A Scholarly Skater
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Why You Should Visit Art Galleries
Art galleries provide free opportunities to see art in person, and they are generally a lot less intimidating than you might think.
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Nine Tips for Studying Art History on Your Own
There are many resources but little guidance for those studying art history on their own. If art history is part of your personal curriculum, here’s how to get the most out of your study.
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What is Attribution?
Understand attribution, the process by which art historians make educated suppositions about who made an artwork when they don’t know the artist for sure.
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Cocktails with a Curator, the Book
Cocktails with a Curator (2022) is the book version of the Frick Collection’s wildly-popular 2020-21 video series of the same title.
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Prehistoric Art as a Fundamental Element of Humanity
Discoveries of artworks created up to 45,000 years ago prove that making and using visual images is an ancient and fundamental part of being human.
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How Viewing Art is Good for Your Mental Health
Studies suggest that looking at art can increase happiness, decrease stress and anxiety, improve cognition, help us be mindful, and connect us to the past.
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French Tradition at Delaware’s Nemours Estate
During a recent visit to Wilmington, DE, I visited Nemours Estate, the unforgettable home and formal gardens of industrialist Alfred I. Dupont.
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The Narbonne Cathedral Dog Gargoyle
Enjoy this photo, sent in by a reader, of a Saint Bernard dog gargoyle from the cathedral of Saint-Just and Saint-Pasteur in Narbonne, France.
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The Garima Gospels: Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts in Ethiopia
The Garima Gospels, two gospel books from northern Ethiopia, may be the oldest surviving illuminated Christian manuscripts in the entire world.
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Have a Sublime Halloween
Enjoy a few of my favorite Sublime landscape paintings, which are definitely frightening enough for Halloween.
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Orsola Maddalena Caccia at the Met
The Met’s acquisition of three works by little-known 16th-century painter Orsola Maddalena Caccia made headlines in late 2020.
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In Celebration of Medieval Enamels
I have recently gained a new appreciation for medieval enamels. Here’s some of what I’ve learned about this colorful, shiny, and wonderful art form.
