I took a look at some of the March saints, especially ones for March 4. Saint Casimir of Poland, listed as a patron of Poland turned up first. He lived in the 1400's, and was a grandson of King Jagiello who married one of my favorites, Saint Jadwig. Saint Casimir was not Jadwig’s granddaughter. Jadwig’s [...]
Category: art in other museums
Snow, snow, beautiful snow.
The Shy Museum Goer dropped a lovely blog post about snow over the weekend. https://theshymuseumgoer.com/2025/01/05/the-fine-art-of-depicting-snow/ She says that snow was first found in Western European art in the 1500's. Go check out Pieter Bruegel's painting of the Epiphany in the snow. Diane Tucker is always fun. The Jericho Society has images from the Vermont enthusiast, [...]
Merry Christmas Eve
The Presentation O-Sek Bang, 1974 from an exhibit at the Marian Library at University of Dayton, in 2006. Madonnas of the Morning Calm: Sacred Images from Korea was an exhibit at the University of Dayton's Marian Center in 2006. It featured a Korean artist, O-Sek Bang. The promotional material says that "Ms. Bang, whose grandparents [...]
Still life with paper plates.
I absolutely enjoy reading about the artists featured on Diane Tucker’s blog, The Shy Museumgoer. She’s dropped a new post and I whipped right through reading it. https://theshymuseumgoer.com/2024/09/18/thiebaud-cake-and-freeway-paintings/ Then I went back for a slower appreciation. Tucker discusses the artist, Wayne Thiebaud, who I guess is very modern. But when I say that, all I [...]
The cry is all for Giotto now…
Diane Tucker wrote the loveliest blog post on the frescoes done by Giotto, in a chapel called the Scrovegni. The pictures are glorious. I would only add that, when I read the story I didn’t pay enough attention to the picture showing the entire chapel interior. Look closely and realize that all the frescoes are [...]
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