In 1990 the National Gallery launched an initiative to acquire the finest examples of the art of photography and to mount photography exhibitions of the highest quality, accompanied by scholarly publications and programs.
James Casebere, Chuck Close, Paul Graham, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Vera Lutter, Sally Mann
Trees, grass, and shrubbery, simplified almost to abstraction, set off the fragile, wasp–waisted figure of MarÃa Ana de Pontejos y Sandoval, the Marquesa de Pontejos. Splendidly attired, she typifies those ladies of the Spanish aristocracy who affected the „shepherdess“ style of Marie Antoinette, so popular in pre–revolutionary France.
Mann. Spanish Paintings of the Fifteenth through Nineteenth Centuries.
In this tempestuous scene, El Greco depicted an angry Christ driving the moneychangers from the Temple. An uncommon theme, it became increasingly popular in the latter half of the sixteenth century, promoted by the Council of Trent as a symbol of the Catholic church’s attempt to purify itself after the Protestant Reformation.
Mann. Spanish Paintings of the Fifteenth through Nineteenth Centuries.
In an improvised musical conversation, jazz bassist Christian McBride introduces himself to David. Connecting over McBride’s walking bass line, they meet David’s friends, splash by the fire hydrant, play stickball. Through David, McBride recalls his own childlike innocence.
Stieglitz, André Kertész, Irving Penn, Robert Frank, Allen Ginsberg, and Sally Mann
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Video Video: Reading from “Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs� by Sally Mann
Composer/producer Emily Wells sees us as the buffalo: frozen before downfall, but still alive—which is why she includes so much breath in her song. Wells, whose work deals with the climate crisis, looks to David Wojnarowicz’s AIDS activism for lessons.
Stieglitz, André Kertész, Irving Penn, Robert Frank, Allen Ginsberg, and Sally Mann
See Jan Kelch et al., Der Mann mit dem Goldhelm (Berlin, 1986).
During the Trojan War, the priest Laocoön angered the Greek gods, who sent snakes to kill him and his two sons. The legend became popular after a monumental, ancient marble sculpture of Laocoön and his sons was unearthed in Rome in 1506.
Mann. Spanish Paintings of the Fifteenth through Nineteenth Centuries.
Discover works by Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland and learn about the artist
National Gallery Nights Matisse Advanced Artwork Search Provenance Charles Manners
Discover works by John Henry Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland and learn about the artist
National Gallery Nights Matisse Advanced Artwork Search Provenance John Henry Manners
