Tag Archives: Hobbema

muse and the economy

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Dave

Or is it the economy and the muse? When individuals are fighting tooth and nail for a living, they look on the arts as a thing apart. Has our affluent society today carried over some of this disdain into a … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Andy Warhl business art, Andy Warhol, Arnold Hauser, Bob Diamond Barclays, Clement Greenberg, Damien Hirst, David Geffen art collection, Donald and Mera Rubells, Donald Kuspit, Ernst Ludwig Kirschner, Gustav Klimt, Hobbema, Jan Steen, jeffrey deitch, Jerry Saltz, john singleton copley, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marcel Duchamp, Meyer Schapiro, Peter Plagens, Steven A. Cohen, Timothy Geithner, Van Goyen painter, willem de Kooning, Winslow Homer | Leave a comment

Golden Guilders: going dutch with jan de witt

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Dave

Under Jan de Witt, the Dutch bested the great powers at both arms and commerce, arts and science. However, in a moment of panic they killed him and the Dutch Golden Age turned to lead. So much of what we … Continue reading →