Art Talk Posts 2020

2020 was a great year for Art Talk. I took people on 8 tours of the National Gallery of Art in DC.

The Tour I made up for my friends in DC
highlighted an artist from the tour
highlighted a piece from the tour
Discussed a topic relating to the tour

March- Italian Renaissance
Art Talk: NGA Italian Renaissance Tour
Art Talk: Raphael
Art Talk: Venus
Art Talk: Egg Tempera
Art Talk: Guest Blogger, @laurabellamy

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One of my favorite times in art history

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The great renaissance artist

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Masterpiece by Venetian artist Titian

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Method of painting widely used in Renaissance Italy

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The third guest blogger who talked about her dad who painted in egg tempera.

April- French Impressionism
Art Talk: NGA French Impressionism Tour
Art Talk: Fredric Bazille
Art Talk: The Mother and Sister of the Artist
Art Talk: En plein air

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Another of my favorite times in Art history

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A great artist that died in war before his friends formed the group later called The impressionists.

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The story of the painting always makes me smile

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The impressionists started painting outdoors

May- Hudson River School
Art Talk: NGA Hudson River School Tour
Art Talk: Albert Bierstadt
Art Talk: The Voyage of Life
Art Talk: Romanticism & Nature & Hudson River School

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Landscape painters that painted around the Hudson River area in New York in the 1850s.

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Highlighted Albert Bierstadt because he is my mom's favorite artist

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A set of 4 paintings show the journey of "man" on the river of life

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June-Andrew Mellon and the Hermitage
Art Talk: NGA Andrew Mellon and the Hermitage Tour
Art Talk: Rembrandt
Art Talk: The Annunciation
Art Talk: Provenance

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A great tour of the pieces Andrew Mellon got from the Hermitage in Russia in in the 1920s

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One of the most incredible paintings ever!

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Discussing the ownership of paintings

July-Portraiture
Art Talk: NGA Portrait Tour
Art Talk: Rembrandt Peale
Art Talk: Portrait of My Grandmother

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A look at portraiture from 1500-1900

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Oh I adore this piece!

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A wonderful painting of Archibald John Motley Jr's grandmother in 1922

October- NGA Highlights
Art Talk: NGA Highlights tour
Art Talk: Artist highlight
Art Talk: Ginevra de’ Benci

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All of my favorite pieces in the NGA in one tour

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The best of the best, Leonardo Da Vinci was truly a genius

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Highlighting Claude Monet

December- Madonna and Child
Art Talk: Madonna and Child Tour
Art Talk: Fra Lippo Lippi
Art Talk: Madonna and Child by Albrecht Durer
Art Talk: Mother and Child

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Madonna and Child is a very popular subject through the ages

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In Tennessee

November- Dale Chihuly
Art Talk: Chihuly at Cheekwood Estate and Garden
Art Talk: Artist Dale Chihuly
Art Talk: Guest Blogger: Frankie O'Neill

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Other art talk posts in 2020

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Cracking Art at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona