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So, I was involved in this little tiny bit of a thing that had me doing a lot of research into 1490-1515 area art from '09 into '10.
Today, Mom and I slogged through the rain up to see the Dührer exhibit at the Clark. I eventually told everyone else to stay home due to weather, and I'm glad I did. The roads around here sucked mightily, and are only going to get much worse tomorrow, by the sounds of the ice pinging off the window.
We toured the Dührer exhibit, and we took in the beautiful (if highly disturbing in some cases) woodcuts and engravings. We toodled around other parts of the museum, and eventually Mom was saying, "well, dear it's been fun but we really should get going."
We started to leave, when out of the corner of my eye, I saw it. I stopped and turned without missing a beat and stood there, and just gazed at a beautiful work by Lucas Cranach the Elder that I would have recognized anywhere.
I spend many hours pouring over his work, dissecting the colors and compositions, and here, right in front of me, was one of his pieces. I have garb based directly on his work. I saw Dührer's Rhino (awesome, btw,) but here... right here... with his own brush stokes... was the work of a man I'd poured over. The colors were striking, the composition very, very similar to his "Judith" paintings, but with a cluster of grapes rather than a severed head.
We skated home, and we're now experiencing torrential rain and thunder snow, alternately, but it was so very worth it.
I will investigate springtime weekends of opportunity for us to try again, because the ride out here is so very worth it.
If only I can stare at the Cranach again.
- K.
Today, Mom and I slogged through the rain up to see the Dührer exhibit at the Clark. I eventually told everyone else to stay home due to weather, and I'm glad I did. The roads around here sucked mightily, and are only going to get much worse tomorrow, by the sounds of the ice pinging off the window.
We toured the Dührer exhibit, and we took in the beautiful (if highly disturbing in some cases) woodcuts and engravings. We toodled around other parts of the museum, and eventually Mom was saying, "well, dear it's been fun but we really should get going."
We started to leave, when out of the corner of my eye, I saw it. I stopped and turned without missing a beat and stood there, and just gazed at a beautiful work by Lucas Cranach the Elder that I would have recognized anywhere.
I spend many hours pouring over his work, dissecting the colors and compositions, and here, right in front of me, was one of his pieces. I have garb based directly on his work. I saw Dührer's Rhino (awesome, btw,) but here... right here... with his own brush stokes... was the work of a man I'd poured over. The colors were striking, the composition very, very similar to his "Judith" paintings, but with a cluster of grapes rather than a severed head.
We skated home, and we're now experiencing torrential rain and thunder snow, alternately, but it was so very worth it.
I will investigate springtime weekends of opportunity for us to try again, because the ride out here is so very worth it.
If only I can stare at the Cranach again.
- K.
