Tag Archives: Art

1906: Martyr

Posted on February 23, 2020 by

F. Holland Day – Saint Sebastian (1906) Although the traditional iconography shows Saint Sebastian pierced by arrows, this is not actually how he dies and becomes a martyr. The 13th century Legenda aurea, a collection of hagiographies by Jacobus de … Continue reading →

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1800: Portrait of an Eye

Posted on February 22, 2020 by

Eye portrait brooches from early 19th century England. All at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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1894: River

Posted on February 17, 2020 by

Peder Mørk Mønsted: A Summer River Landscape (1894)

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1890: Night Scene

Posted on February 6, 2020 by

Levi Wells Prentice: Untitled [Night Scene, Smith’s Lake]; I guessed at the date.

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2018: New City

Posted on February 5, 2020 by

Rim Lee: New City (2018); from a series.

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1927: Festival

Posted on February 2, 2020 by

Maruja Mallo: La Verbena [The Festival] (1927)

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1964: The Street

Posted on January 28, 2020 by

Romare Bearden: The Street (1964)

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