Category: Ramblings/Ideas

July 8 / Micah Christensen / Art

Neuroesthetics: The Science of Art and the Brain

Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) The Triumph of David. Oil on canvas. 118.4 BY 148.3CM. Dulwich Gallery,…

July 4 / Micah Christensen / Art

John Trumbull. The Declaration of Independence. (c. 1817-1819) 144 BY 216 IN. United States Capitol…

July 1 / Micah Christensen / Art

Vilhelm Hamershøi. Untitled (c. 1900) Oil on Canvas. Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916) was born in Copenhagen,…

June 30 / Micah Christensen / Art

Cover of Prado. On the Cover Design: A Preparatory drawing by the sculptor Cristina Iglesias…

June 27 / Micah Christensen / Art

Three quarters of what constitutes painting is comprised of drawing. If I had to put…

June 24 / Micah Christensen / Art

Alphonse Mucha. Poster for the Exposition of The Slav Epic. (1928). Color Lithograph. I went…

Cane dealer and scholar, Geoffrey Breeze, showing me one of his favorite canes currently on…

May 31 / Micah Christensen / Art

Note: I have used several high-resolution images in this post. Depending on the speed of…

I have been reading The Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross, music critic for the…

April 30 / Micah Christensen / Art

Lord Frederick Leighton, Study for Captive Andromache (1888); White and black chalk on brown paper…