Art Now and Then

"Art Now and Then" does not mean art occasionally. It means art NOW as opposed to art THEN. It means art in 2020 as compared to art many years ago...sometimes many, many, MANY years ago. It is an attempt to make that art relevant now, letting artists back then speak to us now in the hope that we may better understand them, and in so doing, better understand ourselves and the art produced today.

Monday, February 26, 2018

Monochrome Painting

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Tree in Red , Sunmallia. A monochrome painting (black and white are not regarded as colors). Understanding and employing color is almos...
Monday, February 19, 2018

Citizenship Through Art

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The Executions of the Third of May, 1808, Francisco Goya The painting depicts an execution of a group of Spanish countrymen by Napoleo...
Monday, February 12, 2018

Name That Color

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Try it--print out the blank chart above, then write in the name of each color (some may require a white colored pencil). The answers are o...
Monday, February 5, 2018

Winter Art

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In glancing at the title above, you might bring to mind paintings of winter at its best--snow scenes, city or country, day or night. You...
Monday, January 29, 2018

Lotus Temple, New Delhi, India

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The Lotus Temple at dusk. About five years ago, I wrote a piece to which I gave the presumptive title, "The Most Beautiful Buildin...
Monday, January 22, 2018

The School of Athens (in depth)

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The School of Athens, 1508-11, Raphael Raphaello de Sanzio, Self-portrait , 1506 Just about everyone has heard of the Renaissance...
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