An age-old artwork can sometimes distort the truth. This was certainly the case for Rembrandt’s “Portrait of a Young Woman” at the Allentown Art Museum, in Pennsylvania. For more than four decades, visitors to the museum viewed the portrait not as a work by Rembrandt but by his workshop. In the 1970s, art experts mistakenly deattributed…
Taking You There: Frederic Remington Hurls You Into the Wild West With ‘The Rattlesnake’
There are eras in American history from the colonial days to the revolution, then Manifest Destiny, stretching our nation to the far sea. First came mountain men, then pioneers and buckskin heroes like Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett, “Wild Bill” Hickok and “Buffalo Bill” Cody, who captured our national imagination. The Civil War erupted and…
Choosing Compassion: ‘ A Tear for a Drop of Water’
February 22, 2021
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What are monsters? We often consider them dangerously different people, creatures, and things that loom on the outskirts of our lives. We construct societies with agreed-upon standards, norms, and laws to benefit our livelihood and safety. Monsters are the very things that challenge and disrupt our sense of security and self-esteem. We can learn a…
Bavarian Rococo Joy: The Pilgrim Church of Wies
On June 14, 1738, in Wies, Bavaria, part of the Holy Roman Empire, a wooden figure of Christ appeared to shed tears. Inspired by the incredulous event, pilgrims from across Europe began to visit the tiny chapel that was built in 1740 to house the figure. So many pilgrims visited the chapel that the nearby Steingaden…
Remarkable English Renaissance Wall Hangings: ‘The Noble Women’
February 18, 2021
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On the top floor of Hardwick Hall, five wall hangings of noblewomen—Zenobia, Lucretia, Cleopatra, Penelope, and Artemisia—once adorned the high walls of Bess of Hardwick’s small private chamber. These women were not only of noble birth but also of noble character, bringing to mind all 16th-century womanly virtues. During the Renaissance, there was renewed interest…
Raphael’s Divine ‘Acts of the Apostles’ Drawings
Visitors to London’s Victoria and Albert Museum will soon be able to see seven of Raphael’s sublime cartoons, depicting the life of St. Paul and St. Peter, the fathers of the Christian church, in the museum’s newly refurbished Raphael Court. The refurbished gallery was due to open last year, to mark the 500th anniversary of Raphael’s death….
Reconnecting to the Goodness of the Universe: ‘Pythagoreans Celebrate Sunrise’
When I lived in New York, there were nights when I would go to my building’s roof to look out into the heavens. In the city, the tall buildings and their lights would obscure the night sky and dim the brilliance of its stars. Amid the city’s hustle and bustle, it often felt like we…
The Sublime ‘Church of Gold’: St. Mark’s Basilica, in Venice, Italy
From dawn to dusk, the golden mosaics on the façade of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice shimmer and shine to differing degrees. The constantly shifting sunlight seems to bring endless dramatic effects to the mosaic pictures that depict mainly religious life. The mosaics were first created in 1071, and developed over eight centuries to cover around…
Revealing Love in a ‘New’ Vermeer Painting
Standing by an open window, a young lady is engrossed in reading a letter. On a table in the foreground, a bowl of fruit seems to have been toppled, spilling some of its contents onto a colorful and richly woven “rug.” Perhaps, the lady toppled the bowl in her haste to read the letter she grips…
An American Renaissance Gem: ‘Mr. Morgan’s Jewel Case’
Ancient Greek, Roman, and Renaissance art and architecture gloriously unite in the McKim Building that houses the late financier John Pierpont Morgan’s library. In 1902, Morgan hired Charles F. McKim, of the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, to build a library next to Morgan’s brownstone on 36th Street and Madison Avenue, in New York. …
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