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How do we go about studying pictorial space? There's space in an artwork. There's space left to right, up and…
Pieter Bruegel's painting, "The Harvesters," is unique in terms of how it handles space. This painting, The Harvesters, was painted…
Previously, we looked at paintings where the artist had tipped up space. We saw some paintings where the floor, instead…
This painting, the Blue Room by Picasso, can strike us as a bit, well, disconcerting. Given the incredible angle of…
A look at the colors and pictorial space in this painting that create an enveloping experience.
“That is the most touched painting in the museum” ~ Security guard at the RISD Art Museum in reference to…
Perhaps the biggest decision in Paul Klee’s life was whether to pursue a career as a musician or as a…
In thinking about a series of paintings he gave to the Tate Gallery in 1968 and 1969, Rothko spoke of…
Background: The story of Lucretia has been painted many times. The story dates back to early Roman times when Lucretia…
