Work of the Week: Jackie (Gold) 1964 by Andy Warhol next to Timken's Anthony Van Dyck, Mary Villers, Lady Herbert of Shurland, 1636.
Because of the success he enjoyed throughout his career, we know a lot about the life of Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641). He was born in Antwerp, the seven...
Work of the Week: Russian Icon
Anonymous Russian Artist, "Literacy is the Path to Communism," c. 1920 (Duke University Libraries.)
Work of the Week: Claude Gellée, Pastoral Landscape, 1646-47
The essential trick of the old pastoral, which was felt to imply a beautiful relation between rich and poor, was to make simple people express strong fe...
Work of the Week: Albert Bierstadt, Cho-Looke, The Yosemite Fall, 1864
Certain art objects are familiar because we recognize their subject matter and we understand the historical circumstances that surrounded their creation...