art about music
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Art About Music: Theodoor Rombouts’ “Lute Player” (c. 1620)
(According to the website for the Philadelphia Museum, depicting “a musical instrument being tuned was a veiled reference to striving for harmony in love. Stringed instruments could also symbolize temperance, especially when shown in the company of a tankard and a pipe, as here” [http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/102484.html].) Continue reading
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Art About Music: Edward Hopper’s “Room in New York” (1932)
(In an interview Hopper said: “The idea for Room in New York had been in my mind a long time before I painted it. It was suggested by glimpses of lighted interiors seen as I walked along the city streets at night, probably near the district where I live (Washington Square), although it’s no particular… Continue reading
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Art About Music: Piero di Cosimo’s “Portraits of Giuliano and Francesco Giamberti da Sangallo” (1482-1485)
(This diptych depicts a father and son. On the left is Giuliano, the son who was an architect. On the right is his father, Francesco, who was an architect and musician. Notice Francesco’s left ear which looks bent outwards, as if he’s listening intently. In front of them are their tools (pen and compass, sheet… Continue reading
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Art About Music: Adrien Jean-Baptiste Jolly’s “Cris de Paris: Marchand de chansons” (1815)
(“Cris de Paris” or “cries of Paris” refers to the typical expressions used by traditional trade hawkers in Paris.) Continue reading
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Art About Music: Gustave Caillebotte’s “Jeune homme au piano” (1876)
(The pianist here is Caillebotte’s younger brother, Martial Caillebotte, a photographer, musician, and composer.) Continue reading
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