«The Art of Illumination: The Belles Heures de Jean, Duc de Berry» ran at The Metropolitan Museum of Art through June 13, 2010, «Pages of Gold» at The Morgan Library through September 13, 2009, and «The Origins of El Greco:
Icon Painting in Venetian Crete» at the Onassis Cultural Center through February 27, 2010.
The Limbourg brothers illuminate the International Style, «Pages of Gold» follows progress across Europe, and «
Icon Painting in Venetian Crete» takes El Greco from his origins to Italy.
Tempera painting continues to be used in Eastern and Southern Europe where it is the official medium for
icon paintings in the Greek and Russian Orthodox church.
Not exact matches
Matthew's story of the transfiguration becomes a luminous narrative
icon, a
painting in words that points beyond the text to the true reality of Christ, the light of the world.
I began to wander without ambition, finding myself first
in medieval
paintings and tapestries, walking through galleries of dark religious
icons.
From the vestments (which are really nothing more than the Fourth Century CE court clothing of the Eastern Roman Empire), the canonized saints (which are essentially «Christian» demigods that replaced the pagan pantheon), the numerous feast days and holy days (which replaced pagan holidays), the statues and
painted icons (which replaced pagan idols), and the episcopal structure (
in which «third sons» of landed aristocrats who had no hope of inheriting their fathers» titles and lands could become «princes of the church» with as much worldly comfort as the «first sons» and almost as much wealth and power), the Anglican Church was practically indistinguishable from the Roman Church except that they used English
in the Mass instead of Latin.
Many consider it the most beautiful
Icon in the world and perhaps the most beautiful
painting as well.
Art and such intellectual life as existed was nourished
in them, and the
icons were
painted which were means of strengthening the religious life and became prominent
in Russian Christianity.
The Olympics turned all of Athens into an Olympians Reunion Center, like one of those
paintings you see
in diners
in which Elvis, Brando, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe and a hundred other
icons are all packed into the same small frame.
Halima Aden and Carine Roitfeld talk diversity, feminism and social media The fashion industry is known for embracing sameness and tearing its subjects apart, however,
in Paper's interview with Carine Roitfeld and model Halima Aden, the two outspoken fashion
icons prove that they are trying to
paint a different picture: Throughout the conversation, the women discuss embracing diversity, championing body positivity, their thoughts on feminism and how to gently handle haters on social media.
Performances also featured style
icons such as Kylie Minogue, whose outfit was inspired by the traditional cockney pearly man, whilst Jessi J dazzled
in an Aztec patterned dress accessorized with patriotic Union Jack
painted nails, and Cheryl Cole got it totally wrong
in a floor sweeping wet look dress and caked on eye makeup.
Condon also likes to punctuate scenes with shortcut symbolism by having characters wear t - shirts with various
icons or having walls
painted with various iconic figures
in history (Che Guevara, Albert Einstein) as a way to draw parallels between Assange's story and the fight for information throughout history.
«Immerse yourself
in the disco - era world of Puerto Rican - born fashion
icon Antonio Lopez, who upended the industry with his vibrant illustrations while
painting the town with friends and lovers including Karl Lagerfeld, Grace Jones, Jessica Lange, and Jerry Hall.»
«Immerse yourself
in the disco - era world of Puerto Rican - born fashion
icon Antonio Lopez, who upended the industry with his vibrant illustrations while
painting the town with friends and lovers including Karl
The American sports car
icon continues to have a wide wide - ranging and enthusiastic fan base at Le Mans, extending as far and wide as hand -
painted Corvette murals on local buildings
in the small French town.
The big, touchable
icons on the desktop include a sample version of ArtRage 2, a
paint program, and Daum PotPlayer, a free video player whose Korean roots are evident
in the Hangul characters that ornament the English - language menus.
Fine linens on a queen - size bed, along with luxurious finishes, contemporary furniture and a beautiful hand -
painted flower mural, create a sophisticated environment
in African
Icon studio apartment.
In this Lesson, from John's «Acrylics: Watercolour Style» course, John shows you how to paint on icon townscape of London, using acrylics in a watercolour style - giving the translucent feel that watercolourists love but with the flexibility and forgiveness of acrylic pain
In this Lesson, from John's «Acrylics: Watercolour Style» course, John shows you how to
paint on
icon townscape of London, using acrylics
in a watercolour style - giving the translucent feel that watercolourists love but with the flexibility and forgiveness of acrylic pain
in a watercolour style - giving the translucent feel that watercolourists love but with the flexibility and forgiveness of acrylic
paint.
Among the trio of Target pieces is a vast 70 foot long mural, rendered
in bold red and white and mixing cute illustrated
icons alongside hand -
painted lettering and symbols.
The silhouette of the artist's head is a recurring
icon in the
paintings, a device that Dine uses to merge self - portraiture with his study of surface, texture and
paint itself.
In a time when the word icon can mean anything from commercialized images that flood the media to religious icons, the paintings of Linda Smith, Secular Icons, help to fill a void in contemporary lif
In a time when the word
icon can mean anything from commercialized images that flood the media to religious
icons, the paintings of Linda Smith, Secular Icons, help to fill a void in contemporary
icons, the
paintings of Linda Smith, Secular
Icons, help to fill a void in contemporary
Icons, help to fill a void
in contemporary lif
in contemporary life.
Hofmann, Mitchell, Pousette — Dart, Stamos, Hollis — Taggart Galleries, New York (October 30 — December 6) De la pierre à l'écran: Studio Franck Bordas, Paris, Le Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée, Brussels, Belgium (October 4, 2014 — January 11, 2015) Make it New: Abstract
Painting from the National Gallery of Art, 1950 — 1975, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts (August 2 — October 13) Joan Mitchell: Mémoires de paysage, Musée des Beaux - Arts de Caen, Caen, France (June 14 — September 21) Rothko to Richter: Mark - Making
in Abstract
Painting from the Collection of Preston H. Haskell, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey (May 24 — October 5) Mitchell, Benglis, Wilke, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts (May 19 — October 26) Hans Hofmann, Joan Mitchell, Sam Francis, Galerie Thomas Moderne, Munich, Germany (March 21 — May 17) Modern Masters: 20th Century
Icons from the Albright - Knox Art Gallery, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado (March 2 — June 8) Made
in the U.S.A.: American Masters from The Phillips Collection, 1850 — 1970, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. (March 1 — August 31) Grażyna Kulczyk Collection: Everybody is nobody for somebody, Fundacíon Banco Santander, Madrid, Spain (February 15 — June 15) Ed Clark: Big Bang, Tilton Gallery, New York (January 14 — February 22)
Kelly's Blue Green Yellow Orange Red, a
painting with stark vertical color panels, was named a Pratt Top 125
Icon in 2012 as part of the Institute's 125th anniversary celebration.
As we saw
in Tokyo, KAWS has been pushing further and further into multi-layered
paintings, hiding and revealing some of his
icons underneath bursts of color and line work.
Bridging the mediums of
painting and sculpture, the selection of
icons created between 1961 and 1964 connects the work that Flavin made early
in his career to the sculptures
in light for which he is remembered.
His
paintings of cakes, pies, pastries and toys, characteristically outlined
in multiple colors, became an
icon of American
painting.
Echoing lessons
in abstract expressionism, Benfield used a cell phone as an
icon to drive her
painting.
Previously hung
in the glass
Icon at MMoCA, the
painting will take on a new form
in the main galleries when it is suspended from the ceiling.
Mixing art historical references with images taken from the internet, their subject matter knows no limits: from
icons of popular culture such as Roy Orbison to much admired
paintings of the past such as Georges Seurat's Bathers at Asnières (1884); from the lonesome cowboys
in a Steven Spielberg film to the shocking photographs of Mexican photographer, Enrique Metinides.
The process by which the artworks are cast
in urethane add to the blankness, as the artist has to fill
in the puff stickers with
paint to recapture the pop culture
icons and weather them to recreate the look of the original.
Painted in 1957, on the cusp of the revolution of the American landscape with advent Highway act, this
painting demonstrates how Diebenkorn applied his characteristic saturated hues to the
icon of the automobile.
While I understood Ha's work on an intuitive level at the time of the exhibition, it was not until my visit to the artist's studio
in the winter of 2008 that I began to fully grasp the depth of his earlier burlap and barbed - wire
paintings, not only as signs of military repression made evident during the late 1970s, but also as spiritual works focused on transformation and resistance that could be read as
icons of the human condition.
Eduardo Arroyo could be said to fit within the pop art trend, on account of his interest
in the environment, his critique of our media culture which incorporates
icons of both mass media communication and the history of
painting, and his scorn for nearly all established artistic styles.
In Vicuña's paintings, religious icons are replaced by personal, political and literary figures, and some were previously exhibited in her 1973 exhibition (Pain Things & Explanations) at London's ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts
In Vicuña's
paintings, religious
icons are replaced by personal, political and literary figures, and some were previously exhibited
in her 1973 exhibition (Pain Things & Explanations) at London's ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts
in her 1973 exhibition (Pain Things & Explanations) at London's ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts).
It juxtaposes references ranging from very early
paintings depicting paradise to modern
paintings of industrial times, references Nietzsche as well as Bob Dylan, and shows the striking similarities of symbols found
in Mitla Oaxacan pyramids with that Atari video game
icons.
Mixing art historical references with images taken from the internet, the
paintings of Polish artist Wilhelm Sasnal (born 1972) borrow liberally from the image glut around us, appropriating anything from
icons of popular culture such as Roy Orbison to
paintings of the past such as Georges Seurat's «Bathers at Asnières» — from the lonesome cowboys
in a Steven Spielberg film to the photographs of Enrique Metinides.
Grant Wood's American Gothic — the double portrait of a pitchfork - wielding farmer and a woman commonly presumed to be his wife — is perhaps the most recognizable
painting in 20th century American art, an indelible
icon of Americana, and certainly Wood's most famous artwork.
It has almost become a ubiquitous pop
icon but also very folk
in the sense that people are inspired to make a
painting of a lion on the wall.
Though the work
in the exhibition utilizes various genres and media, the strength of much of Thomas's work is clearly rooted
in a deep investment
in the history of
painting, its long tradition of masters and masterpieces, and the generations of audiences that have accepted its tropes and
icons.
For over twenty - five years, Peter Halley's geometric
paintings have been engaged
in a play of relationships between what he calls «prisons» and «cells» —
icons that reflect the increasing geometricization of social space
in the world
in which we live.
As the exhibit progresses, animals become more prominent, finally exploding
in the last gallery with dynamic
paintings of birds, including a magnificent Raven with the brooding intensity of a religious
icon on a monumental scale more usually associated with contemporary realism.
«The international art and fashion
icon's first museum retrospective
in the United States features multiple never - before - seen works and massive
paintings - some stretching over 60 - feet long -
in addition to his famous sculptures and anime - inspired characters and illustrations.
This
painting, which Juliana Force and Gertrude Whitney purchased
in 1930, was a centerpiece of the Whitney Museum's inaugural exhibition and immediately became an
icon of the collection.
Trevor Schoonmaker talks near a
painting by Fahamu Pecou, Nunna My Heros: After Barkley Hendricks» «
Icon for My Man Superman,» 1969, a work of art
in the museum's collection.
His work is not sensuous nor does he offer expressive paintwork, and his work disassociates itself from almost all other
painting in the history of art: except Mondrian, Suprematism and Russian
icon painting.
She has had the unique honor to work with the American
icon and space pioneer on a number of portraits, both
in painting and sculpture, and her portraits of Captain Lovell are
in the permanent collection of the Naval Academy Museum, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center.
Thus, Sadie Laska's expressionist
paintings feature abstracted, genderless figures
in frenzies meant to suggest «avatars and
icons emerging from the basic problems surrounding identity
in the digital age,» notes a gallery statement.
Interested
in the traditional fields of
icon -
painting and folk art, he later transferred his attention to the most modern avant - garde trends
in Russia and Western Europe, more precisely Paris.
Frida Kahlo
painted her life story
in 55 small but powerful self - portraits, like Self - Portrait with Monkey, 1938, on view
in Modern Masters: 20th Century
Icons from the Albright - Knox Gallery.
Brazilian artist, Ana Smile, has created a bit of controversy with her company Santa Blasphemy, which creates plaster religious statues
painted in the form of pop - culture
icons such as Batman, Frida Kahlo, Catwoman, Captain Hopper, The Joker, and Minnie Mouse.