Monica Bowen
This blog focuses on making Western art history accessible and interesting to all types of audiences: art historians, students, and anyone else who is curious about art. Alberti's Window is maintained by Monica Bowen, an art historian and professor.
Categories used most frequently by the blogger:
19th century 20th century Greek and Roman Southern Renaissance contemporary art Northern Renaissance books 18th century Southern Baroque non-Western museums and exhibitions Seattle Art Museum Middle Ages Northern Baroque celebrities news and links Colonial Brazil female artists films and television ancient Near East
Formal Elements and Personality
19 September 2023
It’s the beginning of the school quarter, and I’m interested in knowing what formal elements have an impact on my students. I’m really influenced by the composition of a work...
10 August 2022
Anna Bella Geiger, “Our Daily Bread (O Pão Nosso de Cada Dia),” 1978. Six postcards and screenprint on paper bag mounted on card. Tate Modern I recently returned from helping to...
Van Eyck Brothers as “Just Judges”
22 April 2022
Earlier this week I discovered a new(ish) Smarthistory video about Karel Van Mander, an early 17th-century biographer of painters who is sometimes referred to as the “Northern Vasari.”...
Ansel Adams, Structure, and Music
22 February 2022
Ansel Adams. The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. 1942. Image via Wikipedia, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration Earlier last week,...