# History of Art **URL:** https://www.smartermarx.com/c/art-history/31.md [Latest](https://www.smartermarx.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.smartermarx.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.smartermarx.com/tags.md) --- ## [Welcome to History of Art](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/welcome-to-history-of-art/77)
**Author:** [@ava](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/ava)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/welcome-to-history-of-art/77 "2017-02-07T01:11:35Z")
Anything and everything from the Caves of Lascaux to Bansky and beyond… --- ## [Tom Keating 1917-1984 (YouTube Series)](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/tom-keating-1917-1984-youtube-series/1384)
**Author:** [@martin](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/tom-keating-1917-1984-youtube-series/1384 "2023-02-21T18:25:20Z")
I’m currently revisiting a TV show from ages past presented by a lovable old English rogue named Tom Keating, he had a flair for art and began restoring paintings in the 50’s, he subsequently began ‘restoring’ old painti… --- ## [VIDEO presentation on Salvador Dali by Laurie Szilvagyi](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/video-presentation-on-salvador-dali-by-laurie-szilvagyi/1461)
**Author:** [@laurie1327249](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/laurie1327249)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2022, 4:32am UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/video-presentation-on-salvador-dali-by-laurie-szilvagyi/1461 "2022-06-26T04:32:31Z")
--- ## [The Controversy over Holbein's Madonnas and the Birth of Empirical Aesthetics](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/the-controversy-over-holbeins-madonnas-and-the-birth-of-empirical-aesthetics/1280)
**Author:** [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/the-controversy-over-holbeins-madonnas-and-the-birth-of-empirical-aesthetics/1280 "2022-06-15T16:01:31Z")
I read a fascinating article this morning regarding what many consider to be the first attempts by Gustav Fechner to utilize empirical methods to study the appreciation of art. In doing so, he founded the field of empiri… --- ## ["Truth Versus Verisimilitude” by R.H. Ives Gammell](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/truth-versus-verisimilitude-by-r-h-ives-gammell/884)
**Author:** [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/truth-versus-verisimilitude-by-r-h-ives-gammell/884 "2019-06-19T17:07:23Z")
Recently I came across an essay by R.H. Ives Gammell on social media that was shared by contemporary artist Carl Samson. For those of you that may not be aware, Robert Hale Ives Gammell (1893 – 1981) was an American arti… --- ## [Celebrate 100 Years of Bauhaus with These Free Online Documentaries (My Modern Met)](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/celebrate-100-years-of-bauhaus-with-these-free-online-documentaries-my-modern-met/994)
**Author:** [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/celebrate-100-years-of-bauhaus-with-these-free-online-documentaries-my-modern-met/994 "2019-11-18T15:11:34Z")
Celebrate 100 Years of Bauhaus with These Free Online Documentaries By Kelly Richman-Abdou via My Modern Met - February 15, 2019 EXCERPT: "It’s a big year for Bauhaus. Founded in 1919, the avant-garde movement is curren… --- ## [Politicized Art Schools Are Losing Students to the Atelier Movement By Michael Pearce](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/politicized-art-schools-are-losing-students-to-the-atelier-movement-by-michael-pearce/878)
**Author:** [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/politicized-art-schools-are-losing-students-to-the-atelier-movement-by-michael-pearce/878 "2019-05-28T23:17:46Z")
Politicized Art Schools Are Losing Students to the Atelier Movement Published: James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal May 22, 2019 by Michael J. Pearce FULL ARTICLE: EXCERPT: "A series of disasters face art co… --- ## [Alphonse Mucha's Studio, Models and Photographic References](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/alphonse-muchas-studio-models-and-photographic-references/800)
**Author:** [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/alphonse-muchas-studio-models-and-photographic-references/800 "2018-12-17T14:24:24Z")
I always enjoy being able to “peek behind the curtain” to examine the references for artwork I love. One such artists that left a good deal of reference work behind was Alphonse Mucha. "Mucha began to take photographs i… --- ## [The Death of Socrates: How To Read A Painting by Nerdwriter](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/the-death-of-socrates-how-to-read-a-painting-by-nerdwriter/720)
**Author:** [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/the-death-of-socrates-how-to-read-a-painting-by-nerdwriter/720 "2018-07-10T14:00:34Z")
Here is a wonderful video essay from Evan Puschak (Nerdwriter) on the many ways a picture may be “read” and shines a bright light on just how much complexity and depth and can be communicated in a single image. --- ## [Materials used by Leonardo da Vinci to produce his drawings](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/materials-used-by-leonardo-da-vinci-to-produce-his-drawings/459)
**Author:** [@LWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/LWaichulis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/materials-used-by-leonardo-da-vinci-to-produce-his-drawings/459 "2017-07-10T14:41:55Z")
Interesting to see how much artist's drawing materials changed over time. --- ## [The Glimpse at the current status of History Painting (Brooklyn Rail)](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/the-glimpse-at-the-current-status-of-history-painting-brooklyn-rail/414)
**Author:** [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/the-glimpse-at-the-current-status-of-history-painting-brooklyn-rail/414 "2017-06-05T15:07:26Z")
A four part glimpse of the current state of "history painting" by three artists and one art historian (Robert Zeller, Jacob Colllins, Adam Miller, and Donald Kuspit): --- ## [How "Real" are Vermeer's Paintings?](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/how-real-are-vermeers-paintings/376)
**Author:** [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/how-real-are-vermeers-paintings/376 "2017-05-05T12:46:57Z")
"We think of Johannes Vermeer as a meticulous detailer of the everyday. But his paintings and those of his contemporaries have more to do with each other than life in the Dutch Republic, writes Alastair Sooke." --- ## [Painting Techniques: From Rembrandt to Vermeer Lecture](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/painting-techniques-from-rembrandt-to-vermeer-lecture/315)
**Author:** [@tommulliner](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/tommulliner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/painting-techniques-from-rembrandt-to-vermeer-lecture/315 "2017-03-23T22:47:43Z")
Lecturer: Jørgen Wadum, Keeper of Conservation at the National Gallery of Denmark and Director of the Centre for Art Technological Studies and Conservation (CATS) in Copenhagen, specializes in 17th-century Dutch and Fl… --- ## [Edward Hopper's Art Process](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/edward-hoppers-art-process/304)
**Author:** [@LWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/LWaichulis)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/edward-hoppers-art-process/304 "2017-03-19T18:52:53Z")
I've been doing some research for an upcoming homage exhibition and thought I'd share the results here. One of my painting influences is the realist, Edward Hopper (1882–1967) whose work is the combination of observation… --- ## [The Sea near Brighton by John Constable](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/the-sea-near-brighton-by-john-constable/240)
**Author:** [@LWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/LWaichulis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/the-sea-near-brighton-by-john-constable/240 "2017-02-25T19:20:19Z")
This is a winter plein air study by John Constable. It’s inscribed on the back: ‘Brighton. Sunday, Jan 1st 1826. From 12 till 2 P.M. Fresh breeze from S.S.W.’ The Sea near Brighton, Oil on paper laid on card, 6.9 … --- ## [Khan Academy Free Online Learning Resources](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/khan-academy-free-online-learning-resources/192)
**Author:** [@tommulliner](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/tommulliner)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/khan-academy-free-online-learning-resources/192 "2017-02-18T00:57:25Z")
Khan Academy Art History Lecture Topics This website covers a HUGE range of subjects including Art History with lots of lectures from many experts in the specific fields. Just under Art History, they cover from prehi… --- ## [The lost painting Leda and the Swan by Leonardo da Vinci](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/the-lost-painting-leda-and-the-swan-by-leonardo-da-vinci/153)
**Author:** [@LWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/LWaichulis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/the-lost-painting-leda-and-the-swan-by-leonardo-da-vinci/153 "2017-02-14T17:08:44Z")
I came across this beautiful Pen and ink through Anthony's post Leonardo DaVinci Drawings of the Royal Collection. This drawing is a study for the lost painting Leda and the Swan. \[image\] Leonardo da Vinci, The head of… --- ## [An Old Song by Walther Firle](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/an-old-song-by-walther-firle/95)
**Author:** [@LWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/LWaichulis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/an-old-song-by-walther-firle/95 "2017-02-10T19:26:59Z")
\[image\] Oil on canvas, 55 3/4 x 41 1/16 inches Walther Firle (1859 - 1929) was a German Genre painter inspired by Johannes Vermeer and Josef Israëls. Visit Lawrence Steigrad Fine Arts for a larger image of An Old S…