Today’s museum sketch is another Ghiberti from his Gates of Paradise Series, specifically the Eden sequence with god creating Eve. This was my favorite of the three panels that the Seatlle Art Museum had on display, because to me it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch brings us to another visit to the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s Indian sculpture gallery with a sketch of Buddha and two Bodhisattvas framed by arches and stupas from the Gandhara region.
Today’s sketch is another from the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s collection of Indian sculpture. This one is from the famous temple site of Khajuraho in north central India, depicting the Hindu god Shiva and his consort, Parvati. This is a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay today’s strip is another from the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s Indian sculpture collection. This one is of a Kimnara from either Bhar or Bengal done in the Pala period C 12th century. It’s done in a black stone. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay today we’re doing more Indian sculpture from the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection. Today we have a representation of Vishnu‘s third incarnation, Varaha the Boar. This statue is done in sandstone from the 11th century.
Today’s sketch is some odds and ends from the Rhode Island School of Design Museum’s Greek collection. From right to left the first image is a Grave marker (Radeke Stele) from between the 6th and 4th century BC. The winged[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s piece is from the Seattle Art Museum’s Native American collection. It is a soapstone bowl made before 1800. from the shore of Shoal Harbor, North Saanich, Vancouver Island, and portrays a humanoid figure sitting and cradling a bowl in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch is a couple of seperate angles from “The Baptism of Christ” a small bronze by Giovanni Battista Foggini done in Florence in 1723. This statue is always a treat and a challenge to do, as there is so much detail[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch is another sample of the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s collection of Chinese sculpture. This one being a Dvarapala, or Gate Guardian, usually placed on the sides of a Buddhist alter as an attendant to the Guanyin.
Today’s sketch, from the Seattle Art Museum, is of “Tower of Mothers” by Käthe Kollwitz. This was the first piece I had ever seen Kollwitz and regrettably the first time I’d heard of her. Since then I’ve been enjoying the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
