When Dutch artist Willem van Aelst painted dead animals, did he use the images to grapple with the full circle of life?
look for hunting-season or slaughter-day pictures that remind me of conflicted emotions
Son of Daddo di Simone, Bernardo is recorded for the first time in the registers of the Arte dei Medici e Speziali when he enrolled in the guild (which also included artists) between 1312 and 1320.[1] By this date he must have been a firmly established painter, as the reconstruction of his oeuvre also suggests; presumably, he had been born by the last decade of the thirteenth century, if not earlier.
scale reveal — albeit below a veil of modesty and discretion — strong emotions
A pair of portraits of Emilia di Spilimbergo and her younger sister Irene was begun in about 1558, most likely in anticipation of their prospective marriages. The initial reason may have been to present two highly eligible, aristocratic young women to potential husbands, or the portraits may have been intended as permanent mementos for the sisters’ family after they were married.
painted contemporaneously, the motif probably alludes to the turbulent state of her emotions
contrast contexts and media in which viewers encounter images that influence ideas, emotions
Looking up in amazement as Christ ascends into heaven are the twelve apostles. Kneeling with them is the Virgin, the only one to have a halo.
Further, the faces of the apostles reveal a broad variety of human emotions.
In her figurative and floral canvases, the Chicago-based painter explores her intersections.
she used texture and space to lay out her memories of a specific place and her emotions
Artists in the United States are protected under the First Amendment, which guarantees freedoms of speech and press. This module features works created by artists with a range of perspectives and motivations.
What thoughts, emotions, and questions does this work raise for you?
Mexico subjects he had done in New York and that, set apart from his own personal emotions
In her tribute to the late George Morrison, Ojibwe artist Andrea Carlson asks, how can Indigenous artists be called back to the land?
Perhaps my emotions about seeing the names Chippewa City and Grand Marais on George
When you think about the US West, what images and stories come to mind?
What emotions do you think the men in Refregier’s print are feeling?
