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Russ’ Art Blog: Mount Etna from Taormina
Imagine then how absolutely amazing it was for me to walk into the Thomas Cole Room at the Wadsworth Atheneum
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Russ’ Art Blog: The Young Lady with the Shiner
One of the nice things about being in an art museum is the chance to take in a surprise painting, one that you didn’t expect to see.
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This Week’s Art: Expulsion – Moon and Firelight
This is Thomas Cole’s Expulsion – Moon and Firelight (1828, Oil on canvas, 35 7/8 in x 47 7/8 in), one of those pieces that I find very inspiring. It’s a bit different than the images by Cole that I normally cite (like his Course of the Empire series, Read more…
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This Week’s Art: Arnold Böcklin
Here’s another week of art commentary, please let me know your thoughts on the art or other comments, and I will be posting this on my MySpace as well. This is Arnold Bocklin’s Self-portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle (oil on canvas, 1872). I like alot of Bocklin’s work, and Read more…