Art History

Standing where El Greco stood outside Toledo, Spain

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El Greco painting and my photograph of Toledo in Spain

I received a book as a Christmas gift titled “Spanish Art in New York,” which acts as a guide book to the museums, libraries, and other public spaces in New York City that have art works by significant Spanish artists. As I was flipping through the book, I happened upon El Greco’s well-known painting “View … Read more

The pickup truck with the Rothko vibes

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a blue pickup truck with painted repairs to the door which makes me think of Mark Rothko paintings.

I was running errands when I noticed this blue pickup truck on the road next to me. It was the door in particular that grabbed my attention; there was something about the painted repairs that didn’t come close to fixing the original problem that made me think of Mark Rothko’s paintings. Why? Let’s take a … Read more