Women of Art & Science

18Mar08

Insects were known as “beasts of the devil” when thirteen-year-old Maria Sibylla Merian first sat at her window in Frankfurt am Main, watching silkworms weave their flaxen cocoons. But these “bloodless” creatures offered her divine inspiration. “Maria Sibylla Merian & Daughters: Woman of Art and Science,” a new show at the Rembrandt House in Amsterdam [...]

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Tags: art, butterflies, Maria Sibylla Merian

Veritable Harem of Vessels

05Mar08

Swelling, feminine curves of a pitcher labeled Huile. A tall metal coffeepot with two whimsical flaring handles. A ghostly cup whose silver surface is rubbed away in spots where hands once cradled its warmth. An upcoming show of Irving Penn’s still lifes reveals the master at his best. Opening this month in New York’s Pace/MacGill [...]

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Tags: art, exhibit, irving penn, photography