drawings
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The German Renaissance
The German Renaissance, part of the Northern Renaissance, was a cultural and artistic movement that spread among German thinkers in the 15th and 16th centuries, which developed from the Italian Renaissance. Many areas of the arts and sciences were influenced, notably by the spread of Renaissance humanism to the various German states and principalities.…
15th century Europe, Albrecht Dürer, and Tilman Riemenschneider., ans Baldung Grien, architecture, artistic movement, Christianity, cultural movement, drawings, engraving, German Renaissance, German thinkers, Germania, Hans Burgkmair, Hans Holbein the Elder, Hans Holbein the Younger, humanism, Italian Renaissance, Johann Reuchlin, Konrad Celtis, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Matthias Grünewald, Northern Renaissancem, painted portraits, printmaking, Protestant Reformation, resistance movement, West Europe, woodcuts
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History of Art on Paper
Paper and the pulp-making process is said to have developed in China in the 2nd century A.D. Before that, the Chinese produced ink drawings and paintings on silk. The process of making paper spread from China, through the Middle East, and into Europe by the 13th century. Some of the most beautiful examples of drawing…
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EBONY G PATTERSON … WHERE THE DEW IS STILL ON THE ROSES
The title of Ebony Patterson’s exhibition comes from a gospel song. According to the artist, she wants visitors to really see the subjects in her garden. Perhaps the show demands an intense reflection about people of color and how society projects an unbalanced view. The softness of the show permits empathy and compassion. Gardens have…
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CHARLES WHITE AT MoMA
“ART MUST BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE STRUGGLE” “It can’t simply mirror what’s taking place. … It must ally itself with the forces of liberation.” Over the course of his four-decade career, White’s commitment to creating powerful images of African Americans—what his gallerist and, later, White himself described as “images of dignity”—was unwavering. Using…
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NIGERIAN ARTIST TOYIN OJIH ODUTOLA
Born in Nigeria, Toyin Ojih Odutola is a contemporary artist who focuses on the sociopolitical construct of skin color through her multimedia drawings. Her work explores her personal journey of having been born in Nigeria then moving and assimilating into American culture in conservative Alabama. “I’m doing black on black on black, trying to make it…
West Harlem Art Fund 