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Powered by the labor of enslaved peoples in the rice and indigo […]</p> <div class="mb-3"><a class="btn btn-block btn-light understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/07/30/discovering-the-gibbes-museum-of-art-charleston-sc/">Read More…</a></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links">Posted in <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/art-collection/" rel="category tag">Art Collection</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/art-history/" rel="category tag">Art History</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/art-museums/" rel="category tag">Art Museums</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/artwork/" rel="category tag">Artwork</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/museums-2/" rel="category tag">Museums</a></span><span class="tags-links">Tagged <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/basketry/" rel="tag">basketry</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/charleston/" rel="tag">Charleston</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/decorative-arts/" rel="tag">decorative arts</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/miniatures/" rel="tag">miniatures</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/07/30/discovering-the-gibbes-museum-of-art-charleston-sc/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4680 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-architecture category-art-collection category-gardens category-historic-houses category-history tag-landscape-design tag-restoration" id="post-4680"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/07/29/discovering-middleton-place-charleston-sc/" rel="bookmark">Discovering Middleton Place, Charleston, SC</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/07/29/discovering-middleton-place-charleston-sc/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-07-29T10:21:31-07:00">July 29, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-08-23T08:55:38-07:00"> (August 23, 2024) </time></a></span><span class="byline"> by<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blog.artgeek.io/author/artgeek/"> ArtGeek</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="ag-entry-thumbnail-wrapper"> <div class="ag-entry-thumbnail-frame"><img width="628" height="472" src="https://blog.artgeek.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Middleton-Place-Rear-View.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" /></div> </div> <div class="entry-content ag-entry-summary"> <p>On Plantation Row along the Ashley River west of Charleston are three magnificant properties, with Drayton Hall and Middleton Place flanking Magnolia Plantation. All three have stories to tell, featuring large in both local and US history. Drayton Hall was built in 1738 by John Drayton (c.1715–1779) — the great-grandson of Thomas Drayton Jr., who founded Magnolia Plantation in 1676. Although John […]</p> <div class="mb-3"><a class="btn btn-block btn-light understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/07/29/discovering-middleton-place-charleston-sc/">Read More…</a></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links">Posted in <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/architecture/" rel="category tag">Architecture</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/art-collection/" rel="category tag">Art Collection</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/gardens/" rel="category tag">Gardens</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/historic-houses/" rel="category tag">Historic Houses</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/history/" rel="category tag">History</a></span><span class="tags-links">Tagged <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/landscape-design/" rel="tag">landscape design</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/restoration/" rel="tag">restoration</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/07/29/discovering-middleton-place-charleston-sc/#comments">1 Comment</a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4621 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-architecture category-historic-houses category-museums-2 tag-historic-preservation tag-restoration" id="post-4621"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/07/29/exploring-the-difference-preservation-versus-restoration/" rel="bookmark">Exploring the Difference: Preservation versus Restoration</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/07/29/exploring-the-difference-preservation-versus-restoration/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-07-29T10:15:22-07:00">July 29, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-07-30T05:37:20-07:00"> (July 30, 2024) </time></a></span><span class="byline"> by<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blog.artgeek.io/author/artgeek/"> ArtGeek</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="ag-entry-thumbnail-wrapper"> <div class="ag-entry-thumbnail-frame"><img width="640" height="482" src="https://blog.artgeek.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/PXL_20240718_144226555.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Drayton Hall" loading="lazy" /></div> </div> <div class="entry-content ag-entry-summary"> <p>In retrospect, given my interest in the history of art and architecture, I’m surprised that I’ve never thought much about the difference between preservation and restoration. This is in part due to the National Trust for Historic Preservation using the word as an umbrella term, covering their work to maintain places where America’s history happened. […]</p> <div class="mb-3"><a class="btn btn-block btn-light understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/07/29/exploring-the-difference-preservation-versus-restoration/">Read More…</a></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links">Posted in <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/architecture/" rel="category tag">Architecture</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/historic-houses/" rel="category tag">Historic Houses</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/museums-2/" rel="category tag">Museums</a></span><span class="tags-links">Tagged <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/historic-preservation/" rel="tag">Historic preservation</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/restoration/" rel="tag">restoration</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/07/29/exploring-the-difference-preservation-versus-restoration/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4641 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-architecture category-historic-houses category-history category-museums-2 tag-charleston tag-historic-preservation tag-plantation" id="post-4641"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/07/29/discovering-drayton-hall-charleston-sc/" rel="bookmark">Discovering Drayton Hall, Charleston SC</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/07/29/discovering-drayton-hall-charleston-sc/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-07-29T10:11:31-07:00">July 29, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-07-30T05:49:35-07:00"> (July 30, 2024) </time></a></span><span class="byline"> by<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blog.artgeek.io/author/artgeek/"> ArtGeek</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="ag-entry-thumbnail-wrapper"> <div class="ag-entry-thumbnail-frame"><img width="640" height="480" src="https://blog.artgeek.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-23-112139.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Drayton Hall" loading="lazy" /></div> </div> <div class="entry-content ag-entry-summary"> <p>Three important historic plantations are located in a row along Ashley River Road, about 15 miles NW of downtown Charleston. Just past Trader Joe’s on Rte 61 we suddenly found ourselves cruising through a verdant wooded suburb that held a promise of bucolic delights. Of the three National Historic Landmarks located within a five-mile stretch, […]</p> <div class="mb-3"><a class="btn btn-block btn-light understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/07/29/discovering-drayton-hall-charleston-sc/">Read More…</a></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links">Posted in <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/architecture/" rel="category tag">Architecture</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/historic-houses/" rel="category tag">Historic Houses</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/history/" rel="category tag">History</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/museums-2/" rel="category tag">Museums</a></span><span class="tags-links">Tagged <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/charleston/" rel="tag">Charleston</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/historic-preservation/" rel="tag">Historic preservation</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/plantation/" rel="tag">Plantation</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/07/29/discovering-drayton-hall-charleston-sc/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4581 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-art-collection category-art-exhibitions category-art-history category-art-museums category-artists tag-andy-warhol tag-baker-museum-artis-naples tag-bank-of-america-collection tag-pop-art tag-silkscreen-prints" id="post-4581"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/06/02/what-made-warhol-pop/" rel="bookmark">What Made Warhol Pop?</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/06/02/what-made-warhol-pop/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-06-02T07:12:38-07:00">June 2, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-06-02T07:13:51-07:00"> (June 2, 2024) </time></a></span><span class="byline"> by<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blog.artgeek.io/author/artgeek/"> ArtGeek</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="ag-entry-thumbnail-wrapper"> <div class="ag-entry-thumbnail-frame"><img width="640" height="198" src="https://blog.artgeek.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/PXL_20240529_183943943.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" /></div> </div> <div class="entry-content ag-entry-summary"> <p>Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987), magnified popular American culture in his art, and in so doing he himself became a paradigm of popular culture. “His pop sensibility embraced an anything-can-be-art approach, appropriating images, ideas and even innovation itself,” according to curatorial signage at Andy Warhol Portfolios: A Life in Pop. This exhibition, on through September 8th, […]</p> <div class="mb-3"><a class="btn btn-block btn-light understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/06/02/what-made-warhol-pop/">Read More…</a></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links">Posted in <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/art-collection/" rel="category tag">Art Collection</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/art-exhibitions/" rel="category tag">Art Exhibitions</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/art-history/" rel="category tag">Art History</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/art-museums/" rel="category tag">Art Museums</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/artists/" rel="category tag">Artists</a></span><span class="tags-links">Tagged <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/andy-warhol/" rel="tag">Andy Warhol</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/baker-museum-artis-naples/" rel="tag">Baker Museum - Artis Naples</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/bank-of-america-collection/" rel="tag">Bank of America Collection</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/pop-art/" rel="tag">Pop art</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/silkscreen-prints/" rel="tag">silkscreen prints</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/06/02/what-made-warhol-pop/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4534 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-art-exhibitions category-art-history category-art-museums category-artists tag-bruno-liljefors tag-carl-rungius tag-richard-friese tag-the-big-four tag-wildlife-art tag-wilhelm-kuhnert" id="post-4534"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/02/28/have-you-met-the-big-four/" rel="bookmark">Have You Met the Big Four?</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/02/28/have-you-met-the-big-four/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-02-28T09:13:46-07:00">February 28, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-02-28T09:16:32-07:00"> (February 28, 2024) </time></a></span><span class="byline"> by<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blog.artgeek.io/author/artgeek/"> ArtGeek</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="ag-entry-thumbnail-wrapper"> <div class="ag-entry-thumbnail-frame"><img width="600" height="379" src="https://blog.artgeek.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/PXL_20240220_162317467.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" /></div> </div> <div class="entry-content ag-entry-summary"> <p>Painters by numbers. Canada has it’s Group of Seven. Cuba has Los Diez Pintores Concretos. The Taos Six applied academic techniques to indigenous themes, producing a uniquely American school of painting. Then there’s the international group of wildlife painters of the late 1800s and early 1900s — Richard Friese, Wilhelm Kuhnert, Bruno Liljefors, and Carl Rungius […]</p> <div class="mb-3"><a class="btn btn-block btn-light understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/02/28/have-you-met-the-big-four/">Read More…</a></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links">Posted in <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/art-exhibitions/" rel="category tag">Art Exhibitions</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/art-history/" rel="category tag">Art History</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/art-museums/" rel="category tag">Art Museums</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/artists/" rel="category tag">Artists</a></span><span class="tags-links">Tagged <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/bruno-liljefors/" rel="tag">Bruno Liljefors</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/carl-rungius/" rel="tag">Carl Rungius</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/richard-friese/" rel="tag">Richard Friese</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/the-big-four/" rel="tag">The Big Four</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/wildlife-art/" rel="tag">wildlife art</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/wilhelm-kuhnert/" rel="tag">Wilhelm Kuhnert</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/02/28/have-you-met-the-big-four/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4497 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-art-exhibitions category-art-museums tag-abstract-expressionism tag-art-glass tag-art-school tag-contemporary-art tag-omar-chacon tag-syd-solomon" id="post-4497"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/02/24/discovering-the-rcad-galleries/" rel="bookmark">Discovering the RCA+D Galleries</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/02/24/discovering-the-rcad-galleries/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-02-24T08:31:10-07:00">February 24, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-02-27T08:55:16-07:00"> (February 27, 2024) </time></a></span><span class="byline"> by<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blog.artgeek.io/author/artgeek/"> ArtGeek</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="ag-entry-thumbnail-wrapper"> <div class="ag-entry-thumbnail-frame"><img width="640" height="322" src="https://blog.artgeek.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/RInglingCOllege.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" /></div> </div> <div class="entry-content ag-entry-summary"> <p>Beginning with 75 students and 13 faculty members in 1931, RCA+D has grown to more than 110 buildings on 48 acres (SEVEN of which are art galleries!), 1600 students, and 140+ faculty members. Today it is ranked as one of the top art schools in the nation. […]</p> <div class="mb-3"><a class="btn btn-block btn-light understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/02/24/discovering-the-rcad-galleries/">Read More…</a></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links">Posted in <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/art-exhibitions/" rel="category tag">Art Exhibitions</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/art-museums/" rel="category tag">Art Museums</a></span><span class="tags-links">Tagged <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/abstract-expressionism/" rel="tag">Abstract Expressionism</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/art-glass/" rel="tag">art glass</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/art-school/" rel="tag">Art School</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/contemporary-art/" rel="tag">Contemporary Art</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/omar-chacon/" rel="tag">Omar CHacon</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/syd-solomon/" rel="tag">Syd Solomon</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/02/24/discovering-the-rcad-galleries/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4407 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-art-collection category-art-exhibitions category-art-museums category-museums-2 tag-national-museum-of-women-in-the-arts tag-specialty-museums tag-women-artists" id="post-4407"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/02/02/discovering-the-national-museum-of-women-in-the-arts/" rel="bookmark">Discovering the National Museum of Women in the Arts</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/02/02/discovering-the-national-museum-of-women-in-the-arts/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-02-02T07:48:05-07:00">February 2, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-02-02T10:37:16-07:00"> (February 2, 2024) </time></a></span><span class="byline"> by<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blog.artgeek.io/author/artgeek/"> ArtGeek</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="ag-entry-thumbnail-wrapper"> <div class="ag-entry-thumbnail-frame"><img width="640" height="285" src="https://blog.artgeek.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/0001_NMWA_09_26_23_8x10-at-300-dpi-jpg-aspect-ratio-2.25-1.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" /></div> </div> <div class="entry-content ag-entry-summary"> <p>At the angle of New York Ave. and H St. NW in Washington DC stands a 1908 landmark that was built as a Masonic Temple. In that capacity, women were not permitted to enter the building. Today, that same building is all about women — although men are more than welcome! Refurbished in accordance with the […]</p> <div class="mb-3"><a class="btn btn-block btn-light understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/02/02/discovering-the-national-museum-of-women-in-the-arts/">Read More…</a></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links">Posted in <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/art-collection/" rel="category tag">Art Collection</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/art-exhibitions/" rel="category tag">Art Exhibitions</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/art-museums/" rel="category tag">Art Museums</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/museums-2/" rel="category tag">Museums</a></span><span class="tags-links">Tagged <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/national-museum-of-women-in-the-arts/" rel="tag">National Museum of Women in the Arts</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/specialty-museums/" rel="tag">specialty museums</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/women-artists/" rel="tag">women artists</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/02/02/discovering-the-national-museum-of-women-in-the-arts/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4424 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-art-exhibitions category-art-history category-artists tag-17th-century-art tag-engravings tag-national-museum-of-women-in-the-arts tag-women-artists" id="post-4424"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/02/02/have-you-met-antoinette-bouzonnet-stella/" rel="bookmark">Have You Met Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella?</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/02/02/have-you-met-antoinette-bouzonnet-stella/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-02-02T07:46:05-07:00">February 2, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-02-02T10:38:55-07:00"> (February 2, 2024) </time></a></span><span class="byline"> by<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blog.artgeek.io/author/artgeek/"> ArtGeek</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="ag-entry-thumbnail-wrapper"> <div class="ag-entry-thumbnail-frame"><img width="640" height="268" src="https://blog.artgeek.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-2024-01-31-164142.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" /></div> </div> <div class="entry-content ag-entry-summary"> <p>At the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington DC is an unexpected exhibition titled Impressive: Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella (on through October 20, 2024). Ranging across the blue walls of three adjacent alcoves, a series of twenty-five 17th-century prints by artist Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella (Lyon,1641-Paris,1676) depicts The Entrance of the Emperor Sigismond into Mantua (1675). The […]</p> <div class="mb-3"><a class="btn btn-block btn-light understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/02/02/have-you-met-antoinette-bouzonnet-stella/">Read More…</a></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links">Posted in <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/art-exhibitions/" rel="category tag">Art Exhibitions</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/art-history/" rel="category tag">Art History</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/artists/" rel="category tag">Artists</a></span><span class="tags-links">Tagged <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/17th-century-art/" rel="tag">17th century art</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/engravings/" rel="tag">engravings</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/national-museum-of-women-in-the-arts/" rel="tag">National Museum of Women in the Arts</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/women-artists/" rel="tag">women artists</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/02/02/have-you-met-antoinette-bouzonnet-stella/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4379 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-art-exhibitions category-artists category-history tag-documentary-photography tag-dorothea-lange tag-great-deprtession tag-photography" id="post-4379"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/01/22/seeing-dorothea-langes-compassion/" rel="bookmark">Seeing Dorothea Lange’s Compassion</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/01/22/seeing-dorothea-langes-compassion/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-01-22T09:36:03-07:00">January 22, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-01-22T09:39:20-07:00"> (January 22, 2024) </time></a></span><span class="byline"> by<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blog.artgeek.io/author/artgeek/"> ArtGeek</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="ag-entry-thumbnail-wrapper"> <div class="ag-entry-thumbnail-frame"><img width="640" height="720" src="https://blog.artgeek.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Lange-herself-PXL_20240112_160552020.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" /></div> </div> <div class="entry-content ag-entry-summary"> <p>The powerfully moving and iconic photograph, Migrant Mother (below), is the one image most people see in their mind’s eye when they think of Dorothea Lange. That was certainly true for me. But then I had the good fortune to spend time with dozens of her ground-breaking images, all equally eloquent and poignant, at the […]</p> <div class="mb-3"><a class="btn btn-block btn-light understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blog.artgeek.io/2024/01/22/seeing-dorothea-langes-compassion/">Read More…</a></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links">Posted in <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/art-exhibitions/" rel="category tag">Art Exhibitions</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/artists/" rel="category tag">Artists</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/category/history/" rel="category tag">History</a></span><span class="tags-links">Tagged <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/documentary-photography/" rel="tag">documentary photography</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/dorothea-lange/" rel="tag">Dorothea Lange</a> <a href="https://blog.artgeek.io/tag/great-deprtession/" rel="tag">Great Deprtession</a> <a 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