In Kalf’s own hand the rind has a three-dimensional presence as it twists and turns
He holds the reins of his horse in his left hand, farther from us.
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
Century, Broadside: An Invitation to an Arms Competition, in or after 1501, woodcut, hand-colored
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Vernet", 1818, lithograph with hand coloring on wove paper, Rosenwald Collection,
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Artwork John Dowell, Philadelphia Song, 1981, aquatint in two shades of red with hand-coloring
Madame Vigée Le Brun was part of the world she painted and, like her aristocratic patrons, was under threat of the guillotine after the revolution. She was forced to flee Paris in disguise in 1789.
She sits with her left hand resting on her friend’s right shoulder, closer to her
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
Jan van Huysum was born in Amsterdam on April 15, 1682. His father, Justus van Huysum the Elder (1659–1716), was also an artist, as were Jan’s three brothers, Justus the Younger (1685–1707), Jacob (1688–1740), and Michiel (1703–1777).
Bruyn, Christian Josi · 1777, published 1821 · etching printed in brown ink and hand-colored
The short biblical account of the Flight into Egypt (Matt. 2:13–14) was elaborated upon by Early Christian and medieval theologians.
Both gaze downward to the bunch of green grapes Mary holds delicately in her left hand
