Week 5: The rise of romanticism We will look at the birth of romanticism in painting by following the career of Goya, who began as a rococo artist, became a neoclassic artist, and ended his long ...
14 years after the artist’s death from cancer. “Affinities Revealed” takes as its theme the major inspiration Polke drew from Spanish painter Francisco de Goya, over 1,200 of whose works ...
Joyce J. Scott is an African-American artist best known for her depictions of racially and politically charged subjects, crafted from bead work. Also working with jewelry and glass, Scott’s works are ...
Kerry James Marshall discusses the importance of debunking myths about being an artist, and his 2008 exhibition Black Romantic at Jack Shainman Gallery. ART21: Can you say a little about the title of ...
To some extent, all Romanticism has its origins in darkness, coming in the wake of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake that introduced fear into the age of reason. ‘Reason’s Sleep Produces Monsters’ proclaims ...
Amidst the popularization of race science and rapid colonial expansion that characterized the Romantic era, newly urgent discussions about the morality and legality of slavery emerged that would pave ...
This was a year whose high points included Joan Jonas’s luminous survey, the extravaganza “PST ART,” and the 24-karat beauty of a show “Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350.” ...
"This year's show is titled 'The Sleep of Reason' and is based on Goya's El Sueño ... it isn't the most romantic notion," she says. "We all want to find the next big artist, but purchases purely ...