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Speaking of Art (Business of Art, 2)

Posted on March 3, 2018 by Dianne L. DuranteApril 13, 2018

Almost 20 years ago, I wrote a couple dozen essays on the history of painting for BeyondBooks.com, a subscription service that provided online supplementary materials for high-school students. The site’s owners have given me permission to publish the essays (copyright … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Painting | Tagged Business of Art

Buying and Selling Art (Business of Art, 1)

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Dianne L. DuranteApril 13, 2018

Almost 20 years ago, I wrote a couple dozen essays on the history of painting for BeyondBooks.com, a subscription service that provided online supplementary materials for high-school students. The site’s owners have given me permission to publish the essays (copyright … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Painting, Sculpture | Tagged Business of Art

Art and History, 1807-1815

Posted on January 20, 2018 by Dianne L. DuranteApril 4, 2018

Second in a series: the first, with the introduction and the years 1801-1806, is here. 1807 Major events: Peninsular War (1807-1814) began as the French invaded Portugal, which offended Napoleon by trading with Great Britain. Caspar David Friedrich, Cairn in Snow, … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Fiction, History, Literature, Maps, Painting, Poetry, Sculpture

Art and History, 1801-1806

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Dianne L. DuranteApril 4, 2018

Prowling through my database of art recommendations past, present, and future, I noticed that quite a few of the artworks come from the first 15 years of the nineteenth century. In this post and the next, I’ll put those works … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Decorative Arts, Fiction, History, Maps, Music, Opera, Painting, Poetry, Sculpture

New in Print: Three Books on Alexander Hamilton

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Dianne L. DuranteAugust 4, 2018

Now available: Alexander Hamilton: A Brief Biography and Alexander Hamilton: A Friend to America, volumes 1 and 2. (The “sell sheet” with all the information below is available as a PDF.) Print version of all three volumes available on Barnes … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Alexander Hamilton

Elijah Boardman, by Ralph Earl (Metropolitan Museum Favorites, 22)

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Dianne L. DuranteApril 5, 2018

Elijah Boardman (1760-1823) In 1790, when Elijah was thirty years old, John Ramage painted his two-inch high portrait on ivory. From it, you’d probably recognize Elijah if you met him on the street. But … Ralph Earl’s portrait of Elijah, painted … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Painting | Tagged Hamilton, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clodion’s Balloon Monument (Metropolitan Museum Favorites, 19)

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Dianne L. DuranteApril 5, 2018

Even in an era when scientific discoveries were being made with astonishing rapidity, man’s first piloted flight in 1783 ranked as an awe-inspiring event. The Montgolfier brothers began experimenting with balloon flight in southeast France during the summer of 1782. … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Sculpture | Tagged Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sculpture

Booker T. Washington

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Dianne L. DuranteApril 5, 2018

My favorite short story by Dorothy Canfield Fisher is “The Washed Window,” which centers on Booker T. Washington. Fisher’s story was published in 1955, forty years after Washington’s death. I decided to flip through his autobiography to see if Fisher … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Sculpture | Tagged New York City sculpture

Daniel Webster (Central Park, New York)

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Dianne L. DuranteApril 5, 2018

This post is adapted from the forthcoming Guides Who Know app on Central Park. Fame … The national reputation of “the god-like Daniel” dates to 1830. Two years earlier, no less a person than the vice president of the United … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Sculpture | Tagged Central Park, New York City sculpture

Seven Liberal Arts: Rhetoric

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Dianne L. DuranteApril 5, 2018

The purpose of the liberal arts: clarification In my post on Grammar, I stated that the liberal arts were originally intended to provide the knowledge that a person needed to participate in a free society, and I asked: “What essential skills … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, History, Painting | Tagged Liberal Arts

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