Tag: art history

  • James Gillray, Fine Bracing Weather

    James Gillray, Fine Bracing Weather

    James GIllray’s Fine Bracing Weather is part of series of seven etchings, entitled “Weather.” They depict various states of Englishmen “enjoying” the weather. The most famous of these is “Very Slippy weather,” because it shows a man slipping on the ice outside of the print shop where GIllray’s works were published.  This print shop was…

  • Notes from an Art Class in 1998

    Notes from an Art Class in 1998

    The following are some short notes I took at a painting class on September 30, 1998. The place was the Maryland College of Art (MICA), and this was a night class that was part of the continuing education program. We would bring our paintings in and group critique them, and the rest of the time…