Friday, July 30, 2010

Did You Know? :: Jean-Michel Basquiat, "Flash in Naples," 1983

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Jean-Michel Basquiat was an artist from Brooklyn, New York. He was born December 22, 1960; he died August 12, 1988, after a short but meteor...

Did You Know? :: Pablo Picasso, "Musical Instruments and Fruit Bowl on a Pedestal," 1913

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Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Clito Ruiz y Picasso, known as P...

Thinking about the Altered Landscape

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Patricia Nelson Limerick’s essay in NMA’s 1999 book The Altered Landscape considers the meaning of the word ‘altered’ as it is used to des...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Did You Know? Tim Hawkinson: Totem

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BIOGRAPHY Tim Hawkinson was born in 1960 in San Francisco. He graduated from Cal State San Jose and later earned his MFA from UCLA. He curr...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Views from China: Yang Yongliang and the Modern Metropolis

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Did You Know? :: Views from China: Yang Yongliang and the Modern Metropolis Yang Yongliang, Viridescence, Stock World , 2009. Inkjet print o...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Gee's Bend and Printmaking @ Paulson Bott Press

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Click here for a short video about Gee's Bend at Paulson Bott Press Click here for a short video about intaglio printmaking at Paulson B...
Friday, February 12, 2010

For a Little Fun...

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Did You Know :: Penelope Gottlieb: No $ Down

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Penelope Gottlieb: No $ Down Introduction Penelope Gottlieb was born in Los Angeles and grew up next to the infamous housing development, Mt...

Docent Note: A Timeline for Raphael's Life

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A Timeline for Raphael 1483 – Raphael is born in Urbino, Northeastern Italy, on Good Friday.. His father, Giovanni Santi, is an artist and ...

Docent Note: Getting to Know La Velata

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Getting to Know La Velata Suppose someone finds a picture of you 500 years from now. What could they figure out about you? This picture i...

Docent Note: La Velata

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LA VELATA We have only one painting to consider here, but it is probably Raphael’s crowning achievement in the field of portraiture. Raphae...

Docent Note: Raphael and the Renaissance

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RAPHAEL AND THE RENAISSANCE Art historians will forever argue about when the Renaissance began, and exactly what it was. They are all in agr...

Raphael: The Woman with the Veil Tour Blueprint

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January 9 – March 21, 2010 Introduction The exhibition of Raphael: The Woman with the Veil is presented by the E.L. Wiegand Foundation’s Ar...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Monsters and Maidens: Amphora Pottery of the Art Nouveau Era Tour Blueprint

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Exhibition Dates: November 1, 2009-April 11, 2010 Introduction Between 1892 and 1918 the Amphora Pottery Company manufactured thousands of r...
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Rembrandt: The Embrace of Darkness and Light Tour Blueprint

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Exhibition Dates: November 7-January 18, 2010 Introduction Rembrandt: The Embrace of Darkness and Light consists of over one hundred prints...