| Blog series by naomi weiss | updated 36 days ago | 5 parts | 1927 reads | 38 comments total |
Part 1: Jesus the Gingy 'Jew Boy' Joiner
”Christ in the House of His Parents”—John Everett Millais (1829-1896)LinkThis painting, or rather the harsh criticism it received, was the catalyst for Ruskin’s relationship with John Everett Millais, and pitted him against the Royal Society (people like Dickens who really liked Joshua Reynolds). Click here= for his letter to The Times which established the relationship between Ruskin and the Pre-Raphaelites in the Victorian consciousness. Most woodworkers would pro...
Part 2: The Carpenter and the Shadow of Death
If you thought the last painting was out of control, this one will blow you away. It’s pretty graphic. Since i’m not satisfied with the formatting on this blog (prob my fault, not LJ), i’m just going to put a link below to my main blog below. Enjoy! http://gradstudentadd.blogspot.com/2009/09/william-holman-hunt-shadow-of-death.html
Part 3: Woodworking and Wittgenstein
http://gradstudentadd.blogspot.com/2009/10/woodworking-wittgenstein.html
Part 4: Another Depiction of Jesus as a Carpenter
This painting, from 1620, entitled ‘The Childhood of Christ’ was executed by Gerrit Van Honthurst, a Dutch painter from Utrecht. He travelled to Italy to imitate Caravaggio. In fact, loads of Dutch artists took the trip, and were known as the Dutch Caravaggisti. For an excellent intro to Caravaggio, Simon Schama’s The Power of Art is fantastic. He’s refreshingly funny, so he makes art history particularly exciting! Here’s the first part. By clicking it, you c...
Part 5: A Wittgenstein Wochenendbeilage
There are loads more cool things about Wittgenstein. Since his family was minted, he chilled with so many of his generation’s elite—especially the artistic elite. I suppose one way of putting it would be that when you walk into the Neue Galerie on 5th Ave., you’re pretty much entering Wittgenstein’s world.For the better format of this post, click here. This painting by Klimt is of Wittgenstein’s sister, also known as Margaret Stonborough (1905). Wittgenstein&#...
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