Madonna and Child by Anonymous Artist http://www.nga.gov/artworks/123-madonna-and-child
She rests the long fingers of one hand on the baby’s shin and braces his side torso
She rests the long fingers of one hand on the baby’s shin and braces his side torso
In this series, chefs, farmers, historians, scholars, and other thinkers share their takes on food, consumption, cooking, and eating.
pimento cheese appetizer on the menu, and the bartenders take chest-swelling pride in hand-cutting
This biblical narrative, recounted in 1 Samuel 25:2–42, describes an episode during David’s exile in the wilderness in southern Judah. David, in need of provisions, sent some of his men to request aid from a wealthy sheep farmer named Nabal, whose herd David had let graze unmolested all winter.
She holds her left hand, on our right, to her chest and her other hand gestures down
On her lap is an oval shaped palette: the thumb of her left hand hooks through the
Rechter Hand auf der Seite steht des Malers ausgeschreibener Name wit der Jahrzahl
Century, Broadside: An Invitation to an Arms Competition, in or after 1501, woodcut, hand-colored
Gentile da Fabriano’s patrons were princes, the church, and various city governments as well as the customary merchant clients. His art has a cosmopolitan flavor, in which brilliant color, textural richness, and ornamental pattern are combined.
His right hand, on our left, reaches up to gesture at her neckline.
knapsack hangs across her torso, and she braces the barrel of a rifle with her right hand
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand:
During the 1960s and 1970s the fate and future of painting was a hotly contested subject on the New York art scene. It is especially telling, then, that Alfred Jensen’s paintings were acclaimed during this period by two of the very artists—Donald Judd and Allan Kaprow—who were otherwise leading the assault on painting in favor of new art forms such as minimal sculpture and assemblage.
On the one hand, the painting demonstrates Jensen’s longstanding exploration of color