ART UNFINISHED WORK! Unfinished art allows us to see the working process and techniques of great artists of our past! How did Picasso or Degas or other great artists start their paintings? Did they block in the color, start with a graphite drawing on the canvas or just rough in the preliminary drawing with their […]
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ART My Love Affair with the Metropolitan Museum of Art by ARTSnFOOD editor & publisher Jack A. Atkinson Modern and contemporary art is vital to every civilization, but they always incorporate bits of past “art history” influences with-in them, often in ways we never recognize. The history of art, and its continuing influence on today’s […]
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Detail of “Studies of the Libyan Sibyl” for Sistine chapel ceiling by Michelangelo (This image courtesy of Metropolitan. Museum of Art press dept.) ART Closely looking at a Michaelangelo Drawing and a Leonardo da Vinci Drawing From a Recent Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition The recent show at the new Met Breuer on Madison Avenue, was Unfinished, Thougths […]
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A TOAST TO ALL THAT WAS GOOD ABOUT 2016 and TO 2017 – A PROMISE YET TO BE FULFILLED! LET’S ALL MAKE 2017 OUR BEST YEAR YET! HAPPY NEW YEAR Culture Lovers around the world. Best Wishes! Jack A. Atkinson Editor & Publisher FOOD How about a New Year’s – New Age Meal for our […]
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FOOD New Years Eve Dinner Party Seafood Pasta This seafood pasta is so fresh tasting! It will be enjoyed by all, at your dinner party! INGREDIENTS: 3 large Eggs, beaten until yellow 1/2 cup finely grated Pecorino Romano cheese (or Parmesan Cheese) 1 package (16oz) of Angel Hair Pasta 3/4 stick of salted Butter, […]
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Photo courtesy of thescrumptiouspumpkin. FOOD A Skiers Skillet Breakfast of Potato, Onion and Egg When my wife and I first went to Aspen, Colorado one of our fondest memories was the hardy breakfasts served up at several locally owned cafes. It was a potato, onion bake + (various add-ons like sweet peppers, mushrooms, bacon or […]
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ART I <3 NY artist Milton Glaser Does Shakespeare, through “Theater Posters” (Portrait Art Posters) Theatre for a New Audience is an organization that produces adventurous Shakespearean and contemporary theatre. Its mastermind, Jeffrey Horowitz, likes the idea of also producing modern portraits of the Bard. Years ago he turned to New York’s […]
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Exhibition View Edgar Degas: A Strainge New Beauty The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, USA. ART Closely Looking at EDGAR DEGAS: A Strange New Beauty Exhibition at MoMA (Continued – Issue #3) Photographic Portrait of Edgar Degas (standing) with Auguste Renoir (seated) IN THIS ISSUE: We Explore the Details of Degas’ Drawing and Painting […]
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The cardinal family series, monotype. ART EDGAR DEGAS: A Strange New Beauty Exhibition at MoMA A Strange New Beauty Exhibition at MoMa part 2 During the 1880s in Paris, a new technique “monotype” emerged and certainly intrigued artist Edgar Degas. A monotype is a transfer print made from an original work being painted on a non-absorbant surface […]
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At the Theater/ Woman with a Fan 1878-80 lithograph ART EDGAR DEGAS: A Strange New Beauty Exhibition at MoMA (Selected Images – Issue #1) During the 1880s in Paris, a new technique “monotype” emerged and certainly intrigued artist Edgar Degas. A monotype is a transfer print made from an original work being painted on glass or stone, […]