The Blacker House Doors
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This magnificent set of teakwood and leaded stained-glass doors was designed by brothers Charles Sumner Greene (1868-1957) and Henry Mather Greene (1870-1954), praised as the most important West Coast architects of the American Arts and Crafts movement. The Blacker House, designed in 1907, was the grandest of the famed California Bungalows that date from this most import ant period of the Greenes' activity, and it remains cherished as their masterpiece.
Pierre Bonnard's Joyous Exploration of Color
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A 1984 article by Steven A. Nash, the Dallas Museum of Art's Deputy Director and Chief Curator at the time, discusses the ways Pierre Bonnard combined diverse visual sources in the development of his mature style. This passage points out some of the underlying contrasts present in his late works.
Yuki Kimura, post-disembodiment series
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Japanese artist Yuki Kimura’s installations, in which photographic images also function as sculptural objects, prompt us to investigate the material world through its artifacts.
Maki Tamura, _Untitled Scroll #17_
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Embodying a broad range of influences, including Japanese woodblock and ukiyo-e prints, Indonesian hand-printed textiles and batik, East and Southeast Asian painting, and 19th- and 20th-century Japanese and Western children's books, Maki Tamura's Untitled Scroll #17 interweaves watercolor painting and linoleum print on mulberry paper attached to linen.
A Liebermann for Dallas
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This essay explores the exhibition history and art historical context of Max Liebermann's Swimmers.
_La Revue Blanche_
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Revue Blanche was one of the most influential artistic and literary journals in Europe at the turn of the century. Founded in Liège and Paris by the Natanson brothers, Alfred, Alexander, and Thadée, the journal was published in twelve editions, appeared between 1891 and 1903. It was a tremendously influential vehicle for Symbolist writers and Post-Impressionist painters.
People in Rooms: Four Paintings by Edouard Vuillard
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The paintings that are the subject of this essay cover a period of less than ten years in Edouard Vuillard’s career and demonstrate a fascination, common to much of his work, with observing people in rooms.
Andō Hiroshige and the Tōkaidō
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The Tōkaidō
Chris Burden's _All the Submarines of the United States of America_
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Chris Burden's sculptures, performances, and installations redefine stereotypical classifications of art. His work, often bound to his quest to understand violence and power, pushes the boundaries of subject matter and execution.
Yinka Shonibare MBE, _Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball)_
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
HD film Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball), by Yinka Shonibare, is a visually resplendent and seductive union of dance, costume, sound, history, drama, light, and architecture. Loosely based on the opera of the same name by Giuseppe Verdi (which in turn was based on the play by Eugene Scribe who fancifully based his own play on the life of King Gustav III of Sweden [1746-1792]), Shonibare's film takes off from the final act of the Verdi opera.