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Modernist, Musician, Writer, Feminist

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@shortandsweet Dec 14, 2018, 11:43 PM UTC

Professor

For me her genius was always in the details. Her earrings, always unique and colorful, yet elegant. Her clothes perfectly tailored to her sinewy form, an androgyny that allowed her to play both pants…

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@shortandsweet Dec 8, 2018, 11:09 PM UTC

R e v o l u t i o n

Revolution Just one turn around the sun Though that’s not what anyone usually means Revolution One foot in front of the other, tracing the circumference of the earth pressure between the ball-mounds…

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@shortandsweet Nov 18, 2018, 9:53 PM UTC

Morisot On Her Own

The first part of this essay contains writing that has been reworked from an older piece. Let me know what you think! I visited the Musée Marmottan Monet on a chilly morning in late May, naïve, but e…

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@shortandsweet Sep 6, 2018, 8:48 PM UTC

The Memories a Recipe Holds

Friday nights were sacred in my house. Shortly after moving from California to Minnesota, my father began a new job that required him to travel nearly every week. He would leave Monday or Tuesday mor…

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@shortandsweet Jul 14, 2018, 9:40 PM UTC

How to Look #5: Paris, in transition

It's a common story line, an inherent part of the modern, urban experience---- corporations and wealthy developers tear down beloved spaces and replace them with cheap, homogeneous apartments and fra…

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@shortandsweet Jul 8, 2018, 4:31 PM UTC

How to Look #4: Georgia O'Keeffe and the Natural World

Georgia O’Keeffe is considered to be both a feminist and modernist icon in the canon of American art. Hibiscus with Plumeria, an oil painting created in 1939, is a beautiful example of O’Keeffe’s int…

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@shortandsweet Jun 28, 2018, 3:15 AM UTC

How to Look #3: Through Her Eyes

Five years ago, I visited the Musée Marmottan Monet on a chilly morning in late May, naïve, precocious, and eager to begin my summer studies in France. I arrived at the museum’s entrance, journal in…

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@shortandsweet Jun 3, 2018, 6:24 PM UTC

How to Look #2: Picasso in New York

Perhaps more so than any other place in the world – the mention of New York can elicit a certain emotional response, the excitement of opportunity and possibility, in those who have never even visite…

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@shortandsweet Apr 22, 2018, 3:38 AM UTC

How to Look: Our Relationships with Art Objects and Space #1

As an art historian, one of the most important concepts to consider is how individuals, across time, culture, and space, interact and engage with art objects. I'd like to devote my next few posts in…

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@shortandsweet Apr 16, 2018, 2:51 AM UTC

Still Life with a Glass and Oysters

Image Source Still Life with a Glass and Oysters Artist:Jan Davidsz de Heem (Dutch, Utrecht 1606–1683/84 Antwerp) Date: ca. 1640 Medium: Oil on wood After a few days of sunshine, we woke up to a rain…

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