Stuart Edgar's article on William Blake

From Art Knowledge News:

Annunciation Diptych Jan van Eyck 1436 Oil on panel Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum

15th century illuminated manuscript in grisaille

Jan Van Eyck 's Annunciation Diptych , housed in the permanent collection of the Thyssen -Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, will be included in their special exhibition featuring 14th and 15th century works made using the technique of grisaille

Kazimir Malevich

Two Graphic Artists

From artdaily:

William Kentridge and Oleg Kudryashov Exhibition at the Kreeger Museum

Exquisite Renaissance tapestry restored to its former glory

The War of Troy Tapestry has been reanimated in its weave - (brought back to vivid life thanks to intensive conservation by the brilliant specialists at the Victoria and Albert Museum)

Caravaggio miniature self -portrait detected

From the Telegraph UK:
Tiny Caravaggio Self-Portrait Revealed

Caravaggio -an Italian proto- Baroque artist whose paintings combine a heightened sense of naturalism with extreme dark and light.

Two examples of his works: The Conversion of St. Paul and Supper at Emmaus illustrate the dramatic power of Caravaggio's innovative style, one that had an incalculable effect on all those who came after him.

The Roman Catholic Church, still fighting to remain a viable entity at the beginning of the seventeenth century, fervently sought to re energize its base. The Counter Reformation struggle fueled the extroverted visual style of the Baroque, whose all-enveloping theatrics could draw in and capture an audience.
Caravaggio, a painter of immense genius who also suffered from a volatile temperament, reportedly once killed a man during a drunken argument and ended up fleeing for his life as a result.
(Something about his paintings always makes me squeamish. Anyway, he is definitely not for the faint of heart).

Hammer Museum Exhibits R. Crumb

R.Crumb Illustrates the Book of Genesis