Monday Morning Museum: Jean Hey

Jean Hey – Active circa 1475 to circa 1505

Flemish Northern Renaissance Painter

Margaret of Austria, circa 1490

“Margaret of Austria, daughter of Emperor Maximilian I, was betrothed at the age of three to the infant Charles VIII of France. She is shown here at age ten, one year before she was repudiated by her intended husband. The elaborate pendant of a pelican piercing its breast to feed its young (its blood represented by the large hanging ruby), a symbol of Christian charity, alludes to the sitter's piety. The portrait was the left wing of a diptych; the right wing is now lost.” – Metropolitan Museum of Art

Last Monday’s Artist – Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
Next Monday’s Artist - Camille Pissarro

“Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

Summer Solstice: It's Summertime!

Here's some music to start off the Summer - a little something for different musical tastes. Three versions of Summertime according to Ella, Janis, and Will. Which one is your favorite?

Ella Fitzgerald



Janis Joplin



Will Smith




"Summer Solstice 2012" graphic created by Adrean Darce Brent

Monday Morning Museum: Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci

Self-Portrait, circa 1512 by Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci – Saturday 15 April 1452 Vinci, Italy to Monday 2 May 1519 Amboise, France

Italian High Renaissance Painter and Inventor

Head of a Man in Profile Facing to the Left, circa 1490-1494

Medium: Pen and brown ink, over soft black chalk
Dimensions: 4-5/8 x 2-1/16 in. (11.7 x 5.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings
- Metropolitan Museum of Art

Last Monday’s Artist – Jacques-Louis David
Next Monday’s Artist – Jean Hey

“Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

Monday Morning Museum: Jacques-Louis David

Self-Portrait, 1794 by Jacques-Louis David

Jacques-Louis David – Tuesday 30 August 1748 Paris, France to Thursday 29 December 1825 Brussels, Netherlands

French Neoclassical Painter

The Death of Socrates, 1787

“In 399 B.C., having been accused by the Athenian government of impiety and of corrupting young people with his teachings, the philosopher Socrates was tried, found guilty, and offered the choice of renouncing his beliefs or drinking the cup of hemlock. He died willingly for the principles he held dear. Here he gestures toward the cup, points toward the heavens, and discourses on the immortality of the soul. The picture, with its stoic theme, has been described as David’s most perfect neoclassical statement.” – Metropolitan Museum of Art

Last Monday’s Artist – Frederic Edwin Church
Next Monday’s Artist – Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci

“Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

Ray Douglas Bradbury – Sunday 22 August 1920 Waukegan, Illinois To Tuesday 5 June 2012 Los Angeles, California

Martians, oh Martians,
Our chronicler writes no more.
Weep, memories weep.

Artists, all artists,
Fade not illustrated lore.
Keep bold your colors.

Readers, yes readers,
Never fear Fahrenheit four
Five, one – remember!

- Adrean Darce Brent
June 2012

Images:
Left: The Martian Chronicles from the website moivefanatic,cin
Center: The Illustrated Man from the website quilandkeyboard.blogspot.com
Right: Fahrenheit 451 from the website bookintime.blogspot.com

Monday Morning Museum: Frederic Edwin Church

Frederic Edwin Church, circa 1855-1865 by Mathew Brady

Frederic Edwin Church – Thursday 4 May 1826 Hartford, Connecticut to Saturday 7 April 1900 Hudson, New York

American Hudson River School Painter

The Parthenon, 1871

“Church visited Greece in 1869 and spent several weeks in Athens. There, he painted numerous studies and oil sketches of the ruins of the Parthenon that later served as the basis for this work. Although he intended to paint a large canvas of the Parthenon while still in Greece, it was not until 1871 that a commission from the financier and philanthropist Morris K. Jesup permitted Church to begin this large canvas. By February of that year, he was already at work on "a big Parthenon". By May, he had apparently finished the painting and wrote of his concern for its proper lighting in Jesup's home. The picture was first exhibited in New York at Goupil's Gallery in 1872 where it was highly acclaimed. It appeared subsequently in many major exhibitions, including the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1878.” – Metropolitan Museum of Art

Last Monday’s Artist – Richard Wilson
Next Monday’s Artist – Jacques-Louis David

“Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent