https://urbanartantiques.com News and views about the exciting world of antiques and art. Mon, 15 Jan 2024 17:20:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ https://urbanartantiques.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/uaasquare.png?w=32 https://urbanartantiques.com 32 32 https://urbanartantiques.com/2024/01/15/art-log-january-15-2024-fashion-advertising-sad-notes-for-art-education-and-the-solving-of-a-message-mystery/ https://urbanartantiques.com/2024/01/15/art-log-january-15-2024-fashion-advertising-sad-notes-for-art-education-and-the-solving-of-a-message-mystery/#respond Mon, 15 Jan 2024 17:10:31 +0000 http://urbanartantiques.com/?p=22756 Continue reading Art Log January 15, 2024: Fashion advertising, sad notes for art education, and the solving of a message mystery]]> A work by American portrait painter Thomas Sully had me wondering if the 19th-century Philadelphian could have had an outsized influence on fashion advertising. Long before Modigliani and best known for his portraits of women, many Sully paintings have an exaggerated neckline. This is the case with this portrait of Mrs. Caspar Wistar Morris (1808) … Continue reading Art Log January 15, 2024: Fashion advertising, sad notes for art education, and the solving of a message mystery

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