This Week's Art
Russ’ Art Blog: The Apotheosis of War
Vereshchagin etched the phrase, “Dedicated to all great conquerors, past, present and future” into the frame of the work
This Week's Art
This Week’s Art: The Premature Burial
The fans of Edgar Allan Poe out there should like this one (not that they are probably reading my blog, but it’s worth a try). This is Antoine Wiertz’s The Premature Burial (1854, media/size unknown, aka The Hasty Burial), a piece I first saw many years ago accompanying Poe’s Read more…
This Week's Art
This Week’s Art: Wanderer Above a Sea of Mist
This week it’s one of my very favorite pieces, and one from the previous incarnation of the “This Week’s Art” threads. This is Caspar David Friedrich’s A Wanderer Above a Sea of Mist, a stunning piece for me and one that I will eventually (when I have wallspace) show Read more…