Month: January 2021

Giuditta e Oloferne (c.1554)

Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Giuditta e Oloferne (Judith and Holofernes) c.1554 Oil on panel, 108 x 79.7 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis This biblical heroine’s strong arms and angled shoulders create lively diagonal lines that enhance her exaggerated musculature. Judith…

Giuditta mostra la testa di Oloferne (1703-1704)

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Giuditta mostra la testa di Oloferne (Judith Displaying the Head of Holofernes) 1703–1704 Oil on canvas, 77.5 x 102.9 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis The body of the murdered Assyrian general Holofernes forms the focal point…

Danae (c.1612)

Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Danae c.1612 Oil on copper, 41.3 × 52.7 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Artemisia Gentileschi excelled at capturing textures, as seen in this reclining figure’s golden hair, the lush fabrics, and metal coins that fall on…

Bords de l’Oise à Auvers (1863)

Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Bords de l’Oise à Auvers (Banks of the Oise at Auvers) 1863 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 161.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Colorfully dressed peasants, who fish on the riverbank alongside rafts of water lilies, animate…

Ecce Homo (c.1570-1576)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ecce Homo (Christ Shown to the People) c.1570–1576 Oil on canvas, 109.2 x 94.8 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis By the glow of a blazing torchlight, Pontius Pilate, the Roman ruler of ancient Judea, presents Jesus to…

Le Bal à Suresnes (1903)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Le Bal à Suresnes (At the Suresnes Ball) 1903 Oil on canvas, 180 × 145.1 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis A man in an infantry uniform dances with a taller woman, the splayed fingers of his…

Baigneuses avec une tortue (1907-1908)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Baigneuses avec une tortue (Bathers with a Turtle) 1907–1908 Oil on canvas, 181.6 x 221 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis In 1941, Henri Matisse simply described this painting as “three women by the sea, playing with…