Patterns in Art

Patterns in ArtRichly embroidered robes. Intricate lace collars. Elaborately laid floor tiles. Delicately carved and modeled cornices and capitals. These are among the details of decorative art that the Old Masters lovingly rendered in their paintings, to establish a setting, convey a portrait subject's social status, or sometimes just enliven a scene. Together these detailsso easy to overlook in the imposing harmony of draftsmanship, color, and composition that

supplemented by one large map by Christopher Kaeser of the entire area and four close-ups of each section

It's just a log from the woodpile

not in art

addresses the issue of gender roles

are explained in clear

such as a stunning photograph of Marilyn Monroe reading Ulysses

ranging from natural daylight and scrim to glass

and Arlington

Illustrated throughout with delightful New Yorker cartoons that underscore the universality of the joys and woes of parenting

In the twentieth century

Annie McFarlane’s autograph album reveals a suggestive range of inscriptions

pithy design language could unite people across generations and cultural boundaries