Tag Archives: portrait

Two portraits of what it is to be a man.

Posted on February 25, 2010 by abiggerworldyet

In my late twenties I found much of what I learned about what a man was in the portraiture from the 17th and 18th centuries. The Dutch Baroque portraits already on the surface engage the viewer with their detail, subtle … Continue reading →

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A note about a Presidential Portrait.

Posted on February 2, 2010 by abiggerworldyet

I was very humored in a tid-bit I found in my current reading of a biography of the realist painter George Caleb Bingham. For a period of time in the mid 1800’s Bingham moved to a then muddy and under … Continue reading →

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The Friendship Portrait, and a Requiem for Friendship

Posted on November 17, 2009 by abiggerworldyet

While at the Louvre this past May I was very happy to come upon one of Raphael’s friendship portraits that I discovered years prior. Seems that in the 16th century, it was a common practice for friends to get their … Continue reading →