Mother Goose in Central Park
Roth, Mother Goose. Central Park. Photo copyright © 2020 Dianne L. Durante

Mother Goose in Central Park

Roth, Mother Goose. Central Park. Photo copyright © 2020 Dianne L. Durante Date: 1938Sculptor: Frederick George Richard RothMedium & size: Granite, lifesize.Location: Central Park near East Drive at 72nd St.,…

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Issues re Getting More Enjoyment from Paintings You Love, part 2b
Works at the Frick Collection by Holbein, Vermeer, and Bellini. Photos: Wikipedia

Issues re Getting More Enjoyment from Paintings You Love, part 2b

Earlier this year I published Getting More Enjoyment from Sculpture You Love, a collection of essays on how to look closely at sculpture. One of my upcoming projects is a companion volume, Getting…

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Issues re Getting More Enjoyment from Paintings You Love, part 2a
Works at the National Gallery, London, by Campin, Hals, Rembrandt, Degas, Titian, Caravaggio, Watteau, El Greco, RUbens, Kalf, and Ruisdael. Photos: Wikipedia

Issues re Getting More Enjoyment from Paintings You Love, part 2a

Earlier this year I published Getting More Enjoyment from Sculpture You Love, a collection of essays on how to look closely at sculpture. One of my upcoming projects is a companion volume, Getting…

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Issues re Getting More Enjoyment from Paintings You Love, part 1
Works at the National Gallery, Washington: Bellini, Vermeer, Gossaert, El Greco, Inness. At the Fogg Museum, Cambridge: Ruisdael. At the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto: Rembrandt. Photos: Wikipedia

Issues re Getting More Enjoyment from Paintings You Love, part 1

Earlier this year I published Getting More Enjoyment from Sculpture You Love, a collection of essays on how to look closely at sculpture. One of my upcoming projects is a…

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Visiting the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, part 5
John Singer Sargent, Portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1888. Gardner Museum, Boston. Photo copyright © 2020 Dianne L. Durante

Visiting the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, part 5

I’ve posted earlier on my five favorites from the Gardner Museum (see here), but those were chosen from artworks I found on the Net. In August 2020, I visited the Gardner…

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Visiting the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, part 4
School of Veronese, Marriage of Hebe, ca. 1580-1589. Gardner Museum, Boston. Photo copyright © 2020 Dianne L. Durante

Visiting the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, part 4

I’ve posted earlier on my five favorites from the Gardner Museum (see here), but those were chosen from artworks I found on the Net. In August 2020, I visited the Gardner…

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Visiting the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, part 3
Carlo Crivelli, St. George and the Dragon, 1470. Gardner Museum, Boston. Photo copyright © 2020 Dianne L. Durante

Visiting the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, part 3

I’ve posted earlier on my five favorites from the Gardner Museum (see here), but those were chosen from artworks I found on the Net. In August 2020, I visited the Gardner…

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Brookgreen Gardens, June 2020: part 9
Anna Hyatt Huntington, Lion (second of a pair), 1930. Photo copyright © 2020 Dianne L. Durante

Brookgreen Gardens, June 2020: part 9

I’ve posted on Brookgreen Gardens before (see here), cropping the photos to show just the sculptures. But one of the marvelous features of Brookgreen is that many of the sculptures have a small…

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