NOVEMBER 9, ON THIS DAY Stanford White was a master of architecture, interior design, and ornament, fearlessly juxtaposing materials and objects from myriad cultures and times. Drawing on precedents from antiquity and the Renaissance, from Asia, the Middle East, and Europe as well as Colonial America, White created complex surfaces inside and out. White was an […]

NOVEMBER 8, ON THIS DAY Paintings must be understood through the eyes, and that\’s not the word either. No writing, no talking, no singing, no dancing will explain them. They are the final, the nth whoopee of sight. Charles Demuth Charles Henry Buckius Demuth was an American painter who specialized in watercolors and turned to

NOVEMBER 7, ON THIS DAY Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán is well known for his still-life paintings and religious works featuring nuns, monks, and martyrs. Due to his skillful use of chiaroscuro, Zurbarán earned the nickname \”Spanish Caravaggio.\” He is occasionally compared to the somewhat older Italian painter Caravaggio because of his talent for rendering