26/12/2020
Merry Christmas
🎄 Merry Christmas from all of us at the National Gallery!
Jan Brueghel seems to have squeezed a whole world into his tiny picture. A crowd waits patiently for a turn to come closer to the little child on his mother’s knee. The baby is bare, to show us that he’s a real human baby, but the silvery arrow of light tells us something more. The old man kneeling is a king. He wears no crown and neither do the kings on either side of him. It’s the child that wears the true crown – a delicate halo that would outshine any earthly crown, for it announces him as the Son of God. Brueghel’s delicate picture was made to be handled. It was a talking point but also a reminder of a great religious event. Its owner would have enjoyed the strange mixture of beauty and ugliness that the artist often put into his pictures, bringing everyday people into incidents of great significance: https://bit.ly/37nwqhH
12/09/2020
https://tribuna-magazine.com/liviu-epuras-sau-arheologia-cautarii/
Liviu Epuraş sau arheologia căutării – Tribuna Magazine
Liviu Epuraş sau arheologia căutăriiMihai PlămădealăLucrările lui Liviu Epuraş pot fi încadrate în numeroase genuri, stiluri şi curente, majoritatea derivate cu prefixul „post”, dar indiferent de materialele, tehnicile sau diversitatea, dusă uneori până la divergență a imaginilor...
22/07/2020
Many happy returns of the day!
Happy 123rd birthday Tate Britain! 🎉 The gallery opened its doors to the public in 1897, displaying a small collection of British artists across eight rooms. Do you remember your first visit? https://bit.ly/30sEdpY
01/07/2020
was named after Julius Caesar, shown here in this 1698 print.
Julius Caesar was born in 100 BC during the Roman month of Quintilis, but it was renamed Iulius (July) by the Roman Senate after his death in 44 BC.
Find out how all the months got their names in this blog: http://ow.ly/nqE730oAsRF
01/05/2020
Happy 1st of May!
is named after the Greek goddess Maia, shown seated on a cloud in this 18th-century print.
The mythical twins Castor and Pollux are show above her – the zodiac sign of Gemini starts in May. The artist, Jacobus Harrewyn, made a series of prints illustrating the months of the year – see the full set here: http://ow.ly/WyFI30qC4OA
Find out how all the months got their names in this blog: http://ow.ly/nqE730oAsRF
15/04/2020
Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452.
This detailed drawing uses a highly skilled technique called silverpoint, which uses a fine metal stylus to render the image – mistakes are very hard to correct.
The medium was popular in the Early Renaissance, and many young artists were trained in the technique as it required control, discipline and patience.
Look closely and you’ll discover all sorts of fine detail in this masterful work.
15/04/2020