A Mountain Path in Spring (山徑春行圖)
Ma Yuan (馬遠, c.1160-1225), Song Dynasty (960-1279)
Album leaf, ink and color on silk, 27.4 x 43.1 cm, National Palace Museum, Taipei
Working with color is attractive and yet challenging. In this book we will develop a flexible and lively understanding of color on a personal level. This will help us become more aware of and sensitive to colors, and to better understand their interactions and uses.
“That is the most touched painting in the museum”
~ Security guard at the RISD Art Museum in reference to the Cy Twombly painting
Perhaps the biggest decision in Paul Klee’s life was whether to pursue a career as a musician or as a painter. Klee especially liked the music of the 18th century, composers such as Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, as well as Haydn and Schubert.
In thinking about a series of paintings he gave to the Tate Gallery in 1968 and 1969, Rothko spoke of Michelangelo’s walls in the staircase room of the Medici Library in Florence.
‘Lucretia’ (c.1666) by Rembrandt van Rijn. Minneapolis Institute of Art, US. Public Domain. Background: The story of Lucretia has been painted many times. The story