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Tag: MFA

quipu

Order through Quipu

March 21, 2019 Grace 2 Comments

This post has been a long time coming. In the fall, I ducked into one of the special exhibition galleries…

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Posted in: Art in Focus Filed under: ancient art, MFA, quipu, special exhibit

French Pastels at the MFA

January 8, 2019 Grace 1 Comment

I grew up dancing, and danced almost continuously from the ages of 3 to 18. Dancers in the Rehearsal Room, Degas,…

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Posted in: Blog Filed under: degas, French artist, Impressionism, MFA

Asian Vessels with a Qing Dynasty Peach Vase

November 29, 2018 Grace Leave a comment

When I visit the MFA Boston I usually end my time there by walking through the Ancient Asian galleries. I…

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Posted in: Art in Focus Filed under: ancient asian, asian art, chinese art, MFA, qing
Sandro Botticelli

Minerva & the Centuar

August 23, 2018 Grace Leave a comment

For this month’s Art in Focus I’m taking a dive into a piece from last year’s Botticelli exhibit at the…

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Posted in: Art in Focus Filed under: Botticelli, MFA, minerva, painting, power

MC Escher: Illusions in Prints

August 21, 2018 Grace Leave a comment

A trick of the eye is something that takes incredible skill. Night and Day, 1938 But an illusion created so expertly…

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Posted in: Blog Filed under: Escher, exhibit, illusion, MC Escher, MFA, prints, tessellation

Murakami and Scroll Traditions

June 19, 2018 Grace Leave a comment

When I was younger and thought I had a shot at being an artist, I turned to Anime how-to books…

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Posted in: Blog Filed under: Boston, Edo, Japanese, MFA, Murakami, museum

Klimt & Schiele – Drawing Scandal

May 15, 2018 Grace Leave a comment

How often have you looked at a painting and thought, how did they make this person look so lifelike? They…

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Posted in: Blog Filed under: Boston, klimt, MFA, schiele

Botticelli at the MFA

May 1, 2018 Grace Leave a comment

July closed out a four month exhibit on Renaissance painter, Sandro Botticelli. If that name doesn’t ring a bell —…

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Posted in: Blog Filed under: Botticelli, exhibition, MFA, museum, Renaissance

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