Showing posts with label painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label painting. Show all posts

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Big Cats


Murals on Blaisdell Ave. S., at 29th Street
(Who made these?)

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Garage Door Art

This painting on the garage door is across from MCAD.  People just can't help being artistic in this neighborhood.

Photo: Jo Ann Musumeci

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Koko, Squash and Kandinsky

There's nothing like playing with your cat, and enjoying the warmth of inside, along with beautiful, bright-colored squash and a Kandinsky painting when it's gray and snowy outside.

Photo: Jo Ann Musumeci

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Looking at Lucretia


"Lucretia," by Rembrandt, painted in 1666

From the MIA (Mpls. Inst. of Arts) site:
"According to the Roman historian Livy, Lucretia, the wife of a Roman nobleman, was known for her virtue and loyalty. She was raped by Sextus Tarquinius, the son of the ruling tyrant. The next day Lucretia revealed the crime to her husband and father and, in their presence, took her own life..."

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza