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1 day ago · The Art of Dying. A brief history of The Met’s artist obituary scrapbooks. James Moske. October 16, 2024. In 1906, an assistant curator of paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art began collecting current newspaper obituaries of recently deceased artists. Arthur D’Hervilly, who started his Met career as a guard in 1894 and worked his way ...
Oct 9, 2024 · The ramifications of her decision are laid bare for the viewer. Dressed as a bride of Christ, the novice's austere clothing contrasts with the sumptuous garb of those standing on the river bank. While her family lament her departure, she holds a prayer book and looks away solemnly, appearing resolute. in her choice.
Oct 9, 2024 · An embroidery created by a fourteen- or fifteen- year-old girl signaled that she was properly educated by prosperous parents. Lydia used silk thread and watercolor on silk to create this scene of mourning, which its symbols depict. The urn symbolizes both the corporeal remains of the body and the container of the body’s ashes.
Sep 30, 2024 · Arthur Hughes and Peter Sandys-Clarke in The King's Speech at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury. Photo: Alex Brenner Revival of the drama based on the popular 2010 film highlights the vast...
2 days ago · As in the book that informed the exhibition, “Portraits in Life and Death” in Venice brings together two bodies of work: a group of New York portraits taken in 1974 and 1975, mainly of figures ...
Oct 8, 2024 · “The dedication and daring and absence of venality of the artists whose work mattered to me seemed, well, normal,” Sontag wrote, late in life, looking back at the time when these pictures were ...
4 days ago · The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 American made-for-television biographical film which aired as a mini-series on the CBS network, made a year after Hughes' death and based on Noah Dietrich's book Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes. Tommy Lee Jones plays Hughes.
