[ad_1] Joseph Mallord William Turner is an institution, admired in his lifetime and today with a wing of Tate Britain dedicated to the vast number of works he bequeathed to the nation. “The Fighting Temeraire, Tugged to Her Last Berth to Be Broken Up” (1839, National Gallery, London) his image of an obsolete man-o-war, sails …
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[ad_1] Go forever. That’s the expectation of great athletes now. The money is fabulous, the sponsors love it longevity, the science is there, the modern accouterments of success make it easier—the physios, coaches, therapists, nutritionists, private jets and more. Go and go and go and go. Until the body quits. Until you’ve chased every record …
[ad_1] St.Louis “Paintings on Stone: Science and the Sacred 1530-1800,” on display at the Saint Louis Art Museum, starts out strong, with “The Minions of Henry III” (c. 1570), a stunning image by an unknown artist in the Fontainebleau School, possibly Lucas of Heere. A close-cropped view of three effeminate men in profile, dressed in …
[ad_1] San Marino, Calif. The scientist in the remarkable painting “An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump” (1768)—which is now the focus of an exhibition, “Science and the Sublime: A Masterpiece by Joseph Wright of Derby,” at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens—is the only figure whose gaze is open, forthright, …
