APRIL 2010
NEW EXHIBITION: "HENDRICK AVERCAMP: THE LITTLE ICE AGE" |
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| THIS MONTH'S FEATURED WORK OF ART FROM THE COLLECTION: "CHRIST CLEANSING THE TEMPLE" BY EL GRECO |
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 In this tempestuous scene, El Greco depicts an angry Christ driving the money changers from the temple. The setting is one of classical grandeur, more reminiscent of an Italian Renaissance palace than of the sacred precincts of the temple in Jerusalem. This panel was painted in Venice before El Greco made his way to Spain. The influence of the Venetian masters is evident in the movement and drama, solidly modeled figures, and boldly brushed colors of this panel. On view in the West Building, Main Floor, Gallery 28
www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f?object=43723 (Christ Cleansing the Temple)
www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg29/gg29-main1.htm (online tour: El Greco)
www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/tbio?tperson=1356&type=a (El Greco biography) |
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| NEW AUDIO PODCASTS FOR "THE SACRED MADE REAL" EXHIBITION |
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 In conjunction with the exhibition The Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting and Sculpture, 1600�1700, the National Gallery has produced several audio podcasts. Curator Xavier Bray discusses the conception and realization of this landmark reappraisal of religious art from the Spanish Golden Age in The Making of an Exhibition. In a two-part Art Talk series Bray goes on to discuss the history, uses, and techniques of polychromed sculpture (part 1) and the painters of 17th-century Spain and their quest for realism (part 2). And pianist Stephen Hough, inspired by the 1605 requiem of the great Spanish composer Tomas Luis de Victoria, composed Requiem Aeternam (after Victoria) for the exhibition.
Part 1, Polychromed Sculpture Listen | iTunes | RSS (21:02 mins.)
Part 2, Spanish Realism Listen | iTunes | RSS (24:54 mins.)
Requiem Aeternam (after Victoria) Listen | iTunes | RSS (24:23 mins.)
Notable Lecture: The Sacred Made Real: The Making of an Exhibition Listen | iTunes | RSS (56:33 mins.) |
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| RECENT ACQUISITION: "UNTITLED (GRAY CORNER CONSTRUCTION)" BY FRED SANDBACK |
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 In his 1941 book Space, Time, and Architecture, Sigfried Giedion argued that modernism was distinctive for its use of the void as a positive element. No artist exemplifies this better than Fred Sandback, who spent 35 years making sculptures virtually without mass or volume, but as lines in space. Untitled (Gray Corner Construction) is one of his earliest extant works and his first to enter the Gallery's collection. On view in the East Building, Concourse, Gallery 29F
www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f?object=143150 |
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| NEW CONSERVATION FEATURE: "SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS" |
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| EVENING WITH EDUCATORS: "POSTWAR MODERISM: THE MEYERHOFF COLLECTION" |
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 Register online for "Postwar Modernism: The Meyerhoff Collection," an after-hours teacher program highlighting postwar modern art as represented in one of America's finest collections, the Robert E. and Jane B. Meyerhoff Collection. The program (April 7, 4:00-7:30 p.m.) features a slide overview, self-guided tour of the exhibition, refreshments, and a teaching resource raffle. Learn more about registration and other after-school and Saturday teacher workshops on our Web site.
To register please complete the registration form and submit it via e-mail to teacher@nga.gov or via fax to (202) 842-6935. For questions please call (202) 842-6796. Registration fee is $10. Fees are waived for first-time participants and for past participants registering with a K-12 teacher new to Gallery programs.
www.nga.gov/education/regformtw.htm (registration form)
www.nga.gov/education/teacher.htm (Teacher Workshops 2009–2010) |
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| NGAkids INTERACTIVE: NAPOLEON IN HIS STUDY |
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 What's really going on in Napoleon's study? Young art-lovers can take a close look at the Gallery's painting and learn more about the French emperor and his favorite artist Jacques-Louis David, decode the visual symbols, zoom in on details, and follow suggestions for further art-making activities.
www.nga.gov/kids/napoleon/nap1.htm |
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| NEW VIDEO PODCAST: MAKING A SPANISH POLYCHROME SCULPTURE |
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 How did 17th-century Spanish artists create such remarkably lifelike sculptures? This video, produced by the J. Paul Getty Museum, explores their process, using the Getty's Saint Gines de la Jara (about 1692) by Luisa Roldan as an example. Digital animations highlight the construction of the Saint Gines, while sculptor Marcelo Moreira Santos and painter Sylvana Barrett demonstrate techniques used in 17th-century Spain.
Hi-Res | Lo-Res | iTunes | RSS (12:03 mins.)
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| NGA SHOP: "CEZANNE IN PROVENCE" |
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On April 1, 1973, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings from the U.S.S.R. opened at the National Gallery of Art with 41 paintings from the Hermitage and Pushkin museums. They were the first Western paintings from these institutions that were permitted to leave the Soviet Union and travel to the United States.
www.nga.gov/past/data/exh377.htm |
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