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Frederic Edwin Church, Coast Scene, Mount Desert (Sunrise off the Maine Coast), 1863. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford.

Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 4

The introduction to this series, about the Wadsworth family and the Wadsworth Atheneum, is here. For all posts in the series, click here. This week we continue with Hudson River…

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Frederic Edwin Church, View of Quebec, 1846. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford. Photo copyright © 2020 Dianne L. Durante

Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 3

The introduction to this series, about the Wadsworth family and the Wadsworth Atheneum, is here. For all posts in the series, click here. The next few posts will be Hudson…

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Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 2

The introduction to this series, about the Wadsworth family and the Wadsworth Atheneum, is here. When my husband and I visited the Wadsworth for the first time in October, we…

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Read more about the article Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 1
Thomas Cole. View of Monte Video, Seat of Daniel Wadsworth, 1828.

Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 1

A few weeks ago a friend told me, “Hartford's a weird town with a truly great museum.” A search on TripAdvisor turned up the Wadsworth Atheneum: the oldest continually operating…

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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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Read more about the article 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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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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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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Read more about the article 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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