The Italian artist’s depiction of the young hero torn between virtue and pleasure, rendered in pioneering post-Renaissance style, calls on us to consider the dilemma for ourselves.
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art owns only one print by Hercules Segers (1589–1638), but that hasn’t stopped it from mounting an outstanding show of works by the somewhat-obscure Dutch painter, ...
THE DAILY PIC (#1752): The great thing about art history is that it helps you place works of art and understand how they played out in their cultural moment. And sometimes it’s also useless. My own ...
The Mysterious Landscapes of Hercules Segers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the first major retrospective on the radically experimental 17th-century Dutch artist. Success! Your account was ...
Tuesday is a big day. It's Russian President Vladimir Putin's birthday, and he's celebrating the big 6-2. While 62 may be a non-milestone of a birthday, one birthday present suggests otherwise. For ...