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Been a bit fashion obsessed lately. Today building a lecture on propaganda of absolute monarchy & Louis XIV (age 14) declaring himself the sun in a 13-hr long, overnight ballet (Le ballet de la nuit, 1653) seems to be a good example. Louis's costumes by Henri de Gissey.
Käthe Kollwitz, Bread! (1924), lithograph. Part of the print portfolio entitled 'Starvation' made to raise money for Workers International Relief, an organisation created 'neutralise the agitation caused by international capitalism'.
Me trying to sleep in January 2021.
Also, me attempting a meme.
(perhaps better know as Meret Oppenheim's Portrait de femme, les yeux, 1965, ink on paper)
Today, I build a lecture on Baroque art, materiality & process with a dash of art market.
Details from engravings by Jan Harmensz. Muller (after P.P. Rubens) of Archduchess Isabella (of Spanish Netherlands), 1615.
I'm giving a workshop for @opencollegearts on artistic experimentation in drawing and exploration of Ithell Colquhoun is a must.
Untitled, 1941, example of superautomatism (image one is entire drawing, others details) @britishmuseum
Demon ferryman of the River Styx give me strength with my emails today.
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's Immaculate Conception (1767-69). The fabric textures, the colours, the absolutely sinister angel (maybe Gabriel?) eyeing Satan and, of course, disembodied cherubs. What more do you want from Catholic propaganda?
Angelica Kauffman, etching from 1770. So many different marks!
Need something to fill your Saturday mornings?
My online short course on Michelangelo @citylit starts 3rd of October at 10:30. We separate man from myth by looking at the philosophies & processes that shaped his art. https://t.co/3PF3kbUUXc
(Pic: sketch for Sistine Chapel)