by Anthony Garcia | Jan 26, 2018
Curriculum Vitae Professor of Art History at Otis College of Art and Design Author and publisher of the websites, Art History Unstuffed: The website is included in the ACI Scholarly Blog Index Writer for Artscene Magazine Contributing Writer for Heathwood Press,...
by Jeanne Willette | Jul 21, 2017 | Modern, Modern Art
Defining Art Deco The Meaning of “Moderne” One should always beware of long titles, too many words usually conceal or reveal inner contradictions. Take, for example, the 1925 Paris International Exposition, the name of which is long and self-defeating:...
by Jeanne Willette | Apr 14, 2017 | Modern, Modern Art
Cubism After Cubism Paris Coming to Order, Part One What happened to Cubism? Before the Great War broke out, the movement seemed to be dominant, even hegemonic in Paris, but after the War was over, Cubism was history. In other words, the Great War nothing would ever...
by Jeanne Willette | Feb 12, 2016 | Modern, Modern Art
Jacob Epstein and Sensational Art Modernity and the Male Nude in Sculpture One of the most promising and interesting artists of the new century was the Anglo-American artist, Jacob Epstein (1880-1959), until he simply ceased to be interesting. Although he had a long...
by Jeanne Willette | Nov 20, 2015 | Modern
The Coming Apocalypse: Ludwig Meidner and the Poets In the winter of 1912, the German poet Georg Heym fell through a hole in the ice and drowned. The strange death of the twenty-four year of poet was surrounded by an odd mixture of conjecture and fact. It was thought...
