuwlcPcQnV0wWfRt9dw5k5UGtGZZxdrWCtkjH1m3hQBSF_A_fk3L_UZevLNiibC9WlQZldYexbiFcGXzwri0K1XzXLKw=w281-h400" width="281" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frederick Sandys<br /><b>Head of Medusa</b><br />ca. 1875<br />drawing<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwydQKdbswHh5Zj6meGKwLWln6fd-fxYpJgf-ue4imesCpt9ifUoCFEiZa27FXjbmICE0RiLjygQSEZ5vcVO904kTP9etBC2IOhPb8gb8AhuwYkqkOeEGE88lSEbNWvgw8Kgn_4l1mefXa2BwtEvytDPVMVkUtlyY699c18EFHlurvMMG3exKpsJITHQ=s750" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="750" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwydQKdbswHh5Zj6meGKwLWln6fd-fxYpJgf-ue4imesCpt9ifUoCFEiZa27FXjbmICE0RiLjygQSEZ5vcVO904kTP9etBC2IOhPb8gb8AhuwYkqkOeEGE88lSEbNWvgw8Kgn_4l1mefXa2BwtEvytDPVMVkUtlyY699c18EFHlurvMMG3exKpsJITHQ=w400-h396" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Albrecht Bouts<br /><b>Head of Christ</b><br />ca. 1490-95<br />oil on panel<br /><i>Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlU1jrKIxc0nLIwv3jw4-r1Ra5YQih7uaFdA58J4nYz-Sxhp8L3v2kPv1MVzk-so2fqSxmyO01VZhb9hSIhHaNpVz6znPLpKYh6v3qbxUGySiIx3yNdQLN2e3wWKq8or8FHgl2Jr15f6Hn68Eo9KIRCBuPdMKdjkcms6baZmUhiyBXZ8vZ29qHHB1AcQ=s1079" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="813" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlU1jrKIxc0nLIwv3jw4-r1Ra5YQih7uaFdA58J4nYz-Sxhp8L3v2kPv1MVzk-so2fqSxmyO01VZhb9hSIhHaNpVz6znPLpKYh6v3qbxUGySiIx3yNdQLN2e3wWKq8or8FHgl2Jr15f6Hn68Eo9KIRCBuPdMKdjkcms6baZmUhiyBXZ8vZ29qHHB1AcQ=w301-h400" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bernardino Zaganelli<br /><b>Head of Christ</b><br />(Veronica's Veil<i> /</i> The Sudarium)<br />ca. 1500<br />oil on panel<br /><i>Philadelphia Museum of Art</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCIsiVuFzsNhSG4ytzu2C3ga9DJllxFEQJx2VTcEQTgAbtqF-R2EYbQX8MKIjNj229OdAlc9pJN7MAKzMtsgqfgFShTcJFYqC9aLbAA_YE0OE7YeLY84SP_55E6a5wMXRboK6OK7M-WhK6y9OvluPEZBYAAkIIdBrlhLPUzXsHVetzP_2OHT2vZLkhlA=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1295" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCIsiVuFzsNhSG4ytzu2C3ga9DJllxFEQJx2VTcEQTgAbtqF-R2EYbQX8MKIjNj229OdAlc9pJN7MAKzMtsgqfgFShTcJFYqC9aLbAA_YE0OE7YeLY84SP_55E6a5wMXRboK6OK7M-WhK6y9OvluPEZBYAAkIIdBrlhLPUzXsHVetzP_2OHT2vZLkhlA=w345-h400" width="345" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sebald Beham<br /><b>Head of Christ</b><br />ca. 1520<br />woodcut<br />(with false Dürer monogram)<br /><i>Harvard Art Museums</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWH1cKMbX0y15v2bUhbHt8LZ_JSqbYUQxTy4gRjUm3ECIvSVkNDBqqmUCGYLFAMjdjeIo44_Q9q7rfQgCJhmFirONjn6cZCzCE5HIskpKAgbT7kCjeT6mdr0ZBLF70MjBMPPsFHRRGK05QrWbgGitnsdqMuaU9PkdGQssanq05jcrK0RwjkAzJZTIj7Q=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1279" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWH1cKMbX0y15v2bUhbHt8LZ_JSqbYUQxTy4gRjUm3ECIvSVkNDBqqmUCGYLFAMjdjeIo44_Q9q7rfQgCJhmFirONjn6cZCzCE5HIskpKAgbT7kCjeT6mdr0ZBLF70MjBMPPsFHRRGK05QrWbgGitnsdqMuaU9PkdGQssanq05jcrK0RwjkAzJZTIj7Q=w341-h400" width="341" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sebald Beham<br /><b>Head of Christ</b><br />1520<br />engraving<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjU-OOuRdI7icBjQZVmAlZIf-GlC2nYIYDd6muX6PZhgkZ3iYSsQGQNbz88Oko2Piv-NGuyOOSW4QXDcdHCFwXssm5GMivCaTS4p_DwkkzxBVXpAcb4LkGeuhbNQCcf0f1gUa_XRSbgBkL3FHDfxHQnj_1fIlOztZBZazAXpEirVRCaFYd_qenCEkai2A=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjU-OOuRdI7icBjQZVmAlZIf-GlC2nYIYDd6muX6PZhgkZ3iYSsQGQNbz88Oko2Piv-NGuyOOSW4QXDcdHCFwXssm5GMivCaTS4p_DwkkzxBVXpAcb4LkGeuhbNQCcf0f1gUa_XRSbgBkL3FHDfxHQnj_1fIlOztZBZazAXpEirVRCaFYd_qenCEkai2A=w299-h400" width="299" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sebald Beham<br /><b>Head of Christ</b><br />1520<br />engraving<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8Pz82spr1_fwoijRw3AqjmcH6tIThwrpGxcO8ZQDdDMlDv2_oQQqfgwYZOieLkIFXAWGwC6uuPIkV_htyuQ0sDA41-5owPr9m2x9ifEFqn73rI92wSQqyttchuH2xWLZun5UzhQKEJCSA8ZnnhMz2JebbUTaTj_OeJH8NoZcVjWUXLco8EcfZNmopzA=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1096" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8Pz82spr1_fwoijRw3AqjmcH6tIThwrpGxcO8ZQDdDMlDv2_oQQqfgwYZOieLkIFXAWGwC6uuPIkV_htyuQ0sDA41-5owPr9m2x9ifEFqn73rI92wSQqyttchuH2xWLZun5UzhQKEJCSA8ZnnhMz2JebbUTaTj_OeJH8NoZcVjWUXLco8EcfZNmopzA=w293-h400" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guido Reni<br /><b>Head of Christ</b><br />ca. 1623<br />drawing<br /><i>National Gallery of Art, Washington DC</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEoPrW8mDmdx9Dy6a0nBC9PokrKdUR1jqvm9aGlZtwFlRgKr97tojDUnbD9-jHw7imli15HUBNrdNRlL5iNhhWSmkPiKUFJfyVnlA6hPiL-x6MK-9OmxX8EgWwka5e1rja1uAbo0dNi3Itvsrs7ffOr3sVIgkzusBis8N6tXvAdPxFDAbZAo_jD5qYdw=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1092" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEoPrW8mDmdx9Dy6a0nBC9PokrKdUR1jqvm9aGlZtwFlRgKr97tojDUnbD9-jHw7imli15HUBNrdNRlL5iNhhWSmkPiKUFJfyVnlA6hPiL-x6MK-9OmxX8EgWwka5e1rja1uAbo0dNi3Itvsrs7ffOr3sVIgkzusBis8N6tXvAdPxFDAbZAo_jD5qYdw=w291-h400" width="291" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Claude Mellan<br /><b>Head of Christ</b><br />(Veronica's Veil<i> /</i> The Sudarium)<br />1649<br />engraving<br />(single continuous line spiraling out from center)<br /><i>Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNqMMXaQ7xOhDuIPdCOB7N_qxqG8Li3DYnP9ANVF-zdBw8_ytP65RVXe4r5OfgYjtXy4ntSZ8pBy-u2TOMheRrn6sMjHHm7QV8n2Ka2kwblvinQ_6QYx_my1hed822GMQrkBZ3brGgudvEeeDz_dNuxHb5b08Z6LQ_Qom9DDnVAkudcXiR0xKgvCbLjA=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1204" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNqMMXaQ7xOhDuIPdCOB7N_qxqG8Li3DYnP9ANVF-zdBw8_ytP65RVXe4r5OfgYjtXy4ntSZ8pBy-u2TOMheRrn6sMjHHm7QV8n2Ka2kwblvinQ_6QYx_my1hed822GMQrkBZ3brGgudvEeeDz_dNuxHb5b08Z6LQ_Qom9DDnVAkudcXiR0xKgvCbLjA=w321-h400" width="321" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Édouard Brandon<br /><b>Head of Model posed as Christ</b><br />ca. 1870<br />drawing<br /><i>Morgan Library, New York</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_JW0h7yxoJdAkAsf_PqiUAt3-ygYmLrPxvGHWhrIn-k-_U1YSOujX_tfUQneDC5vie17CnzvyRBSNYCdx3CAEnOr6kRA8VDFyDN8i3DcXql8AvGI5nU-uiWJ3ZuCPpKr0FD-Y2nqvIuKmVCkJdpn14a8uxfTRPaCGZeg7uMCw6dqYmO5USJkAvoa9VA=s1400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1159" data-original-width="1400" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_JW0h7yxoJdAkAsf_PqiUAt3-ygYmLrPxvGHWhrIn-k-_U1YSOujX_tfUQneDC5vie17CnzvyRBSNYCdx3CAEnOr6kRA8VDFyDN8i3DcXql8AvGI5nU-uiWJ3ZuCPpKr0FD-Y2nqvIuKmVCkJdpn14a8uxfTRPaCGZeg7uMCw6dqYmO5USJkAvoa9VA=w400-h331" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael Wright<br /><b>Self Portrait</b><br />(mimicking Veronica's Veil<i> /</i> The Sudarium) <br />ca. 1985<br />inkjet print<br /><i>Victoria & Albert Museum, London</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>Fragment</b><p></p><div>I strayed about the deck, an hour, tonight</div><div>Under a cloudy moonless sky; and peeped</div><div>In at the windows, watched my friends at table,</div><div>Or playing cards, or standing in the doorway,</div><div>Or coming out into the darkness. Still</div><div>No one could see me.</div><div><br /></div><div> I would have thought of them</div><div>– Heedless, within a week of battle – in pity,</div><div>Pride in their strength and in the weight and firmness</div><div>And linked beauty of bodies, and pity that</div><div>This gay machine of splendour'ld soon be broken,</div><div>Thought little of, pashed, scattered . . .</div><div><br /></div><div> Only, always,</div><div>I could but see them – against the lamplight – pass</div><div>Like coloured shadows, thinner than filmy glass,</div><div>Slight bubbles, fainter than the wave's faint light,</div><div>That broke to phosphorus out in the night,</div><div>Perishing things and strange ghosts – soon to die</div><div>To other ghosts – this one, or that, or I.</div><div><br /></div><div>– Rupert Brooke (1915)</div>Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564505924623095649noreply@blogger.com