Tag: Art
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Madonna
Madonna Romanesque Madonnas are not sweet. They look grave. They are fully aware of the responsible task that has ‘fallen into their lap’. Besides, they are a high point in the history of Western sculpture. Photo of the week: Detail from a Romanesque Virgin and Child, 12th cent., Musée Abbaye Royal de Brou, France 2024
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The king’s face
The king’s face An impressive portrait of an unknown king from the façade of a 12th century church. He looks serious, responsible, but it is foremost the humane expression of his face that draws me to him. Photo of the week: King from the façade of the Notre-Dame-de-la-Coudre, 1150-1200, Musée du Louvre-Lens, France 2024
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The hairpin and the hermaphrodite
The hairpin and the hermaphrodite The angular and the rounded. Two striking examples of two different cultural and artistic traditions. Photo of the week: Pin, c.100-700, Perou, and Hermaphroditus, c.130-150, Alexandria-Egypt, Musée du Louvre-Lens, France 2024
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Munch’s carpet
Munch’s carpet Munch has portrayed Wilhelm Wartmann several times; this is a detail of his portrait at the Kunsthaus in Zürich, of which he was the director during most of the first half of the 20th century. We see his feet on the corner of a carpet. Who would paint a carpet in such a…
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3 x Lady Tanetmit
3 x Lady Tanetmit When I look at ancient Egyptian art depicting people, I am often moved by the subtle beauty and refinement of a face, a mouth, a gaze. The thousands of years that separate us seem to vanish, and I feel as though I am standing face to face with the image of…
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Fleurie
Fleurie This may be a trompe l’oeil, but the good wines of Burgundy never deceive us. Photo of the week: Vineyard trompe l’oeil, Fleurie, France 2013
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Encounter at the ‘galerie du temps’ …
Encounter at the ‘galerie du temps’ … … between the faint reflection of a modern woman and a terracotta figure dating back more than two thousand five hundred years, as I saw it in the magnificent ‘galerie du temps’ at the Louvre-Lens museum in northern France. Photo of the week: Statue-vase in the form of…
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Stately beauty
Stately beauty Sculpture of a woman in a large empty space. All attention is drawn to her naked figure. A truly moving image. Giacometti has put her on a pedestal in the form of a chariot, which creates a strange tension. She is on view but doesn’t look a fool. On the contrary: straight and…
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Majestic distinction
Majestic distinction The pose of Diego, in spite of his loose-fitting sweater, is of majestic distinction. This is how Alberto has portrayed his brother, in his own unique style. Many of Giacometti’s sculptured figures, his thin ones too, show this characteristic distinction. It reflects the respectful, humane way Giacometti saw and approached his models. Photo…
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The artist at work
The artist at work On the picture by Ernst Scheidegger in the back we see Giacometti at work in his studio, surrounded by his sculptures. And on my picture you see Giacometti’s picture in turn surrounded by one of his sculptures and its reflections, creating layers of representation. Photo of the week: Alberto Giacometti, Bust…
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