Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Friday, December 17, 2021


The Triumphal Chariot of Maximilian I 
 by Albrecht Dürer.  
The canopy is adorned with the solar symbol and the imperial coat-of-arms. The inscription states: "That which the sun is in the heavens, the Emperor is on earth."

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Thursday, December 2, 2021

Wednesday, December 1, 2021


 by Julian Trevelyan
 (1910-1988)
"If I am lucky, the picture will paint itself"

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Wednesday, November 17, 2021


‘On the iPad I can catch the light very quickly — much faster than watercolour’: David Hockney’s latest spring portrait ‘No. 125’

Friday, November 5, 2021




Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864-1946) 

Editor of Camera Work, Number 44, 1913

Thursday, October 21, 2021


A stone carving depicting Xipe Tótec, a pre-Columbian god known as the Flayed Lord. Artifacts related to the deity were found in the central state of Puebla.
Credit...

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Tuesday, October 19, 2021


When viewed in full size, this image contains about 16 million pixels, each corresponding to a different color in the full set of RGB colors. The human eye can distinguish about 10 million different colors

Monday, October 18, 2021


A view of the Thames with Saint Paul's Cathedral from Blackfriars by Henry Pether (1828-1865) 

by John Constable

Sunday, September 26, 2021


 All you need is an audience of one  

photo by William Gedney

Tuesday, September 21, 2021


Portrait of a gentleman with his head in the clouds

 1802

Artist is John Cox Dillman Engleheart

Kew 1784 - 1862  


Thursday, September 16, 2021

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Thursday, August 12, 2021

Wednesday, July 28, 2021


 Alexander Calder
script

"When I priced the jewelry, I was thinking of what I should get. Say our prices should be 50% higher. [Two oversized instances of his last name.] In case you'd like to make a cut of my name."

Friday, July 16, 2021

Wednesday, May 19, 2021


A gigantic land figure (geoglyph), about 2,000 years old, depicting a reclining cat in the Nazca Desert in Peru.

A giant cat lying on a slope was found in the Nazca Desert, etched centuries ago with geoglyphs such as a hummingbird, ape, a killer whale, and a figure some have likened to an astronaut.

B.C. Dating between 200 and 100 years, the cat figure emerged during work to improve access to one of the hills. When the viewing platform is completed, it will allow visitors to see many geoglyphs in the region together.

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Monday, May 3, 2021

Wednesday, April 21, 2021


 Boy Sleeping at Table  

by Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin 

Cerilly 1823 - 1902 Nice


 Photo by William Eggleston

Pierre Le Tan's interior recreated at Sotheby's

Pierre Le Tan portrait of David Hockney

Monday, March 15, 2021


Firemen's Dinner for Brancusi 

1926 

Oil on canvas  

by Alexander Calder

Friday, February 26, 2021


Self-Portrait by Candelight,
 by Godefridus Schalcken 
 1659


 Artist: Francis Newton Souza  

1924-2002  

Portrait of John Russell

Saturday, January 30, 2021


The Conversion of the Proconsul also known as The Blinding of Elymas

 by Raphael

 about 1515 – 16

Tuesday, January 26, 2021


Amphora with octopus depictions

Minoan civilization, Crete. B.C. 15th century 

 located in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Thursday, January 14, 2021


Jean-Etienne Liotard (1702-89)  

Portrait of Philibert Cramer 

 circa 1758