Something Beautiful

The People Work (4 lithographs)

Here is a set of four lithographs in black, entitled "The People Work".   They were done by American artist Benton Murdoch Spruance in 1937.  It's frustrating not to be able to see them better, but they have a certain appeal even in this format --

Morning

Noon

Evening

Night

Drawing of a hare

Hare, 1528, by Hans Hoffmann; in watercolor and gouache, on parchment.

Hours of Louis XII

The Getty Museum site has a lovely page devoted to the Hours of Louis XII, painted for the King of France ca. 1498 by the eminent illuminator Jean Bourdichon.  This volume was one of the greatest French manuscripts of its time.

There are several ways you can review images offered on this page.  You can, of course, simply read and examine the seven images, one by one, as laid out by the Museum. 

Alternatively, you might want to review the images quickly, to get a feel for the volume as a whole --

Louis XII (surrounded by Sts Michael, Louis, Denis and  the  emperor Charlemagne)
June calendar page

Bathsheba Bathing, with King David, her father-in-law, watching from a distance.

Virgin of the Annunciation
Nativity
Pentecost 

A third option is to examine the images via "Zoomify," which will provide you with a mouth-watering view of the superb artwork --   

Louis XII
February calendar page
June calendar page

Bathsheba Bathing

Nativity
Pentecost

Granduca Madonna, by Raphael

Certainly I have slacked off too long, and now need to get back to some regular posting.   This morning I don't have time to do a proper post, but I will leave you with this Madonna by Raphael, a taste of things soon to come --

Granduca Madonna, 1504